A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Berlin on Saturday between president of the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) Howard Aris and the leader of Birmingham City Council Mike Whitby.
"I'm happy that we've made this move. The stakeholders from Birmingham had visited me in Jamaica and introduced me to the facilities and I was impressed,” said Jamaica's sports Minister Olivia Grange.
"I'm particularly excited because 2012 will be Jamaica's Golden Anniversary and I'm already in discussions with the Birmingham City Council to see how we'll make the occasion special in the city. In addition, a very strong sporting and cultural legacy will result from this and I believe it's very good news for Jamaican athletics."
Councillor Whitby added: "We have great things planned to expand the occasion beyond sport. We'll be working on our infrastructure, including expanding the runway of our airport in order to facilitate greater movement between Jamaica and Birmingham and we'll be planning many special activities to celebrate Jamaica's 50th anniversary of Independence."
The memo guarantees that England’s second city will provide the best possible training camp facilities for the Jamaican team – which will include world recording-holding Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt - ahead of the London Games.
