youth development

  • Photo of CARICOM and stakeholders to host youth forum in Guyana this week

    CARICOM and stakeholders to host youth forum in Guyana this week

    The CARICOM Secretariat is collaborating with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), EU Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, (UNECLAC), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Commonwealth Secretariat and other partners to organise the Caribbean Forum on Population, Youth and Development. The Forum will be held 24 -26 July at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana.  The Forum will bring together senior government officials from the Caribbean in the areas of…

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  • Photo of Mottley: Time to act is now

    Mottley: Time to act is now

    The region’s young people will not wait another ten years nor will they forgive present leaders for procrastination or lack of courage. And Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, told her colleagues if they were serious about making the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) work, it was time to move past the talk. Mottley was making her maiden address…

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  • Photo of CARICOM ASG highlights progress in Youth Development

    CARICOM ASG highlights progress in Youth Development

    Assistant Secretary General In Charge of Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr, Douglas Slater  has highlighted a number of areas where progress has been made in youth development in the Region. Dr. Slater was speaking at the opening ceremony for a CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Orientation and Capacity Building Workshop. The event is being held at the CARICOM Secretariat in…

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  • Photo of CARICOM SG meets with FIFA President – says sports a valuable investment in Youth

    CARICOM SG meets with FIFA President – says sports a valuable investment in Youth

    Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and President of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Mr Giovanni Infantino agreed on the importance of sport to youth development and to society as a whole. Mr Infantino paid a courtesy call on the Secretary-General on Tuesday at the Georgetown, Guyana Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. Ambassador LaRocque informed…

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  • Photo of Youth Development, Human Resource Development getting focused CARICOM attention – SG

    Youth Development, Human Resource Development getting focused CARICOM attention – SG

    I would like to offer some information on what we are doing on two of the areas covered in the Report, namely, Youth Development and Human Resource Development. The CARICOM Commission on Youth Development’s landmark report, “Eye on the Future”, has spawned the CARICOM Youth Development Action Plan. It promotes the development of secure, valued and empowered adolescents and other…

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  • Photo of ‘Don’t disappoint Region’s youth’ – Assistant Secretary-General Slater

    ‘Don’t disappoint Region’s youth’ – Assistant Secretary-General Slater

    Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater, has implored Directors of Youth across the Region not to disappoint the youth. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Eighth Meeting of the Directors of Youth Affairs hosted at the CARICOM Secretariat on Wednesday. Dr. Slater made reference to a recently concluded youth forum where…

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  • Photo of Deputy PM Richards Weighs In On CARICOM Youth Development Agenda

    Deputy PM Richards Weighs In On CARICOM Youth Development Agenda

    Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 02, 2016 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Shawn Richards, and CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) Dennis McCall Jr. are in Guyana for a series of meetings that will help to shape the youth development agenda back home and across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).   The first meeting ran from February 29 to March…

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  • Photo of CARICOM finalises Youth Development Action Plan (CYDAP)

    CARICOM finalises Youth Development Action Plan (CYDAP)

    The CARICOM Youth Development Action Plan (CYDAP) is currently being finalised by a Technical Working Group (TWG) which was convened on Wednesday 7 October, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Guyana. CYDAP aims to support the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) by articulating a framework to facilitate greater access to and the quality and quantity of opportunities available to young people between the ages of ten…

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  • Photo of CRYC celebrated Caribbean Youth Day in Jamaica

    CRYC celebrated Caribbean Youth Day in Jamaica

    It was a significant week for youths of the Caribbean as they celebrated Caribbean Youth Day 2015 under the theme “Refocus, Reinvest, Reinforce. Youth Integration for a Stronger and Sustainable Caribbean.” The Caribbean Regional Youth Council (CRYC) played a key role in these celebrations. The council partnered with the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) Youth…

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  • Photo of CEBO does follow up in St. Kitts and Nevis

    CEBO does follow up in St. Kitts and Nevis

    The CARICOM Secretariat is currently implementing the “CARICOM/ SPAIN Citizen Support Security Project- Support for Youth Empowerment and Resilience” project, which includes the delivery of the Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) follow up activities in 5 CEBO pilot Member States. The CEBO training forms part of a regional project developed by the CARICOM Secretariat, to engage, motivate and…

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