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CARICOM provides entrepreneurship training for regional Youth
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Job creation is one of the most challenging tasks facing Caribbean Governments today as the unemployment rate continues to climb steadily, especially among young people who make up roughly 64% of the Region’s population. Youth unemployment is a global problem. The International Labour Organization says 70 million young people are actively – but unsuccessfully…
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YOUTH INTERESTED IN AGRICULTURE BUT NEED INTEGRATED SUPPORT PACKAGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Young people in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are interested and involved in the agriculture sector, but need, land, finance, mentorship, and greater involvement in policy-making. This emerged as the consensus among youth across the Region on Monday as they began three days of interaction under the umbrella of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA)…
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NEW MEDIA CAMPAIGN TARGETING HIV-RELATED STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION IN CARIBBEAN YOUTH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) PANCAP’s Caribbean Regional Social Marketing Project (CARISMA) will be rolling out a new media campaign in five English speaking Caribbean countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana and Saint Lucia) on July 25, 2012. The campaign aims to generate more compassion and respect for individuals living with HIV. Funded by KfW (The German Development…
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Remarks By The Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-general Of The Caribbean Community At The Twenty-third Meeting Of The Council For Human And Social Development (cohsod) (children And Youth), 10 July 2012, Georgetown, Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I have the pleasure to welcome you to the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which will focus on Children and Youth, the building blocks of our Caribbean society. I offer a very special welcome to the Ministers who are attending their first COHSOD Meeting. It was four years…
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Remarks Delivered By The Honourable Frank Anthony, Minister Of Culture, Youth And Sport, Guyana, And Chair Of The Council For Human And Social Development At The Opening Ceremony Of The Twenty-third Meeting Of The Council For Human And Social Development (
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The ultimate aim of working with and for children is to make our Region a better place for them to live, grow and develop. Making the CARICOM Region fit for children should be everybody’s business. The fact that Member States are very well represented at this COHSOD is a clear indication of your conviction…
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Feature Address By H.e. Desiré Delano Bouterse, President Of The Republic Of Suriname, On The Occasion Of The Caricom – Unasur High Level Youth Exchange, 14 June 2012, Paramaribo, Suriname
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is for me a privilege to exchange views with youth of the CARICOM and UNASUR in this first ever High Level Youth Exchange. I would like to congratulate both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs for making this exchange happen here in my beloved country. I…
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SURINAMESE YOUTH PROGRAMME A REGIONAL BEST PRACTICE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque deemed the Surinamese Youth programmes as a regional Best Practice. On the second day of his official visit to Suriname, the Secretary-General was brought up to date on the activities and plans of Surinamese youth and was particularly impressed by the exciting programmes outlined to…
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EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE LEADS TO STRESS RELATED ILLNESS IN YOUTH, SAY CARICOM OFFICIAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Heather Johnson, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Deputy Programme Manager, Youth Development says, young people who are constantly exposed to violence invariably develop complex psychosomatic illnesses which very often lead to other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, mental illnesses and heart diseases. Dr Johnson who also majored in psychology was delivering…
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Declaration Of Paramaribo On The Future Of Youth In The Caribbean Community
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at the Torarica Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname on 30 January 2010 on the occasion of a Special Regional Summit on Youth Development: Conscious that regional integration holds the key to the optimal development of the small developing countries of the Community and the regional population, the majority of which is under the…
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