The Caribbean Youth Summit (CYS) kicked off on the AC Mariott Lodge with a convincing name for youth throughout the Caribbean to play an energetic function in shaping each nationwide and regional growth agendas.
Charting a course for sustainable growth
Minister of State within the Ministry of Schooling and Youth, Hon. Marsha Smith, delivered an deal with at Wednesday’s opening of the four-day Caribbean Youth Summit (CYS).
She emphasised the important function of the area’s youth in reaching the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDGs), stressing that the Caribbean finds itself at a pivotal juncture in its pursuit of those international aims.
Reimagining the post-pandemic future
In mild of the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister Smith referred to as for a collective reassessment and recommitment to the SDGs.
“We’re recognizing that popping out of the COVID-19 [pandemic], there must be a resetting, a coming collectively once more on the desk, to see the place we’re, and the place these objectives are associated,” the State Minister mentioned.
Youth voices: Catalysts for change
The Minister highlighted the importance of the youth summit as a platform for Caribbean youth to share their various views and take possession of alternatives to affect nationwide policymakers.
The SDGs: A blueprint for progress
The SDGs, a framework designed to handle a variety of world challenges, together with ending poverty, eradicating starvation, guaranteeing well being and well-being, and selling high quality training, served as a focus for discussions all through the summit.
A collaborative endeavor
The inaugural CYS has attracted a various meeting of younger individuals and key stakeholders from throughout the Caribbean area
Contributors have come collectively to alternate concepts, share experiences, and devise progressive options to deal with gender-based violence and different cross-cutting points.
The occasion, staged by CARICOM in collaboration with the Caribbean Regional Youth Council and the Ministry of Schooling and Youth, has garnered funding from worldwide companions, together with the European Union (EU)-United Nations (UN) Highlight Initiative Caribbean Regional programme, UN Growth Programme (UNDP), UN Inhabitants Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Kids’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Girls (UNWOMEN), and United Nations Academic, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).