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Caribbean Regional Youth Congress and Essay Competition
“Youth and Employment/Wealth Creation: Opportunities in Agriculture Science
and Technology”
17th-19th July 2006
Grand Barbados Beach Resort
Barbados
The Caribbean Regional Youth Congress and Essay Competition on “Youth and Employment/Wealth Creation: Opportunities in Agriculture, Science, Technology” was a collaborative effort sponsored by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and executed with the assistance of the Caribbean Council for Science and Technology (CCST). This Congress brought together youth leaders and representatives from national, regional and international institutions and civil society who are committed to the promotion and application of Agriculture, Science, Technology and Innovation in meeting social and economic development goals in the Caribbean and more specifically in tapping the potential of science, technology and innovations in agri-food chains thereby creating wealth and employment for youths in the Caribbean. The Congress benefited from the imagination, creativity and innovative thinking of the youth leaders and representatives in attendance and from the experience, guidance and mentorship of resource specialists in seeking solutions to the persistent challenges of employment and wealth creation in the Caribbean.
Congress Objectives:
The overall objective of the Congress was to create awareness among the Caribbean youth on alternative employment opportunities in agriculture, science and technology and to sensitize them to possible strategies that can be used to exploit such opportunities.
The Congress had four specific objectives:
To share experiences in harnessing opportunities in the areas of agriculture, science and technology for employment and wealth creation and build self-reliance of Caribbean youths to innovate and adopt strategies that can be used to exploit opportunities.
To expose the youth to practical applications of science, technology and innovations that are being used to transform agri-food production, processing and marketing chains.
To create opportunities for peer-to-peer networking among the Caribbean youth and use this network to popularize science, technology and innovation for socio-economic development in the Caribbean, focusing on the agri-food chain.
To expose the youth to the Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) policy making processes and determine the possible roles and opportunities for ensuring their involvement so that they can play a greater advocacy role and their concerns can be advanced and adopted.
For further details see:
Winning Essays
Written: June 2007
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