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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Youth Desk at the CARICOM Secretariat is close to finalizing a manual that will be used to equip young people throughout the region with the knowledge, attitudes and skills to run a business successfully.

Much of the content and activities in the manual, dubbed “Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunities (CEBO)”, were fine tuned during a February 8 to 11 workshop that was held in St Kitts.

CARICOM’s Deputy Programme Manager for Youth Dr Heather Johnson, who chaired the meeting, described the sessions as “productive” and noted her pleasure with the contributions from the participants.

CEBO is the CARICOM Secretariat’s response to the issues raised in the report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD), which highlighted that the region has the highest rate of unemployment for persons under the age of 30.

The instructional document was first developed in October 2011, when members of the public and private sector and civil society agencies throughout the region convened in St Kitts. Some of the information included in CEBO has been adapted from the BYBT manual.

The final draft of the document is due in the coming weeks and officials plan to test the CEBO manual in St Kitts and Nevis.

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Philip Knight:
As a regional bloc, we need to empower and capacitate our youths with the global knowledge and skills to move the Caribbean to the next level where the region can maximise its resources. To exit this global recession, the young people must be in the vanguard for the transforming of our societies. Popularise the document and let the youth take ownership and drive the process for the regeneration of the Caribbean. Congratulations to the CARICOM Youth Desk for facilitating the process.