By Rabindra RooplallUnder the theme, “Eye on the future, investing in youth now for tomorrow?s community,” the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development presented a report which revealed 85 percent of Caribbean youths would leave the region if they had the opportunity to do so.According to the report, in 2007 CARICOM Heads of Government appointed 15 members, comprising eight youth leaders and seven senior technical experts to serve the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD).The Commission conducted research with youths in areas important to their development, including Caribbean identity, youth unemployment,[url=http://www.footlockershop.us@#$%&/Nike-roshe-one-hyperfuse/]http://www.footlockershop.us@#$%&/Nike-roshe-one-hyperfuse/[/url], crime and violence, migration,[url=http://www.nhl2017.us@#$%&/Detroit-Red-Wings-Chris-Chelios-Jersey/]Chris Chelios Red Wings Jersey[/url], health and lifestyle issues, CSME education and training,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysnear.us@#$%&/]wholeslae cheap nfl jerseys china[/url], and participation in decisions which affect them.The findings revealed that the region?s youths are excelling in several fields, including sports, culture and technology.However, it also stated many youths knew very little about CARICOM and the CSME. And young people have a strong sense of national identity but do not relate well to Caribbean identity, in addition to lingering distrust among Member States which could affect movement within the CSME.The report further revealed that more females than males are unemployed, and education in its present form does not adequately prepare young people for new job opportunities,[url=http://www.cheapnfljerseysforwholesale@#$%&/]Wholesale Jerseys[/url], while national institutions devoted to youth work are low profiled and under-resourced.It was also discovered that crime and violence is the number one concern among youths as many of them expressed fear for their safety.Youth crime currently cost the region at least seven percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the report divulged.The commission recommended that action include the following: develop youth as valuable human resources for development and integration; change the attitude and mindset of the region toward young people; understand the nature of the period of adolescence and youth; view youth as a creative asset and facilitate wide scale youth led information and public education campaign on the CSME.It also recommended that there be investment in ICT literacy to prepare youth for new job opportunities; promote research in youth development; partnership with youth for problems solving and decision ?making in the region; building the capacities of the departments of youth affairs and youth organisations; positioning sports and culture as a vehicle for youth development and to achieve unity among CARICOM youths and the placing of greater emphasis on creating After School Activities Programmes (ASAP) in schools.Additionally,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysnear.us@#$%&/]cheap nfl jerseys online[/url], it recommended that resources and facilities be made available for training and development of the arts; key institutions that protect youths such as family and community be strengthened; the development and strengthening of national and regional youth advocacy mechanism and the reform of the education system to meet the needs relevant to employment and society.The various consultations were presented to the summit of Heads of Government on youth development in Suriname in January last.It was disclosed that there was a concern over the high levels of youth marginalisations, exclusion, alienation and extra regional marginalisation as well as the decline in numbers graduating from secondary and tertiary education particularly among the males.Heads of Government were looking to the commission to provide the data and recommendations to enable member states to design and implement targeted programmes in response to youth issues, concerns and proposals, while equipping the youth population with knowledge,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysfactorywholesale@#$%&/]Jerseys NFL Wholesale[/url], skills and attitudes appropriate to the demand of globalisation and of community, national and regional development.