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– UNDP officialBy Zena HenryAccording to the 2010 CARICOM Commission on Youth Development report, “deaths and injuries arising from youth violence represent an important social, economic and public health dilemma in many countries including Guyana.”It was highlighted that in relation to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), grave concern was expressed with regard to youths involved in increased crime and violence.Manager for the Governance Programme at the UNDP’s Guyana office,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, Trevor Benn, yesterday asserted that, “In virtually all Caribbean states, crime and violence is the number one concern, among adolescents and youths.”Benn, at the time, was delivering an address at the opening ceremony of a four-day training workshop on the “Implementation of Prevention Strategies and Actions to address Youth Gangs and Violence” convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.The programme is a joint initiative between the UNDP and CARICOM to focus on citizens’ safety and security.Several dignitaries, local and foreign, Government and Opposition representatives, along with training participants were in attendance at the forum held at the Grand Coastal Inn, Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara.Benn told the gathering that according to the Home Affairs Ministry, “The involvement of youths in violence and crime,Cheap Jerseys USA, has promoted the Ministry to make the issue one of its operational priorities in its 2011-2015 strategic plan”.Benn emphasised: “Youth violence and crime have tremendous developmental cost. For small Caribbean countries, the phenomena’s impact and implications have grave costs to human and social welfare as well as economic growth.”He insisted that tackling crime and violence is increasingly accounting for a greater percentage of national budgets. The issue, he said, places pressure on the health care system,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, attaching a cost to the state for loss of productive human resources and a cost when the business community loses faith in the state in providing adequate security.Benn opined that by the conclusion of the workshop, violent actions of youth gangs contributing to the growing level of insecurity among citizens; conflict among gangs that result in violent clashes, and an implementation of peaceful resolutions among and between rival gangs, should be addressed.United States Ambassador Brent Hardt said that his country shares CARICOM’s belief that it is vital to ensure a secure future for its young people, “to overcome that lack of opportunity”. He related that when the USA initially started working with the Caribbean on the issue, regional leaders had highlighted their concerns over the youths and were uncertain about the way forward.“It is in dealing with the social issues of pressures, temptations, and criminal environment, that makes the CARICOM project so critical,” Ambassador Hardt stressed.Head of the European Union Delegation to Guyana, Ambassador Robert Kopecký,Nike Air Max Shoes For Women, shared that the European Union is the largest donor to the Caribbean and was particularly concerned with the issue plaguing the nations. He referenced that from the 2012 UNDP report on Caribbean human rights,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, development and citizen security, it was found that organised transitional crime plays a pivotal role in security crises affecting countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.Officer in Charge of CARICOM’s Human and Social Development directorate, Myrna Bernard,Cheap NFL Jerseys, said that “In 2005, the Caribbean Commission on Health and Development flagged violence and injuries as one of the three issues with significant implications for development if not specifically addressed.  Since then the prevalence of violence and injuries in CARICOM Member States has escalated such that it has become not only a public health problem, it has also become a priority regional security and development issue.”Chief Education Officer Olato Sam in his address said that the Education Ministry has started to track critical incidents in schools to provide an imperial framework on which sound policy initiatives and ventures could be devised.He highlighted various negatives that accompany gang violence and crime, before mentioning that the Education Ministry had noted the need to implement or view more in-depth, the incidence of youth gang-related crimes and violence. He welcomed the workshop, which he said would go a long way in assisting the school system to deal with the social issue while underlining the significant benefits that stem from the programme.The four-day workshop is expected to be attended by students and other stakeholders, and will see participants sharing ideas and experiences in relation to the critical issue. Discussions on studies and findings will also be at the centre of the forum while on the final day, there will be presentations on prevention strategies and actions that would have been devised.