About The Youth Development Programme

Objective

To address the concerns, issues, aspirations and prospects of all young people within the mandated nine (9) to twenty-nine (29) age group.

Programme

All programmes of the Youth Development Programme are created based on information collected during the National Youth Surveys, co-ordinated consultations and seminars ongoing interaction with youth within their communities.

Under the Youth Development Programme, Barbados is divided into four zones, each headed by a Senior Youth Commissioner and into thirty-two (32) districts individually serviced by thirty-two (32) Youth Commissioners. Each district consists of approximately three thousand (3,000) young people with YDP’s target group.

The Role of the Youth Commissioner

To identify, collect and maintain basic information on all young people between ages nine (9) and twenty-nine (29).
To facilitate the realisation of the creative potential of young people, by mobilising, guiding and channelling their access to a wide range of government and non-governmental services.
To promote, mobilise and extend the activities and membership of youth groups and organisations in their districts.
To work with young men and women who are not members of an organised group.
To assist or work with youth-related governmental and non-governmental agencies.
To maintain a directory of all services and programmes available in Barbados relevant to the needs of young people.
To maintain a directory of youth and community organisations.

Annual Events and Services