Lead: Jim Goggin - Regional Director UNSAID Eastern Caribbean-

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YOUTH GLOBAL FORUM 2010
NETWORKING FOR IMPACT
BY
JAMES GOGGIN
USAID REPRESENTATIVE
September 21, 2010

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MAP OF THE CARIBBEAN

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CURRENT SITUATION
• Vulnerability
• Transitional period
• Unemployment

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• Mindset issues
• Educational curriculum
• Drug involvement
• Migration
• Financial sector
DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES

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• Macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions
• Micro-finance provisions
• Self-employment opportunities
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

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USAID’S INITIATIVES
• Structural Reform Process
• New Youth-Serving Initiatives
– Workforce Development
– Junior Achievement
– Cave Hill School of Business
• Youth Microenterprise Opportunities

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YOUTH MICROENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITIES
• Study conducted in August 2010 for USAID Eastern
Caribbean Youth Microenterprise Program by
EcoVentures International
• Barbados and Dominica first assessments, others will
follow
• Identified wide range of activities in short time,
revealing strong youth opportunities
• Types of High Priority Youth Microenterprise: 35
specific opportunities

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BARBADOS OPPORTUNITIES
26%
23%20%
17%
14%
Technical/Professional services (including creative services)
Primaryproduction and value-added processing, Agriculture
Contractor/sub-contractor
Bulking, distribution, brokering
New services

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AGRICULTURE SECTOR
Agricultural Processing;
• Gift arrangement and packaging
• Small scale processing and storage
• Procurement
• Export
Root Crops
• Production
• Harvesting
• Brokering/Wholesale

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Herbs
• Production
• Processing and Storage
• Brokering/Wholesale
Specialty Crops & Technical Services
• Production
• Technical specialty service provision

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Specialty Crops Sector Map
(High-potential opportunities are indicated by the black boxes)

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECHNICAL SPECIALTY SERVICES
• Agricultural technical specialist including pest control,
fertilizer and weed management specialist
• Shortage of technicians
• Ministry of Agriculture interested in providing training
to increase viability of greenhouse agriculture
• Trained ag. technicians could immediately provide
services for existing greenhouses
• Ag. Experts identified these jobs as particularly
suitable for youth as they are more technical and less
farm labor-oriented

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EXAMPLES OF TECHNICAL SERVICES NEEDED IN MARKET
• Pest management
• Fertilizer and weed management
• Irrigation scheduling
• Soil composition testing
• Equipment maintenance
• Post-harvest handling
• Business management
• Networking and brokering
• Record-keeping
• Health, safety and security
• Green house support services

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SIMILAR ASSESSMENT IN DOMINICA
23% of 30 Youth Microenterprise Opportunities in
Agriculture
– Fishing tourism
– Organic Fertilizer production and distribution
– Raw material bulking and supply to processors
– Specialty crops (herbal teas, hot peppers)
– Distillation of essential oils

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