ST.JOHN'S Antigua, February 27th, 2012 -- Antigua & Barbuda will host the second meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Technical Working Group (TWG) on Preventing Crime by focusing on at-risk youths and vulnerable populations.
The meeting on Tuesday is being organized by the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat with support from the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID). It will be held under the theme.
“Building effective and sustainable partnerships for crime prevention” and will bring together representatives from the public and private sectors and civil society of Caricom and the Dominican Republic as well as representatives from the United States State Department, USAID and international agencies “to share experiences and best practices of government, private sector and civil society partnerships to reduce youth crime and violence.
“It is anticipated that at the end of the meeting all partners would go away with sound ideas on how they can forge partnerships and engage stakeholders in implementing crime prevention strategies and projects,” a Caricom Secretariat statement said. It added that the meeting will also initiate dialogue with international partners, with a view to developing a harmonized coordinating mechanism for crime and violence initiatives targeting at-risk youth.
The TWG is one of the four working groups under the CBSI, which includes Caricom, the Dominican Republic and the United States. The TWG has been established to advise on the development of cross-cutting, comprehensive, and regional approaches to crime prevention with a particular focus on education, workforce development, civic participation and juvenile justice sector reform. The first meeting of the TWG was held in Barbados last April. (CMC)
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