While at the Centre, Mr Proctor will help design an audit/assessment tool for Youth Ministries and Departments to report on programmes (national funded and from donor partners), challenges, areas of collaboration, status and peculiarities of Youth policy and action plans.

He has also been tasked with designing an assessment tool on youth governance organizations in the Region to evaluate the status of youth governance networks, their policies and operating instruments, and the agencies requiring support and assistance.

Mr. Proctor is also scheduled to visit the St Francis Community Developers (SFCD) in Corentyne, Berbice on May 10 and 11 to examine a number of areas including, the CYP Youth Enterprise Development Project in action; the Skills Training Initiative; mechanisms in place for community mobilization; and the Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS/STI programmes.

He will also familiarize himself with various faith-based youth initiatives as Anguilla Youth Division is currently seeking to develop strategic partnerships with faith based organizations.  

A three-day attachment and orientation at the CARICOM Headquarters to become more familiar with the Regional Strategy for Youth Development and the CARICOM Commission on Youth will be undertaken during May 07-09, 2007 following which, Mr. Proctor will draft a plan of action for CYP/CARICOM synergy in support of the work of youth ministries in the Region, based on the mutuality of priorities and concerns.

Mr. Proctor said he has already met with the Director of Youth in Guyana's Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Mr. Carl Brandon who has arranged for him to visit the Ministry's skills training centre at Kuru Kuru on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

According to Proctor, "the Department of Education in Anguilla has started a school-based skills training programme and the Government is anxious to expand the initiative. So the proposed visit will be very useful."

"This is a great opportunity for me to see what is being done in Guyana because we have a relatively new youth department in Anguilla. Young people in both countries have the same issues and concerns such as lack of participation and unemployment, among others," he added.