'NHDR, a platform to promote youth empowerment'
The Sri Lanka National Human Development Report (NHDR) 2014 published
by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was launched at the
BMICH on Tuesday coinciding with International Youth Day.
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Minister Dullas Alahapperuma, UNDP Resident Representative
Subinay Nandy at the launch of the Report. |
The National Human Development Report, a major vehicle for policy
development and implementation in Sri Lanka was a collaborative effort
of UNDP Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development
and the Ministry of Finance and Planning.
Chief Guest, Minister of Youth Affairs and Skills Development, Dullas
Alahapperuma, said, "This year is the year for Sri Lankan youth; the
launch of the first National Youth Policy, hosting of the World
Conference on Youth 2014 leading to the Colombo Declaration on Youth
being jointly agreed upon by policy makers and youth delegates for the
first time in history, declaration of National Skills Day, setting up of
the first-ever Commonwealth Youth Council Secretariat in Sri Lanka and
now the launch of the NHDR on Youth". The Minister said, "Findings and
recommendations of UNDP's NHDR provides a new platform for policy and
reforms which would serve to promote youth empowerment and human
development in Sri Lanka".
Globally, Human Development Reports (HDR) have been commissioned and
published by the UNDP since 1990 as intellectually independent,
empirically grounded analysis of development issues, trends, progress
and policies.
The ultimate goal of the report is to help advance human development.
Parallel to global HDRs, individual countries have been producing NHDRs,
reflecting country level issues that have an impact on human
development.
UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Subinay
Nandy said, "We at UNDP firmly believe that this report will serve as a
platform for strengthening cooperation between Government and
non-governmental actors and importantly youth themselves, to revitalise
and prioritise the implementation of policies that benefit youth and the
country at large.
The Report also explores the formulation of strategies and a national
action plan to give effect to Youth Policy 2014".
"We hope that Sri Lanka's youth will take ownership of the report and
realise their full potential as agents of change," he said. |
