National Centre for Youth Development

The National Centre for Youth Development (NCYD), the youth division in the Ministry of Youth & Culture was established in the year 2000 as the Government department with responsibility for young people aged 15 – 24 years throughout the island.

NCYD is responsible for facilitating the co-ordination and integration of programmes, service and activities geared towards youth development, and recommending and designing programmes to enhance and propel youth development.

The primary functions of the Centre are:

    Policy Formulation and Strategic Planning
    Programme Development Multi-Sectoral Coordination
    Research
    Information Dissemination
    Monitoring and Evaluation
    Programme Management
    Operation Phoenix (Construction & Management of Youth Information Centres)
    Empowerment and Participation
    National Secondary Student’s Council
    Jamaica Youth Ambassadors Programme
    Jamaica Union of Tertiary Students
    National Youth Council of Jamaica
    Youth Month