Community Education Training Centre (CETC)

CETC , based at SPC, contributes to human resources development through education and training in community development. For four decades CETC has been training women as community workers and leaders to help improve the well-being of Pacific communities. CETC is the only regional institution in the Pacific that offers training on community development for women of the Pacific. The training program focuses on grassroot communities and also extends to meet modern needs in training. Recently it has placed greater emphasis on income generating activities that will increase employment opportunities and therefore promote social and economic empowerment of women and therefore making a difference in the lives of the people in the community. More recently CETC has been involved in the development of 4-week courses in Enterprise Training of Trainers and Citizenship, Leadership and Governance. Other courses and training have focused on developing business skills, micro-enterprise training, competency-based economics through formation of entrepreneurs (CEFE) training of trainers. Clearly many of these experiences could inform a youth and agriculture stratgy and provide much guidance in developing progammes and activities to build relevant youth skills.