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 The Regional Framework of Action for Children (RFAC) 2002-2015 is the official guiding framework for the development of the legal, education, health and other social services infrastructure to provide more effective services and support for the development of children 0-18, and for regional monitoring of the implementation of commitments in the areas of early childhood development, child protection, health and HIV and AIDS.

 The Caribbean Community Action Plan for Social Development and Crime Prevention 2009-2013 (CSDP) Action Plan’s main objective is to prevent and reduce levels of violence and crime in Member States. It underscores the need for the integration of crime prevention considerations into all relevant social and economic policies and programmes, including those addressing employment, education, health, housing and urban planning, poverty, social  marginalisation and exclusion with particular emphasis placed on communities, families, children and youth at risk.

The CARICOM Youth Development Action Plan (CYDAP) aims to promote, through a regional partnership agenda, an enabling environment for adolescent and youth wellbeing, empowerment and participation in national and regional development. It is anchored in CARICOM Youth Development Goals (CYDGs) which outline five main policy areas and actions relating to (i) Education and Economic Empowerment, (ii) Protection, Safety and Security, (iii) Health and Wellbeing, (iv) Culture, Identity and Citizenship; and (v) Leadership, Participation and Governance.

For the very first time, The Human Development Report is available in a unique web version.

The web version of the Human Development Report 2015_ Work for Human Development contains interactive features that provide enhanced functionality and enable information sharing in our interconnected world.

Adopted At The Twenty-fourth Intersessional Meeting Of The Conference Of Heads Of Government Of Caricom, 18-19 February 2013, Port - Au-prince, Republic Of Haiti

1. PROBLEM_ FINANCING CARIBBEAN SIDS’ ADAPTATION TO, AND MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE : F I N A N C E F O R D E V E L O P M E N T W O R L D B A N K M O O C D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 5

During the last two (2) decades, Caribbean nations have experienced higher levels of crime and violence associated in the main, with the illicit drug trade, transnational organised crime and gender issues.  Increasingly, concerns have been raised with respect to corruption, the trafficking in illegal arms, human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children, cyber crime and money laundering.  International terrorism has also emerged as a major security threat and has been posited as a catalyst for other criminal activities, specifically trafficking in narcotics and firearms.  Thes