Documents and Publications

This Integrated Work Plan for the CARICOM Single ICT Space was approved at the Thirty-Eighth (38th) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 4-6 July 2017 in St. George’s, Grenada.

SIR ARTHUR LEWIS MEMORIAL LECTURE 2018

Leveraging ICT for Transformation in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union The Leadership Imperative

BY BEVIL M. WOODING

Chief Knowledge Officer, Congress WBN

Specia l Advisor, Strategic ICT, OECS Commission

The publication provides key information given the relative lack of baseline data and related time-bound objectively quantifiable targets for the sub-region, and is of particular value given the dependence on natural resources for livelihoods and well-being, and thus exposure to disruption and environmental disasters, of communities in many SIDS and developing countries in the region.

This Policy is meant to assist with the nurturing of a quality culture in the CARICOM and the DR region by guiding the development and facilitating the use of an accessible, affordable and internationally recognized, demand-oriented regional quality infrastructure.

Responding to the increasing calls from the public, NGOs and other stakeholders in the region and amidst the changing global environment, the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government at its Twenty-Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting convened in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 10 -11 March 2014, mandated the establishment of a Commission to interrogate the issue of possible reform to the legal regimes regulating cannabis/ marijuana in CARICOM countries.

Regional Public Goods for Sustainable Health Development

The Caribbean Cooperation in Health (CCH) advances the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) objective of enhanced functional cooperation found in Article 6 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, with the aim to achieve more efficient operation of common services and activities; to promote greater understanding among its peoples and the advancement of their social, cultural and technological development; and to intensify joint activities in areas such as health, education, transportation, and telecommunications.

“The Protocol on Contingent Rights was adopted and opened for signature at the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community held in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 4-6 July 2018. It was signed by seven countries (Barbados, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname) but is not yet in force. The Protocol grants rights to CARICOM nationals exercising the right of establishment, provision of services, movement of capital or free movement of skills.

The  CARlCOM Review  Commission   was  appointed    by  the  Prime   Minister,  the  Most Honourable    Andrew   Holness,   O.N., in  july  2016  to  review   jamaica's    relations   with CARlCOM and within  CARIFORUM.