CARICOM

and
ANDEAN
COMMUNIT
Y
 HISTORY OF CARICOM
The establishment  of the Caribbean Community
and Common Market (CARICOM) was the
result  of a 15-year effort to fulfill the hope of
regional integration which  was born with the
establishment of the 
British West Indies Federation in 1958. The
West Indies Federation came to an end in 1962
but its end, may be regarded as the real
beginning of what is now the Caribbean
Community.
 The Caribbean Community
(CARICOM)

• Is a grouping of Twenty countries: fifteen Member

States and five Associate Members.
• All CARICOM countries are classified as developing
countries.
• Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti,
Jamaica, Montserrat (a British overseas territory
in the Leeward Islands), Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
VISION AND MISSION

Our Vision
A Caribbean Community that is integrated, inclusive and resilient; driven
by knowledge, excellence, innovation and productivity; a Community
where every citizen is secure and has the opportunity to realise his or her
potential with guaranteed human rights and social justice; and
contributes to, and shares in, its economic, social and cultural
prosperity ; a Community which is a unified and competitive force in the
global arena.
 Mission
• The Community works together to deepen integration and build resilience so as to:
• affirm the collective identity and facilitate social cohesion of the people of the Community;
• realise our human potential as defined by the Ideal Caribbean Person, full employment and full
enjoyment of human rights;
• ensure that social and economic justice and the principles of good governance are enshrined in law
and embedded in practice;
• systematically reduce poverty, unemployment and social exclusion and their impacts;
• mainstream all aspects of sustainable development, including the environment, economic and social
dimensions;
• create the environment for innovation, the development and application of technology, productivity
and global competitiveness, in which the collective strength of the Region is unleashed;
• promote optimum sustainable use of the Region’s natural resources on land and in the marine
environment, and protect and preserve the health and integrity of the environment;
• respect the rule of law, protect the assets of the Community, and abhor corruption, crime and
criminality in all its forms;
• encourage citizens to willingly accept responsibility to contribute to the welfare of their
• fellow citizens and to the common good ,practice healthy living and lifestyles, respect the rule of law,
protect the assets of the Community, and abhor corruption, crime and criminality in all its forms;
• project ‘one voice’ on international issues;
• increase savings and the flow of investment within the Community.
Pillars of Integration
 OBJECTIVES
• To improve standards of living and work.
• The full employment of labor and other factors of production.
• Accelerated, coordinated and sustained economic development and
convergence.
• Expansion of trade and economic relations with Third States.
• Enhanced levels of international competitiveness.
• Organization for increased production and productivity.
• Achievement of a greater measure of economic leverage.
• Effectiveness of Member States in dealing with Third States, groups of
States and entities of any description.
• The enhanced coordination of Member States’ foreign and foreign
economic policies and enhanced functional cooperation.
 Members State Associate Members
•Antigua and Barbuda •Anguilla
Members State and Associate Members.
•Bahamas •Bermuda
•Barbados •British Virgin Islands
•Belize •Cayman Islands
•Dominica •Turks and Caicos Islands
•Grenada
•Guyana
•Haiti
•Jamaica
•Montserrat
•Saint Lucia
•St Kitts and Nevis
•St Vincent and the Grenadines
•Suriname
•Trinidad and Tobago
 Organs Bodies

How
CARICOM
Works

Stakeholders Institution
 ORGANS OF CARICOM
The Principle Organs:-
• The Conference of Heads of Government (and its Bureau which operates as
a sub-committee as required; and a Quasi Cabinet through which individual
Heads of Government have Lead Responsibility for specific areas)
• The Community Council of Ministers (Ministers of CARICOM Affairs in
Member States)

Organs:-
• Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)
• Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR)
• Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD)
• Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP)
• Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE)
 BODIES OF CARICOM
• Legal Affairs Committee (Attorneys General and
Ministers of Legal Affairs) – which advises both, the
Organs and Bodies
• Budget Committee – which reports to the
Community Council
• The Committee of Central Bank Governors –
which advises COFAP
• The Committee of Ambassadors – which reports to
the Community Council.
 INSTITUTIONS OF CARICOM
• Institutions, formed under the umbrella of the Community, or, with its
collaboration, serve the Community as  specialist technical agencies.
• The Community Institutions and Associate Institutions – entities with
which the Community enjoys important functional relationships –
provide direct technical support to Member States in a range of areas.
They are also critical implementing partners of the Community
Strategic Plan.
• The Community Institutions exist as separate legal entities with their
own governance arrangements. The Secretary-General, in an effort to
promote coordination and complementarity in the services which the
Institutions and the Secretariat deliver to the Member States, holds
annual meetings involving the Heads of Community Institutions and
Associate Institutions.
 STAKEHOLDERS OF CARICOM
• Governments of Member States and Associate Members, working with various other
stakeholders, are ultimately accountable to the peoples of the Community for
achieving the goals of regional integration.

• The CARICOM Youth Ambassadors, appointed by their respective Member States,

lead the leveraging of youth views and perspectives for the regional development
process.

• The Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM),

which groups the CARICOM Member States, and the Dominican Republic and Cuba,
provides, among other things, a platform to manage and coordinate policy dialogue
between its participating states and the European Union – a key development partner.

• International Development Partners support a number of Community programes and

projects through technical cooperation and provision of human and/or financial
resources.