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What is co-operation?Cooperation means working together to
achieve a common goal.
Cooperation is practised by people, organisations and countries
What is integration?Integration deals with pooling resources
whether human or physical to enable growth and development
Question? What is the difference between growth and development?
Attempts at Regional integration in the CaribbeanWest Indian Federation- 1958- 1962CARIFTA - Caribbean Free Trade Association-
1968-1973CARICOM- Caribbean Community and
Common Market-1973O.E.C.S.- Organization of Eastern Caribbean
States- 1981ACS- Association of Caribbean States-1995Caricom Single Market and Economy
(CSME)-2002
The West Indian Federation1958The first major attempt at Regional
IntegrationWas designed to strengthen self governmentTo promote economic developmentMember states were Antigua and Barbuda,
Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean Free Trade Area1968-1973• Was designed to foster economic and social
development among member states• This facilitated the removal of customs
duties, taxes and licensing arrangements to promote greater volumes of trade among members
• Member states were: Guyana, T&T, Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Kitts/Nevis and Anguilla, Jamaica, Belize
Caribbean Community and Common MarketCARIFTA did not fail hence the developers
decided to widen the prospect to form CARICOM
Signed July 4, 1973 at Chaguaramas in T&TFirst four countries as signatories to the
treaty of Chaguaramas were: T&T, Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica
Began operations on August 1, 1973
Member states of CARICOM
• T&T, • Barbados, • Guyana• Jamaica• Antigua and
Barbuda• Bahamas• Haiti• Suriname
• Grenada• St Kitts/Nevis• Dominica• Belize• Montserrat• St. Vincent and the
Grenadines• St. Lucia
Why was CARICOM formed?To improve the economic status of member
states through free trade
Co-operation among member states as it relates to: health, shipping, air transport, meteorological services, culture, broadcasting, education and training
Institutions of the CommunityAssembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians
(ACCP)
Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI)
Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD)
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
Inst of Com. Cont’d• Caribbean Environment Health Institute (CEHI)
• Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI)
• Caribbean Meteorological Institute (CMI)
• Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO)
Institutions within the Community• Caribbean Aviation Safety and Securing
Oversight System (CASSOS) (2008)
• Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
(CCCCC)
• Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
• CARICOM Implementing Agency for Crime and
Security (IMPACS)
• CARIPASS - the CARICOM Travel Pass
• Caribbean Food Corporation (CFC)
• Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
• Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA)
• Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)