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)

Associate InstitutionsCaribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Caribbean Law Institute / Caribbean Law Institute Centre (CLI/CLIC)

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

University of Guyana (UG)

University of the West Indies (UWI)