Secretary-General Carrington steps down

​“These last 18 years as Secretary-General have been the pinnacle of my public service career. I have, despite the odds, done all I could to help create a viable and secure Community for All. It has been a period of important achievements as well as significant disappointments. I leave satisfied and confident however, that the Caribbean Community now has a solid platform on which to continue to build the integration movement,” the Secretary-General said.

During his tenure, Mr. Carrington oversaw the revision of the Treaty of Chaguaramas and the consequent transition of the Community from a Common Market to a Single Market in 2006. Under his Secretary-Generalship, the platform is also being set for eventual evolution of the Community to include a Single Economy - the framework for which Heads of Government have undertaken to create by 2015.

Mr. Carrington’s term has also seen the establishment of a number of key institutions designed to put the integration process on a sound base, including:

    CCJ - Caribbean Court of Justice (2005);

    CROSQ - Caribbean Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (2002);

    CCCCC - Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (2005);

    CCC - CARICOM Competition Commission (2008);

    CDF - CARICOM Development Fund (2008).