The Order of the Caribbean Community is an award given to "Caribbean nationals whose legacy in the economic, political, social and cultural metamorphoses of Caribbean society is phenomenal" The award was initiated at the Eighth (8th) Conference of Heads of State and Governments of CARICOM in 1987 and began bestowal in 1992. Decisions as to award are taken by the Advisory Committee for the Order of the Caribbean Community The Insignia of the O.C.C. set in gold and the Ribbon of the Order are presented to those honoured. Privileges and entitlements There are some privileges and entitlements invested upon the recipients. Some of these are as follows: The award confers the styling The Honourable upon the recipient and Post-nominals O.C.C. Members of the Order are accorded the privilege of free movement among Member States of the Community and are issued with a travel document which is assigned similar status to a diplomatic passport. The right to reside in and be gainfully employed in any Member State, as well as the right to acquire and dispose of property, as would citizens of Member States, are entitlements granted to Members of the Order.
H.E. Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson (ANR) former Prime Minister and President of Trinidad and Tobago is among the select group of outstanding Caribbean leaders to carry with pride the title of OCC, which was conferred on him in 1998.
CITATION FOR THE ORDER OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (OCC) 2008
The distance from Grand Bay in the south east corner of Dominica to Government House in Roseau is not much more than ten miles but for His Excellency Dr. Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool, President of the Commonwealth of Dominica, it has been an extraordinary journey by way of Britain, most of the Western world, and every country of the Commonwealth Caribbean.
Kamaluddin Mohammed, former Trinidad and Tobago cabinet minister and ambassador to CARICOM, is this year's recipient of the region's highest award, the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC).The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, at its 33rd Regular Meeting in Saint Lucia, conferred this honour for the decisive role Mohammed played in the' Replanting of the Caribbean Vineyard.
THE MOST HONOURABLE P. J. PATTERSON, ON, PC, OE, QC UPON BEING AWARDED THE ORDER OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (OCC), 2 JULY 2009
As I join the pantheon of previous recipients who have made their indelible stamp on the rich tapestry of the Caribbean in the fields of academia, learning, literature, law, sports, medicine, political and institutional leadership, I feel proud and privileged to have been considered so deserving.
As one of the Caribbean's most respected legal luminaries, Justice P. Telford Georges of Dominica was an automatic choice for the award of the OCC at the second conferment in 1994.
Professionally, Justice Georges boasts a brilliant career in the legal field serving the Region as a Judge of the High Court and Acting Justice of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago and Chief Justice of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Lloyd Algernon Best, one of Trinidad and Tobago's most acclaimed intellectuals, is the recipient of the OCC, conferred in 2002.
Described as "economist, politician, publicist, political commentator, philosopher and 'doctor of doctor politics'", Lloyd Best developed an intimate relationship with the University of the West Indies, beginning his illustrious multifaceted career as a Junior Research Fellow in 1958 at the Institute of Social and Economic Research of the UWI in Jamaica.
For his outstanding contribution to the Caribbean as a political leader and social reformer, the OCC was conferred on Jamaica's fourth Prime Minister, Michael Norman Manley, and son of Jamaica's national hero Norman Washington Manley, in 1994.
CITATION FOR THE ORDER OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 2008
The computer was a mere thought in 1933, the year Rex Nettleford was born in the parish of Trelawny on the edge of Jamaica's Cockpit Country. In those days, babies googled when they were fed and felt content – as, no doubt, did baby Nettleford whose mother lavished him with loving care.
"His passion for the Caribbean cradled the Central American State of Belize into the arms of the Community" - words of introduction in the citation given for the Rt. Honourable George Cadle Price, "Father of the Nation" of Belize and OCC Awardee of 2001.
The political record of this great statesman dates back to CARIFTA, the precursor of the Caribbean Community.