Promoting Market Access Facilitation in CARICOM
The Caribbean Exporter Gateway (CARIBGATE) provides information on the market access conditions for products traded within the CSME and, for products from CARICOM Member States entering Cuba, Costa Rica or the Dominican Republic. Information on tariffs, Rules of Origin, Non-tariff measures (including SPS requirements, import licences and other duties and charges) and other information, will be available.
The purpose of this project is to provide the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and its Member States with a functioning automated data management system for information exchange and networking among the national company registries and the CSME Unit regarding companies and other legal entities by:
a) completing the building of a secure regional database network among the company registries in Caricom's 12 Member States and connected to a central repository at the CSME Unit in Barbados;
Caribbean Moves (CM) is an initiative aimed at reducing the burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean by engaging with a broad cross section of public and private sector organisations to promote and support preventive health behaviours aligned with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Best Buys for NCD prevention. Currently, NCDs account for 70% of all deaths in the Caribbean and have an economic impact at every level of society. The economic and social costs incurred are simply not sustainable.
The vulnerability to climate and disaster risk can retard advances that are made by the region toward attainment of the transformation of the energy systems within the region, as pursued within the C-SERMS Framework and impact the ability of countries to provide: “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”.
The Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Programme was designed to respond to the growing challenges associated with problematic drug use, including illicit drug consumption and alcohol abuse across the Region. Implemented through four key Result Areas, the programme adopted a comprehensive and evidence-based approach aimed at strengthening institutional capacity, preventing drug use, and improving treatment and rehabilitation services—particularly for young people.
The Caribbean region faces a convergence of environmental, social, and economic challenges arising from climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, and increasing developmental pressures. As small island developing states (SIDS), Caribbean nations are particularly vulnerable to these challenges, which directly threaten livelihoods, infrastructure resilience, food and energy security, and long-term economic sustainability.
A Pilot Project to reduce youth on youth violence, particularly in schools, currently underway, is increasingly receiving positive feedback and buy-in from target audiences and stakeholders alike in five CARICOM Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.
To ensure the practical effectiveness of the CSME, specific development interventions are required. In this context, a Contribution Arrangement was finalised in October 2007, between representatives of the Government of Canada and the Caribbean Community for the CARICOM Trade and Competitiveness Project (CTCP). Effective implementation of the Project started in May 2008 when the First Meeting of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) approved the Work Plan for 2008.
On December 4 2017, The Regional Building Energy Efficiency Programme (BEEP) which aims to improve the use of energy in buildings was launched at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. The Launch follows the introduction of BEEPs at the CARICOM Secretariat in December 2014, and at the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission in August 2015.
The BEEPs are being done to address the dependence on fossil fuels and economic vulnerability as a result of the inefficient energy use in buildings in the Community.
In 2012 CARICOM launched an online consumer-protection warning system which allows 13 million consumers in 14 Member States to alert authorities on dangerous products which they detect in the market.