11 Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

CARICOM Cyber Security and Cybercrime Action Plan (CCSCAP)

Launched in 2016, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Cyber Security and Cybercrime Action Plan (CCSCAP) has been updated in 2025 to confront a rapidly evolving threat landscape. This updated CCSCAP provides a coordinated, forward-looking framework to safeguard the Region’s digital infrastructure, str...
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Crime and Security

Security was formally added as the fourth pillar of CARICOM in 2007, in response to the growing threats to citizen safety and transnational crime, and following the establishment, by Heads of Government, of a Regional Task Force on Crime and Security in 2001 which was tasked with examining the root ...
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Statistics

The Regional Statistics Programme (RSP) collects, compiles, and maintains official statistical data from CARICOM Member States and Associate Members across a wide range of statistical domains, including merchandise trade, population, national accounts, balance of payments, , international trade in s...
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Legal and Institutional Framework

The Legal and Institutional Framework Programme supports the development, strengthening, and modernisation of the Community’s legal and governance architecture to advance regional integration and effective implementation of CARICOM decisions. It promotes harmonised legal approaches, stronger institu...
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Culture and Community Development

The Culture and Community Development Programme is responsible for coordination of regional policies and programmes in Culture and Community Development. In CARICOM, culture is central to the promotion of regional identity and unity and contributes to the effective implementation of the CARICOM Sing...
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Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D)

The Caribbean Community is moving toward a Single ICT Space to leverage information and communication technologies as drivers of regional socio-economic development. Addressing the digital divide, security threats, cyber risks, and environmental impacts is critical to those efforts. Attention m...
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Economic Development Policy, Tax Administration and Research (EDPR)

The Economic Development Policy, Tax Administration and Research (EDPTA&R) Programme  of the CARICOM Secretariat is responsible for coordinating the regional macro-economic policy agenda, supporting financial market integration, strengthening tax administration, leading regional economic re...
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Crime and Violence as a Public Health Issue

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago, in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat, convened a Regional Symposium on Crime and Violence as a Public Health Issue on 17–18 April 2023 to address the issue of crime and violence within the Caribbean Region. Following the symposium, the Heads of Governm...
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Caribbean Cooperation in Health (CCH) Initiative

The concept of the Caribbean Cooperation in Health (CCH) Initiative was introduced in 1984 at a meeting of the former CARICOM Conference of Ministers responsible for Health (CMH). The CMH saw this as a mechanism for health development through increasing collaboration and promoting technical cooperat...
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