Reform Process in CARICOM

(CARICOM) At the Twenty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, held in Suriname, March 2012, Heads of Government re-examined the future direction of the Community, and the arrangements for carrying this forward which would include the role and function of the Secretariat.

It was agreed that there should be wide consultations to develop a five-year strategic plan for the Community; and also that the Secretary-General should begin the process of addressing the restructuring of the Secretariat through, inter alia, the recruitment of a Change Facilitator who would provide him with the necessary support for the change process.

In light of the foregoing, a change facilitation team will be visiting the Federation during the period 28-30 October 2013, to conduct national consultations on the reform process in CARICOM, and wish to meet with the civil society as well as the public and private sectors.