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    CARICOM is an organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies whose main purposes are to promote economic integration, cooperation among members, and ensure benefits are equitably shared. It coordinates economic policies, development planning, and foreign policy. Major activities include coordinating economic development, operating a regional single market, and handling regional trade disputes. The secretariat headquarters is located in Georgetown, Guyana. CARICOM also has 5 associate members and coordinates policies through the Chairman of CARICOM and various institutions that address issues like disaster response, agriculture, and education.

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    CARICOM is an organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies whose main purposes are to promote economic integration, cooperation among members, and ensure benefits are equitably shared. It coordinates economic policies, development planning, and foreign policy. Major activities include coordinating economic development, operating a regional single market, and handling regional trade disputes. The secretariat headquarters is located in Georgetown, Guyana. CARICOM also has 5 associate members and coordinates policies through the Chairman of CARICOM and various institutions that address issues like disaster response, agriculture, and education.

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    CARICOM is an organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies whose main purposes are to promote economic integration, cooperation among members, and ensure benefits are equitably shared. It coordinates economic policies, development planning, and foreign policy. Major activities include coordinating economic development, operating a regional single market, and handling regional trade disputes. The secretariat headquarters is located in Georgetown, Guyana. CARICOM also has 5 associate members and coordinates policies through the Chairman of CARICOM and various institutions that address issues like disaster response, agriculture, and education.

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    CARICOM is an organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies whose main purposes are to promote economic integration, cooperation among members, and ensure benefits are equitably shared. It coordinates economic policies, development planning, and foreign policy. Major activities include coordinating economic development, operating a regional single market, and handling regional trade disputes. The secretariat headquarters is located in Georgetown, Guyana. CARICOM also has 5 associate members and coordinates policies through the Chairman of CARICOM and various institutions that address issues like disaster response, agriculture, and education.

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    What Is CARICOM?

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies. CARICOM's main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy. Its major activities involve coordinating economic policies and development planning; devising and instituting special projects for the less-developed countries within its jurisdiction; operating as a regional single market for many of its members (Caricom Single Market); and handling regional trade disputes. The secretariat headquarters is based in Georgetown, Guyana.

    The Members of CARICOM


    1. Antigua and Barbuda 2. The Bahamas 3. Barbados 4. Belize 5. Dominica 6. Grenada 7. Guyana 8. Haiti 9. Jamaica 10. Montserrat 11. Saint Lucia 12. St. Kitts and Nevis 13. St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14. Suriname 15. Trinidad and Tobago

    CARICOM ASSOCIATE MEMBERS


    1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

    Anguilla - 4 July 1999 Bermuda - 2 July 2003 British Virgin Islands - 2 July 1991 Cayman Islands - 15 May 2002 Turks and Caicos Islands - 2 July 1991

    CARICOM Chairman
    CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, he has served as the Chairman of the OECS and most recently as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) since January 2010.

    Organization That Comes About Due To CARICOM

    Caribbean Community institutions

    Institutions Institution Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency Caribbean Meteorological Institute Caribbean Meteorological Organization Caribbean Food Corporation Caribbean Environment Health Institute Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute Caribbean Regional Centre for the Education and training of Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Assistants Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians Caribbean Centre for Development Administration Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute Caribbean Examinations Council CARICOM Single Market and Economy Caribbean Court of Justice CARICOM Competition Commission Caribbean Regional Information and Translation Institute Abbreviation CDERA CMI CMO CFC CEHI CARDI

    REPAHA

    ACCP CARICAD CFNI CXC CSME CCJ CCC CRITI

    MY PROJECT ON

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    Omar Warrell 5c Social Studies

    Acknowledgement
    I would like to thank those who have helped me to complete this project and who have helped me to understand the true meaning of CARICOM. Thank to my teacher, my family for their support and my friends but most of all thanks to God for given me the strength to finish this project.

    Glossary
    Economic Integration Cooperation Equitably Devising Instituting Jurisdiction Headquarters

    Bibliography

    http://www.caricom.org/ http://actrav.itcilo.org/actrav-english/telearn/global/ilo/blokit/caricom.htm http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/CARICOMNew/index.html

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