2.2.6.3 Strategies 1. GOV 1- Reform of Organs, Bodies and Governance Arrangements to Enhance Decision-Making, Implementation and Accountability and Enforcement – This strategy involves improving existing arrangements to desired levels of efficiency and effectiveness viz.: (a) Enabling improved decision-making and implementation through: i. Improving the operations of the Organs and Bodies of the Community, in particular the Community Council as it relates to the strategic role of this organ and the reform of the CCS. Among the initiatives will be establishing a performance framework for the Organs to assess their results, improving the conduct of meetings, improving coordination across Councils, gaining commitment for ministerial representation at meetings, formalizing the participation/consultation with non-state actors, the use of think-tanks to support the Councils; ii. Improving the decision-making process through reviewing, refining and promoting decision-making protocols, strengthening the preparatory process, including feasibility/resource/cost-benefit analysis; improving the management of meetings by focused discussion and taking of strategic decisions. Further to (i) and (ii) above the following arrangements are proposed: iii. Introducing the Committee of Ambassadors as the nexus between national/Member State needs and the regional agenda, a requirement for successful transposition in CARICOM.18 Working with the Secretary- General and the CCS, the Organs of the Community, their Ministers, Senior Officials and CARICOM Units in their Member States, the Ambassadors will bring the issues to bear in the agenda setting and policy formulation and with a mandate to ensure the implementation of the regional agenda at the national level, including addressing challenges and ‘breaking log jams’ that stymie implementation; as well as monitor and 18 Noted in the Discussion Paper on Governance, based on the deliberations of the TWG on Governance, 2010 38 | P a g e

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