2.1.2 Mission
The Community works together to deepen integration and build resilience so as to:
affirm the collective identity and facilitate social cohesion of the
Community;
realise our human potential as defined by the Ideal Caribbean Person,6 full employment
and full enjoyment of human rights;
ensure that social and economic justice and the principles of good governance are
enshrined in law and embedded in practice;
systematically reduce poverty, unemployment and social exclusion and their impacts;
mainstream all aspects of sustainable development, including the environmental,
economic and social dimensions;
create the environment for innovation, the development and application of technology,
productivity and global competitiveness, in which the collective strength of the Region is
unleashed;
promote optimum sustainable use of the Region’s natural resources on land and in the
marine environment, and protect and preserve the health and integrity of the
environment;
encourage citizens to willingly accept responsibility to contribute to the welfare of their
fellow citizens and to the common good, practice healthy living and lifestyles, respect the
rule of law, protect the assets of the Community, and abhor corruption, crime and
criminality in all its forms;
project ‘one voice’ on international issues;
increase savings and the flow of investment within the Community.
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