creating fora for engaging Permanent Secretaries and Senior Officials, well as
private sector and civil society partners; deepening the role of the Assistant
Secretaries General of the CARICOM Secretariat as a ‘bridge’ with Member
States; improving access to CARICOM institutions; and providing critical support
services through a reformed CCS;
(c)
Enable
Compliance,
Accountability
and
Enforcement
by
fully
utilising
mechanisms for dispute settlement, agreeing on appropriate sanctions, and
enforcement through the CCJ;19 bearing in mind the Community is moving
increasingly towards a rules based system.
2.
GOV 2 – Develop Arrangements for Participatory Governance in the Community
In the Plan period, action will be taken to develop mechanisms for participatory
governance arrangements in CARICOM. Three primary undertakings will be i) Forum for
Parliamentarians;
ii)
Promoting
discussion
on
CARICOM
Issues
at
national
parliamentary assemblies and iii) Fora for Civil Society and the Private Sector.
(a)
Forum for Parliamentarians – Over the planning period, consideration would be
given to re-engineering the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians
(ACCP), or a similar Forum could be developed comprising government and
opposition representatives from each Member State. Such a Forum will have the
benefits of:
i.
Ensuring inclusive, participatory engagement and decision-making across
the Community on Community matters;
ii.
Facilitating the inclusion of CARICOM and regional integration matters in
the strategic documents of political parties in Member States;
19 Stakeholders have emphasized that special attention should be given to the role of the CCJ in strengthening and
optimizing the governance arrangements. In that regard, Governments need to signal greater commitment to the CCJ
and improve utilization of the Court, for example to: i) resolve disputes in a speedy manner on the basis of regional
and international law; ii) draw on the competence of the Court in interpreting and applying the RTC and related
decisions of the Organs of the Community; and/or iii) develop the regional legal framework to achieve greater clarity
and certainty regarding the rights and duties of all actors of the Community.
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