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REGIONAL INTEGRATION
Background to CARICOM

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Types of Co-operation
Co-operation in the home
Co-operation in the community
Co-operation at the national level

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Definition of Terms
Regional a bloc or geographic region/area that have
things in common.
Integration coming together for a common purpose.
CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common
Market.
Bi-lateral Agreement trade agreement between two
companies or countries.

Definition of Terms

Multi-lateral Agreement trade agreement among

Multi-lateral trade agreement among several companies or
countries.
MDCs More Developed Countries (Guyana, Barbados,
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the
Bahamas.
LCD Less Developed Countries (Leeward and
Windward Islands)

What is Integration?
The idea of integration suggests unity and
teamwork.
The term integration means to bring or
come into equal membership.

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Do you think integration

is important?

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Why Caribbean Integration?

To bring about POLITICAL UNITY the coordination of foreign policy among the
independent member states
To bring about ECONOMIC UNITY economic
co-operation through the Caribbean Common
Market
To bring about FUNCTIONAL CO-OPERATION
to encourage co-operation among member
states in areas of health, education, law, disaster
relief, agriculture, culture, communication,
financing and industrial relations.
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Why is this attempt by Caribbean

countries at integration important?
1.Individual countries are too small
2.Resources of member states limited
3.Individual states encounter similar
problem
with trading partners
4.Similar background historically, culturally
and people wise.
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Previous Attempts at
Integration

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From Federation to CARIFTA

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1st attempt made in 1958.

Called the British West Indies
Federation
It consisted of ten territories
W.I. Federation was a political union with
a Federal Govt. consisting of M.P.
elected by the people of all member
islands.
W.I. Federation collapsed in 1962.
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Aim of Federation
To strengthen the movements for self
government
To promote economic development
To safeguard the democratic system of
government.
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Achievements of Federation
Federation facilitated the movement
from colonialism to independence
through a united voice.
The coming together of small states
strengthened their effectiveness in
dealing with international bodies such as
the United Nation.
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Federation

Or Failure

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Why did Federation Collapsed?

The masses were not educated on the
importance of Federation
Communication among islands including
shipping, telephone, and postal services
was inefficient
Envy and jealousy among member states
Distrust by the smaller states of the larger
members (Ja. & Tdad) proposal to
prematurely change the constitution of the
Federation.
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What was the final nail that was

driven in Federations coffin?
Jamaica referendum on Federation. The
PNP supported it; the JLP opposed it.
Jamaican people voted to withdraw from the
union.
Dr. Eric Williams now famous statement
summed up the demise of Federation:
ten minus one equals zero.
JAMAICA KILLED THE W.I. FEDERATION
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CARIFTA
Decision to create CARIFTA (Caribbean
Free Trade Area) was signed by Antigua,
Bdos and Guyana in 1965 ( three years
later).Came fully into being in 1968.
Aim of CARIFTA to foster economic
and social development by encouraging
free trade among member states.

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What happened to CARIFTA?

It metamorphisized it changed into
something else
Unlike Federation, CARIFTA did not fail!
Member states started to see benefits, so they
decided to expand and deepen
co-orperation by forming CARICOM in 1973.
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Establishing CARICOM
The Caribbean Community and Common
Market was established on July 4, 1973
with the signing of the Treaty of
Chaguaramas (Tdad)
Original signatories were Bdos, Tdad,
Jamaica and Guyana.
The Treaty of Chaguaramas came into
effect on August 1, 1973.
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Additional members
Less developed countries signed the treaty
on April 17, 1974; Belize, Dominica,
Grenada, Montserrat, St. Lucia, & St.
Vincent. Others joined later on.
Non-English speaking members joined
later on; Surinam in 1995 & Haiti in 1997.

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Main Objectives of Caricom

1.Improve economic development of
member states through the introduction of
free trade (now called the CSME
Caribbean Single Market
and
Economy).
2.Functional co-operation in shipping, air
transport, meteorology, health, technical
assistance, education &
training,
culture and broadcasting.
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3.

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Common policies in dealing with nonmember states.

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THE END

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