REPORT OF THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP ON GOVERNANCE APPOINTED BY CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MANAGING MATURE REGIONALISM - REGIONAL GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY

Member States of the Caribbean Community face a number of major challenges at this stage of their historical evolution. Pressing domestic issues include the need to continue to improve standards of living together with Region-wide demands arising from such problems as crime, security and disaster management. These challenges must be addressed in the context of the inexorable march of globalisation and its consequences. The significant geopolitical and geo-strategic shifts which have occurred in the international system have forced countries of the Region to promote closer economic integration. This is reflected in current efforts to establish the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).