Project Components

The CTCP consists of a Core CSME Component and a Haiti Component. The four (4) main elements of the Core CSME Component are:

1. Harmonisation and standardisation of administrative practices and Procedures (Component 100);

For the full and efficient functioning of the CSME, the creation of systems and procedures is required to facilitate management and administration at the national level. Comprehensive reviews of Member States administrative systems will be undertaken and, accordingly, the existing manual of administrative procedures will be revised.

2. Enhancing the effective functioning of the services and labour markets through standardised licensing and certification and mutual recognition of licenses and certificates (Component 200);

To ensure better access to the labour and services markets in the Member States and thus give practical expression to “free movement of skills”, an assessment and analysis of the existing legal and institutional arrangements in Member States will be undertaken in order to build regional capacity for quality assurance, standards setting and region-wide recognition in relation to certification and licensing for persons in the technical and vocational areas.

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  •  A National Coordinator;
  • A National Coordinating Committee comprising representatives of Government departments, the private sector, employers, labour and NGOs,
  • Links to the Committee of Permanent Secretaries; and
  • Oversight by a Minister of Government.

3. Widening the scope of participation by stakeholders and beneficiaries in the process of decision-making, implementation and operation of the Single Market (Component 300);

The Conference of Heads of Government of the Community has recognised the critical role that non-state actors and the wider civil society play in ensuring the operational effectiveness of the CSME. The effective participation of these stakeholders will require the creation or improvement of the infrastructure for their participation in the implementation processes. The CTCP seeks to contribute to this process through the development of national plans of action and the provision of technical assistance to Member States.

Gender and the Environment are treated as cross-cutting themes in the project but managed under this component.

The environment is the basis for all inputs (metals, minerals, soil, forests and fisheries), and for the energy needed to process them. It also receives the waste products of economic activity. Resolution of environmental issues is therefore central to the effective functioning of the CSME. As part of the Region’s development thrust, there is need for the adoption of a harmonised regulatory regime which protects, preserves, enhances and manages the productive potential of the natural environment to ensure sustainable development. This would enable investors and other economic agents to operate across the entire space of the CSME on the basis of the same policies and regulations that are publicly known, and applied in a predictable and transparent manner.

The Region is also faced with monitoring the implementation of the CSME, including its impacts and implications for all CARICOM citizens. The investment opportunities generated and the increased economic activity all have major implications for the women and men in the Community. The issues of social development, social formations, social relations and social adjustment need to be recognised as underpinning the CSME, and where there are imbalances, social justice considerations must be integrated into the movement of people. Integration of a gender perspective into every step of the policy, programming and procedural process will contribute to the maximisation of access to resources and benefit from opportunities.

4. A ‘call down’ facility for Consultations (Component 400).

The need for a project infrastructure at both the National and Regional level was Identified and recommended. The Project’s infrastructure at the National level which is currently in place in all of the participating Member States comprises:

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