2. What is co-operation? Cooperation means working together to achieve a common goal. Cooperation is practised by people, organisations and countries

3. What is integration? Integration deals with pooling resources whether human or physical to enable growth and development Question? What is the difference between growth and development?

4. Attempts at Regional integration in the Caribbean West Indian Federation- 1958- 1962 CARIFTA - Caribbean Free Trade Association- 1968- 1973 CARICOM- Caribbean Community and Common Market-1973 O.E.C.S.- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States- 1981 ACS- Association of Caribbean States-1995 Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME)-2002

5. The West Indian Federation 1958 The first major attempt at Regional Integration Was designed to strengthen self government To promote economic development Member states were Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

6. Caribbean Free Trade Area 1968-1973 Was designed to foster economic and social development among member states This facilitated the removal of customs duties, taxes and licensing arrangements to promote greater volumes of trade among members Member states were: Guyana, T&T, Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Kitts/Nevis and Anguilla, Jamaica, Belize

7. Caribbean Community and Common Market CARIFTA did not fail hence the developers decided to widen the prospect to form CARICOM Signed July 4, 1973 at Chaguaramas in T&T First four countries as signatories to the treaty of Chaguaramas were: T&T, Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica Began operations on August 1, 1973

8. Member states of CARICOM T&T, Barbados, Guyana Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Haiti Suriname Grenada St Kitts/Nevis Dominica Belize Montserrat St. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Lucia

9. Why was CARICOM formed? To improve the economic status of member states through free trade Co-operation among member states as it relates to: health, shipping, air transport, meteorological services, culture, broadcasting, education and training

10. Institutions of the Community Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP) Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)

11. Inst of Com. Cont’d Caribbean Environment Health Institute (CEHI) Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI) Caribbean Meteorological Institute (CMI) Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO)

12. Institutions within the Community Caribbean Aviation Safety and Securing Oversight System (CASSOS) (2008) Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) CARICOM Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) CARIPASS - the CARICOM Travel Pass

13. Caribbean Food Corporation (CFC) Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)

14. Associate Institutions Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Caribbean Law Institute / Caribbean Law Institute Centre (CLI/CLIC) Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) University of Guyana (UG) University of the West Indies (UWI)