PORT OF SPAIN - The Trinidad-based CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Se-curity (IMPACS) says it has officially commenced the process of developing a new CARICOM Security Strategy (CSS).
The agency, which was established in 2006 as the implementation arm of a new regional architecture to manage CARICOM’s action agenda on crime and security, said the CSS is being developed in “the face of intensifying security threats and a rapidly evolving geopolitical and geo-economic landscape”.
It said that an inaugural meeting of the CSS steering committee was held virtually last week as a critical step toward crafting a strategic, forward-looking and cohesive regional security framework that is responsive to current and future challenges in the Caribbean region.
“The CSS will serve as the region’s principal policy instrument for guiding countries, regional and international entities in response to the growing range of security threats in the Caribbean,” CARICOM IMPACS said. (Jamaica Gleaner)
