Caribbean Centre for Development Administration

Overview
The Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) was formed in 1979 as the Caribbean Sub-Centre of the Latin American Centre for Development Administration (CLAD). The Centre became fully operational in 1980 with Headquarters established in Barbados and is an Institution of the Caribbean Community under Article 21 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.


Mandate
The Agreement Establishing CARICAD charges the Centre with the general objective of “rendering…assistance to the countries of the Caribbean area for the purpose of improving their administrative capability to accelerate their social and economic development”. In keeping with this mandate, CARICAD is the Region’s focal point for transforming and modernising the public sectors of Member States to better formulate and implement public policy towards the achievement of good governance which is indispensable to sustainable development.