The Fiftieth (50th) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will begin on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, under the theme “Beyond Words: Action Today for a Thriving, Sustainable CARICOM”.
The Honourable Dr Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and current Chair, will preside over the Meeting, having assumed chairmanship of the Community on 1 January 2026.
The Opening Ceremony, scheduled for 24 February at The Marriott Dome, Frigate Bay, will feature addresses by the Chair and other leaders, including the Outgoing Chair, Prime Minister Holness of Jamaica, and recently appointed heads of government from the Region. Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, will deliver the Ceremony’s opening remarks.
From 25 to 27 February, leaders and heads of delegations will gather at the St Kitts Marriott to consider pressing global and hemispheric issues and their impact on regional priorities. Deliberations will include the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), climate change and financing, food and nutrition security, regional security, transportation, reparations, and foreign and community relations.
The Meeting’s Special Guests will include His Excellency Adel al-Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, and Dr George Elombi, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank.
The closing media conference will be held at the St Kitts Marriott on the final day, Friday 27 February, at 5:00 pm.
St Kitts and Nevis last hosted a Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in July 2011.
About CARICOM:
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was established on 4 July 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, which was revised in 2001 to allow for the establishment of a single market and economy. CARICOM comprises fifteen Member States and six Associate Members and is home to approximately sixteen million citizens, 60% of whom are under 30 years old. CARICOM’s work rests on four main pillars: economic integration; foreign policy coordination; human and social development; and security cooperation.
The members of CARICOM work together to create a Community that is integrated, inclusive and resilient; driven by knowledge, excellence, innovation and productivity; a Community which is a unified and competitive force in the global arena, where every citizen is secure and has the opportunity to realise his or her potential with guaranteed human rights and social justice, and contributes to, and shares in, its economic, social and cultural prosperity.
CARICOM remains one of the best examples of integration in the developing world.
The CARICOM Secretariat, the principal administrative organ of the Community, is headquartered in Georgetown, Guyana.
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