Governance & Ethics

Rules built with the region, not handed to it.

AI governance decisions being made in the Caribbean right now will shape the region’s relationship with this technology for a generation. Our Governance & Ethics program exists to make sure those decisions are made with real regional input — grounded in Caribbean institutions and priorities, not imported wholesale from frameworks built for other regions’ circumstances.

This work sits alongside, not in competition with, national efforts already underway — including Trinidad & Tobago’s MPAAI-led National AI Assessment, developed with UNDP and UNESCO frameworks. Our role is to support that kind of work regionally, and to help other CARICOM states build their own.

National Governance Partnerships

Direct collaboration with national AI bodies — like MPAAI in Trinidad & Tobago — on governance frameworks, readiness assessments, and policy development.

Regional Standards & Benchmarking

Working toward shared governance reference points across CARICOM, so no single state has to build an AI governance framework from a blank page.

Public Accountability

Creating space for legitimate public concerns — about data, water, energy, and environmental impact — to be engaged directly rather than managed around.

In practice

The Caribbean AI & Data Infrastructure Summit’s National AI Governance session and Water & Grid panels are direct extensions of this program — deliberately built to include independent experts and public critics alongside government and industry, not just the parties with something to sell.

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Program- Governance

Governance & Ethics

National Governance Partnerships

Regional Standards & Benchmarking

Public Accountability

Working on AI governance in the region?

CTU’s AI Task Force report on Harmonized AI Policies for the Caribbean