Association of Caribbean States (ACS)

1. Introduction to the Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
2. Functions and Organization of the Association of Caribbean States
3. Member countries of the Association of Caribbean States
4. The Greater Caribbean
5. Trends in the Caribbean Foreign Trade
6. The Caribbean Expanded Economic Space
7. Trade Agreements in the Caribbean region

The educational aims of the Subject “Association of Caribbean States” are:

1. To understand the purposes and functions of the Association of Caribbean States
2. To evaluate the benefits for the member countries of the Association of Caribbean States
3. To research economic and trade integration process between the member countries of the Association of Caribbean States
4. To research economic relations between the Association of Caribbean States countries with the student's country
5. To understand the concept of the Caribbean Expanded Economic Space

The Subject “Association of Caribbean States (ACS)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate in World Trade.

Masters adapted for Caribbean students.

1. Belizean Students
2. Guyanese Students
3. Surinamese Students

Languages: or Asociación de Estados del Caribe Association des États de la Caraïbe Associação dos Estados do Caribe.

1. Subject Credits “Association of Caribbean States”: 1

The objectives of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) are the following:

1. To strength the Caribbean cooperation and integration process, creating an enhanced economic area in the region
2. To preserve environmental integrity of the Caribbean Sea
3. To promote the Greater Caribbean sustainable development

The Association of Caribbean States has five ad hoc committees:

1. International Trade development and foreign economic relations
2. Sustainable tourism
3. International transport
4. Natural disasters
5. Budget and administration

The observers and associated members of the Association of Caribbean States are:

1. Eight other non-independent Caribbean Countries are eligible for associate countries
2. The associate members of the Association of Caribbean States are Aruba, Curaçao, France (on behalf of the French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique). British Virgin Islands, the Netherlands Antilles (Bonares, Saba, Saint Eustatius, Saint Maarten) and Turks and Caicos
3. The founding observers of the Association of Caribbean States are CARICOM Secretariat, Secretariat of Latin American economic System (SELA), Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Permanent Secretariat of the General Agreement on the Central American economic integration to facilitate their participation in the works of the Ministerial Council and special committees
4. The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Caribbean Tourism Organization were admitted as founding observers in 2000 and 2001 respectively
5. The observer countries are Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, India, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea, Morocco, Peru, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and the UK

All Countries of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), except Suriname, are Christian countries.

The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is part of the Hispanic American and the Caribbean economic areas of Western Civilization.