About CCAA

Caribbean-Central American Action (CCAA) is a private, independent organization that promotes private sector-led economic development in the Caribbean Basin and throughout the Hemisphere. The organization serves its goal of facilitating trade and investment by stimulating a constructive dialogue between the private and public sectors to improve the policy and regulatory environments for business on both the international and local level. The organization conducts policy-oriented programs in sectors such as financial services, transportation, energy, agriculture, apparel, intellectual property rights, tourism, telecommunications, and information technology.

In the Caribbean, the organization is focused on the proposed Caribbean Single Market and Economy and the role of the private sector in improving the welfare, prosperity, and competitiveness of the population. The organization is focusing special attention on regional issues such as energy security, customs, maritime port security and disaster mitigation.

With the passage of the U.S. free trade agreement with Central America and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA) by the U.S. Congress, CCAA will continue to advocate that the countries involved implement a comprehensive public policy effort to continue democratic liberalization and reform, stimulate economic growth, and ensure that broader civil society shares in the benefits of increased trade.

CCAA is also host to the Annual Miami Conference on the Caribbean Basin, the premier gathering of its kind that brings together senior public and private sector leaders from the Hemisphere, including Heads of State to discuss trade, economic and policy issues in the Americas. This year’s Conference is scheduled for December 1-3, 2008 at the InterContinental Hotel, Miami, Florida.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., CCAA is governed by an international Board of Trustees and funded primarily by contributions from companies with a direct or indirect stake in the region’s prosperity. CCAA is a non-profit, non-governmental charitable organization incorporated in 1980 under the laws of the District of Columbia. Contributions to CCAA are tax-exempt under Section 501 (c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Join CCAA