UNESCO Caribbean AI Policy Roadmap

The “Caribbean Artificial Intelligence Policy Roadmap” was published in June 2021 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), through its Cluster Office for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) and with support from UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP). The report provides a regional policy framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused on the Caribbean’s Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It emphasizes inclusive development, ethical governance, education, and innovation as critical pillars for AI adoption in the region. Developed from multi-stakeholder consultations, surveys, and expert forums conducted between 2020 and early 2021, the roadmap identifies challenges such as data scarcity, infrastructure gaps, and workforce readiness while highlighting opportunities for regional cooperation, upskilling, and sustainable innovation. It outlines policy recommendations under themes of resilience, governance, transformation, upskilling, preservation, and sustainability, aiming to position the Caribbean as both a producer and responsible user of AI technologies to advance social and economic development.