title: Caribbean Telecommunications Union
text: # Caribbean Telecommunications Union
  
  The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) is an intergovernmental organization established by CARICOM in 1989, to facilitate development of the telecommunications sector in the Caribbean.
  
  ## Governance
  
  ### Secretary-Generals
  
  | Name | Years |
  | - | - |
  | Deoraj Ramnarine | 1990 - 1994 |
  | Roderick Sanatan | 1994 - 1999 |
  | Laurent Justinian Coipel | 2000 - 2002 |
  | Bernadette Lewis | 2003 - 2020 |
  | Rodney Taylor | 2021–Present |
  
  ## Regional Initiatives
  
  ### Caribbean Internet Governance Forum (CIGF)
  
  In 2005, the CTU and the CARICOM Secretariat initiated the CIGF as a regional, multi-stakeholder, annual forum. As part of the 18th CIGF in 2022, the CTU hosted the inaugural Small Island Developing States Internet Governance Forum (SIDS IGF) in Trinidad and Tobago.
  
  ### Other initiatives
  
  * Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme (CARCIP)
  * Caribbean Spectrum Planning and Management Project
  * Caribbean Centre of Excellence
  * Caribbean ICT Roadshow
  * ICT for Persons with Disabilities
  * Caribbean Network Operators Group (CaribNOG)
  
  ## Member States
  
  * Anguilla
  * Antigua and Barbuda
  * The Bahamas
  * Barbados
  * Belize
  * The British Virgin Islands
  * Cayman Islands
  * Cuba
  * Dominica
  * Grenada
  * Guyana
  * Jamaica
  * Montserrat
  * St. Kitts and Nevis
  * St. Lucia
  * St. Maarten
  * St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  * Suriname
  * Trinidad and Tobago
  * The Turks and Caicos Islands
  
  Between September and October 2022, 13 of the CTU member states participated in the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania.
  
  