November 11–12, 2026 · Royalton Saint Lucia, Gros Islet
GDP positioning for a new global reality.
The rules of the global economy are being rewritten faster than any single nation can absorb.
Local, regional and global relationships are re-ordering at an unprecedented pace. CGDPS '26 convenes the Caribbean to align GDP-sector strategy — energy, industry & commerce, health & wellness, public works, the blue economy, housing, and digital infrastructure — before the next shock, not after it. This is not another summit. It is the region's call to arms.
Countdown to convening
November 11–12, 2026 · Royalton Saint Lucia, Gros Islet
The Mandate
Four pillars for a
re-ordering world.
The relationships that shaped Caribbean GDP for a generation — trade, capital, climate, security, technology — are re-ordering at an unprecedented pace. CGDPS '26 organizes the region's response around four pillars: sovereign capital activation, sector diversification, systemic resilience, and coordinated regional posture.
Pillar I
Sovereign Capital, Activated
The old fiscal reflex — borrow, cushion, wait — is expiring. Recalibrating reserves, closing revenue leakage, and disciplining CBI flows unlock the sovereign capital the region will need to move first on the sectors that matter.
Pillar II
Sector Diversification
A regional economy anchored to two industries cannot absorb a decade of simultaneous shocks. Energy, industry and commerce, digital infrastructure, the blue economy, housing, and health are the strategic fronts of the repositioning — coordinated across borders, not chased in isolation.
Pillar III
Climate & Systemic Resilience
SIDS carry a climate risk they did not create, on a timeline they did not choose. Trust funds, energy transition programmes, coastal defense, and public-works redundancy are treated as fiscal architecture — the infrastructure of survival, ratified now, not negotiated later.
Pillar IV
Regional Coordination
Local–regional–global relationships are re-ordering in real time. Full membership, aligned legislation, shared standards, and a coordinated Caribbean voice are the only credible answer — one posture, one mandate, one region facing the new global reality together.
One region, one posture
A coordinated Caribbean voice.
No single nation can meet a re-ordering world alone. CARICOM member states, OECS territories, and regional secretariats convene in Cap Estate to negotiate one aligned position on the sectors, standards, and safeguards that will define the next Caribbean decade.
Convened with
Backed by the institutions that will move with us.
Venue
Royalton Saint Lucia
A self-contained diplomatic campus at Cap Estate, Gros Islet — a Royalton Luxury Resorts flagship operating under the All-In Luxury® standard, hosting plenary, ten concurrent tracks, the Sovereign Capital Room, ministerial side-rooms, awards dinner, and accredited media inside a single secured beachfront perimeter.
- Plenary hall with simultaneous interpretation (EN/ES/FR/NL)
- Six concurrent breakout rooms across the ten-track programme
- Dedicated Sovereign Capital Room and signing chamber
- Awards dinner pavilion seating 600 under All-In Luxury® service
Getting there
- Hewanorra International (UVF) — direct service from Miami, JFK, Atlanta, Toronto, London (LGW), Frankfurt, and the wider Caribbean
- George F. L. Charles (SLU), Castries — regional and intra-Caribbean arrivals
- Delegate ground transfers coordinated by the Summit Secretariat
- Diplomatic clearances and protocol arranged through the Office of Protocol
Accommodation & stay
- On-site room block at Royalton Saint Lucia with signature DreamBed™ bedding
- Diamond Club™ butler service available for Heads of Delegation and principals
- Curated overflow at Cap Maison, BodyHoliday, and The Landings Resort & Spa
- Marriott Bonvoy points earned on accredited delegate stays
On-site experience
- Up to eleven culinary concepts, 24-hour in-room dining, top-shelf bar service included
- Resort-wide high-speed Wi-Fi and secure delegate connectivity
- The Royal Spa hydrotherapy circuit and infinity pools for off-session recovery
- Press accreditation suite, broadcast feeds, and awards reception spaces
A moment, not a meeting
The next global chapter is being written now. Answer the call.
CGDPS '26 is where the Caribbean's position on energy, industry, health, infrastructure, the blue economy, housing, and digital sovereignty is drafted, aligned, and ratified. Be in the room.