The Caribbean Sustainable Economic Development Network (CSEDNet) was formed at a January, 2000 Conference organized by the Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU), UWI St. Augustine, with support from the Frederich Ebert Stiftung Foundation. A regional coordinating committee for CSEDNet was formed with SEDU appointed as Secretariat . The objectives of the Network include to :
1. Provide a permanent forum for an exchange of ideas on Sustainable Economic Development in the Caribbean;
2. Debate & seek to influence the research policy agenda of regional institutions with respect to SD in the Caribbean;
3. Debate & seek to influence public & private sector policy on SED in the Caribbean;
4. Ensure participation of all stakeholders including grassroots communities and NGOs in the Network;
5. Encourage and facilitate training in the field of SED in the Caribbean.

At another SEDU Conference in October, 2000, co-organized with UNDP and UN ECLAC, the decision to form the Network was reinforced Additionally, it was decided that the initial work programme of CSEDNet should focus on the following three(3) issue areas:

• Participatory processes/stakeholder empowerment:
• Policy interventions particularly through the use of Economic Policy Instruments for Sustainable Economic Development;
• Technical research inputs to policy formulation and stakeholder empowerment in priority areas (including coastal zone management and tourism, disaster management, planning, land/water management and environmental/sustainable development economics.

CSEDNet UNDP/Capacity 21-funded project on
“ Assessing Caribbean Sustainability Processes and Advocating Strategies for Sustainable Development”