In a historic move at the recently concluded general assembly of Centro Caribe Sports (CCS) members accepted unanimously a motion to significantly amend the CCS statute in realigning it with the body’s restated policy and strategic goals and international protocols.

The CCS general assembly was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The apex body for 37 countries of Central and South America and the Caribbean that participate in its Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games realised a milestone on its legislative agenda. CCS’s second vice-president and chairman of its Legal Commission, Christopher Samuda, described the move as “a statutory revolution that has broken ground for innovative policy-making that will facilitate commercial partnerships and sport entrepreneurship and deliver in 2026, our centenary year, a games that will be an athlete’s dream come true”.

Jamaica has a very rich history of medal haul at the CAC Games, and for many it was where it all technically started.

Secretary general and CEO of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Ryan Foster, gives a CCS perspective of his Technical Commission.

“This rehaul of the statute marks the beginning of a new chapter in games management and field protocols which are very important to results integrity and the games’ reputation,” Foster said.

Some critical amendments to the statute now align CCS’s constitutional framework with the financial model, infrastructure requirements, and operational metrics of the games.

“A step in the right direction that creates pathways for improved deliverables,” Foster said.

The rebranding of the regional body from the Central American and Caribbean Sport Organisation to Centro Caribe Sports (CCS) in 2020 started the repositioning of the regional body which “may not have been then seismic, but it certainly created waves with one of the outcomes being legislative reform which now has been achieved after tactical investments in time, thought, and energy”, Samuda stated.

The CAC games, the world’s largest regional multi-sports event, will take place next year in Santo Domingo between July 24 and August 8, with more than 6,000 athletes competing in over 30 sports and 60 disciplines.