Eastern Caribbean countries mull regional biometric ID to facilitate free movement

Stakeholder country consultations have been ongoing within the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), an 11-member regional grouping, on a wide range of initiatives intended to improve integration within the region and to enhance the general wellbeing of citizens in several domains of life.

One of the initiatives being looked at is the establishment of an OECS ID, a digital identification system that will utilize biometrics and collate personal information from all the different types of government-issued IDs …

biometric biometrics biometrics news border and port security caribbean civil countries digital id domains free general initiatives integration life national id organization regional states