CariSECURE 2.0 builds upon the past work of CariSECURE, which equipped national institutions and agencies with the technology, equipment, and training to better collect and analyse crime data, in order to create evidence-informed approaches to reducing crime. CariSECURE 2.0 ventures even further, using this robust and reliable information to design programs and support policy geared towards the reduction of youth involvement in crime, whether as perpetrators or victims. The project also helps build the capacity of countries to fight trafficking in persons (TIP).

CariSECURE 2.0 is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with the generous support of the American people. The project will support and work alongside partners from governments of beneficiary countries, civil society organisations (CSOs), youth stakeholders, academic institutions and international development partners.

Project objectives are split between two groups of countries. In Barbados, Grenada, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, the project will work building capacity of youth serving institutions to better collect and analyse timely, reliable and standardized disaggregated data for youth crime prevention and response.  In Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago , CariSECURE 2.0 will provide resources and technical support to identify, screen, investigate and prosecute cases of trafficking in persons.