What We Do
Caribbean Civic Lab builds and deploys civic AI infrastructure for small island states. We ship practical tools that people can actually use, then train local teams to run and improve them.
This work is designed to align with priorities often supported by organizations like UNDP and IDB: digital transformation of public institutions, open government and access to information, local skills development, and scalable, lower-cost models for SIDS.
What We Build (An Example)
Yuh Hear Dem? is one example of the kind of civic AI infrastructure CCL builds and deploys. It demonstrates our approach: modular tools, open source, local training, and replication to other islands.
Yuh Hear Dem?
An AI-powered transparency tool that makes Barbados Parliament debates searchable. Ask questions, get answers with timecoded source links back to the exact video moment.
- 2000+ hours indexed
- Open knowledge graph
- Nonpartisan indexing only
90-Day Intent (Barbados-First)
This is the near-term plan we want feedback on. It is deliberately small and deliverable, and structured as a practical pilot that can be evaluated by public-sector and development partners.
Note: regional replication is part of the long-term story, but the focus here is a Barbados-first flagship that can be exported.
What We Need
We are looking for a small number of aligned partners, including development organizations, to make this real without building a heavy institution too early.
Send feedback
Short is fine. Brutally honest is welcome. If you are open to a call, say so and include your timezone.
Email matt@dharach.com- What would make you trust and use a parliamentary search tool?
- Which public data sources in Barbados would be most useful next?
- Who should we partner with to keep this neutral and adopted?
This is a public draft to show intent and attract feedback. Caribbean Civic Lab is independent and not an official government project.