Starting in April 2026, the Caribbean island nation of Grenada will play host to a major regional capacity-building event focused on modernizing tax governance across the bloc. The four-day workshop on compliance risk management, scheduled to run from April 20 to 23, is organized by the Inland Revenue Division (IRD) under Grenada’s Ministry of Finance, and forms an official activity of the Global Public Finance Partnership’s second Community of Practice (COP#2).
The event will be hosted at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort, and has secured technical and institutional support from the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF-FAD). It will bring together senior tax administration leaders and specialized technical experts from tax authorities across every corner of the Caribbean, uniting stakeholders around a shared goal of reinforcing regional compliance risk management (CRM) frameworks. The core objective of the initiative is to boost the overall effectiveness, operational efficiency, and procedural fairness of tax administration systems across all participating Caribbean jurisdictions.
Sheena Lewis, Comptroller of Grenada’s Inland Revenue Division, emphasized the transformative potential of the gathering for the region. “This workshop represents a pivotal step in our collective effort to modernize tax administration across the Caribbean,” Lewis stated. “By leveraging the Community of Practice framework, we are building a regional network of expertise to move toward a data-driven, risk-based approach that ensures fairness for all taxpayers.”
Over the course of the four-day event, participants will take part in a structured program of deep-dive technical sessions and peer-led country case presentations. These activities are intentionally designed to encourage open cross-border knowledge sharing and collaborative practical problem-solving for common tax administration challenges the region faces. The workshop will conclude on its final day with two key deliverables: participating jurisdictions will draft individual country-specific action plans to implement new CRM practices, and attendees will collectively map out ongoing opportunities for long-term peer-to-peer collaboration across regional tax agencies.
Grenada’s IRD has reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to upholding transparent, efficient, and equitable tax administration, and underscored its dedication to continuing partnership with both regional and global stakeholders to strengthen public financial management systems across the entire Caribbean region.