Patterson called for a meeting of the Caricom heads of state in Jamaica on Tuesday.
On average, the public debt of Caricom countries has risen by two-thirds since 1998.
In an opinion poll last year, only 29% said they derived any benefit from Caricom.
This and other recommendations feature in the Final Report of the meeting, which also includes recommendations by Dr Khotso Mokhele, under the consultancy commissioned by UNESCO and CARICOM.
The event brought together some 60 media owners and managers, journalists, broadcasters, CARICOM officials and heads of media training institutions from CARMAC, UWI and the Barbados Community College.
CARICOM, presided over by Prime Minister Bruce Golding of Jamaica.
Across Caricom, fiscal deficits have ballooned since the late 1990s.
American officials said they were seeking to form a temporary government for Haiti, bringing together supporters and opponents of Mr Aristide, plus a representative of Caricom, until elections could be held.
Subsequently, the Mokhele report was considered by a high level CARICOM meeting in Grenada on 9 April 2008 on 'Using Science, Technology and Innovation to Change the Fortunes of the Caribbean Region'.
Second, if then we have the international force through the United Nations, or CARICOM or the U.S. in Haiti increasing the number of the international police already in Haiti, it will make the huge difference.
Potential partners and participants such as youth representatives, NGOs, the Caribbean Community and Common Market Secretariat (CARICOM), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and numerous UN agencies also participated in the debates.
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