At the launch of HIPCAR, stakeholders comprising participants from the beneficiary countries, regional organizations, associations of operators, services providers and the private sector agreed on nine priorities, categorized under two main work areas as follows:

• ICT policy and legislative framework on information society issues: electronic commerce (transactions), electronic commerce (evidence), privacy and data protection, interception of communications, cybercrime, and access to public information (freedom of information).
• ICT policy and legislative framework on telecommunications: universal service and access, interconnection and access, and licensing.

Stakeholders also agreed to establish a Steering Committee with an overall monitoring and advisory role for the project. The Committee is chaired by the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), and its members include: ITU; representatives of the CARICOM   Secretariat; the Eastern Caribbean  Telecommunications Authority(ECTEL); the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organisations (CANTO); and the Caribbean ICT Virtual Community (CIVIC).