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Guyana Animation Network (GAN) Launched
The Guyana Animation Network (GAN) was officially launched at an Open Day in the Generation Next Conference Hall in Georgetown, Guyana, on Saturday 2 July 2016. GAN is a network established to use it resources to create and provide access to opportunities for persons within Guyana’s artistic, creative and technological communities; to develop the requisite skills, with their talents and…
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CDB funding Caribbean music sector development
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean region is known and celebrated for reggae and dancehall, soca, zouk and other genres. Yet many regional artistes, performers, their managers and publishers do not earn a sustainable living from their craft. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), noting the challenges facing the region’s music sector and affirming its support for the creative industries, has committed…
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CARIFESTA XIII preparations: submissions invited for jingle, logo competitions
In preparation for this country’s hosting of the 13th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) from August 17 to 27, 2017, the Government of Barbados is inviting submissions of jingles, as well as designs for the CARIFESTA XIII logo. Both the winning jingle and logo will be awarded a cash prize of Bds $10,000. Jingles submitted should be…
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Stakeholders set path for establishment of Regional creative industries body
Kingston, JAMAICA, April 13, 2016, – The Caribbean is renowned worldwide for its creative culture, including music, folklore, crafts, festivals and carnivals. Despite making some progress in developing the cultural and creative sectors, the Region has lagged in translating its creativity into substantial economic gains. This reality prompted the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government at their 26th Intersessional meeting held…
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Historic Exhibition of Caribbean Animation at IDB Washington DC
In celebration of the 15th Anniversary of Animae Caribe Festival, Founder and Creative Director Camille Selvon Abrahams was asked by the Inter-American Development Bank to collaborate on an exhibition of Caribbean animations submitted to the festival over the last fifteen years. The twenty hand selected shorts will be exhibited at the IDB Head Office Conference Centre in Washington DC from…
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Twenty-Ninth COHSOD concludes with focus on Animation for Development
The Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) came to a close on Friday. Minister for Youth Development and Sports Saint Lucia Hon. Shawn Edward chaired the two-day proceedings where Ministers and officials with responsibility for youth development came together to discuss and make decisions in relation to the youth and culture. The final item on…
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Remarks by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque At The Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) (Youth and Culture) 3-¬4 March 2016 GEORGETOWN, Guyana
It is my pleasure to warmly welcome you to the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Youth and Culture. I welcome, especially, those of you who are visiting our Community Headquarters for the first time. To the Hon. Evans Rogers, Minister of Health and Social Development with responsibility for Youth and Culture of…
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‘Don’t disappoint Region’s youth’ – Assistant Secretary-General Slater
Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater, has implored Directors of Youth across the Region not to disappoint the youth. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Eighth Meeting of the Directors of Youth Affairs hosted at the CARICOM Secretariat on Wednesday. Dr. Slater made reference to a recently concluded youth forum where…
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KingstOOn a springboard for the Caribbean’s animation industry
THE Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), World Bank and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) all agree that KingstOOn 2016, scheduled for March 12-13 at the Edna Manley College, will have a region-wide impact on Caribbean economies. The three are partners in the staging of the two-day animation workshop and conference “CDB’s support for KingstOOn is part of a wider Caribbean…
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Jamaica begins process to get reggae inscribed on UNESCO cultural heritage list
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday February 9, 2016 – Jamaica’s Ministry of Youth and Culture is moving to have reggae inscribed on the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Principal Director of the Culture and Creative Industries Policy Division in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Dr. Janice Lindsay, says the ministry has…
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