The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement and the Cultural Protocol

St. Kitts Department of Culture is working in collaboration with St. Kitts-Nevis Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit – Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce & Consumer Affairs to sensitize practitioners in the Creative/Cultural Industry about the benefits and opportunities provided by the Cultural Provisions in the EPA.

Practitioners in the Creative and Cultural Industry is invited to attend a consultation with Ms. Norton-Murray, Project and Regional Expert – Center for Development of Enterprise (CDE) on Tuesday 13^thNovember 12:00pm at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (located on Horsford Road (next to the OAS Building across from UWI St. Kitts)

CULTURAL PROTOCOL IN THE EPA http://www.crnm.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=276&Itemid=76

The European Union is interested in creating an EU-CARIFORUM Platform for the Culture and Creative Industries, to promote business cooperation and cultural exchanges between the EU and CARIFORUM Member States.  It is envisioned that the culture and creative industries would form an alliance to work on potential business opportunities. A strategy to establish such a platform could have the following features:

• Identify European and Caribbean stakeholders interested in creating this activity with a view to finding cooperation partners.

 • Identify areas of common interest such as promoting investment in local creative industries

• Organise cultural missions to cities in the EU and the Cariforum countries

• Consider the organisation of hosting cultural events, in selected countries that could take the form of government-backed specific industry missions

• Consider funding the participation of 10 Cariform groups to important international trade fairs in the EU

• Develop an outreach programme to target SMEs in Europe and Cariforum

Host an annual Conference on Creative Industries in Europe and in the Cariforum region.  

Please, confirm your attendance to the consultation by responding to St. Kitts Department of Culture via email stkittsculture@gmail.com or via telephone (869) 467-1415 by Today Monday November 12^th 4:00pm.  Your active participation is necessary to effect positive change and is greatly appreciated!  We apologize for the late notice, but hope that you will realize the importance of this consultation.

Respectfully yours,

St. Kitts Department of Culture