Caricom leaders last week endorsed the idea of the Caricom Secretariat and Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) preparing a proposal for a Caribbean Creative Industries Management Unit.
The Unit would be located in Caribbean Export in Barbados, would be self-financing and report to the Regular Meeting of Heads of Government in July, a communique issued at the close of the 26th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, held in The Bahamas on February 26 and 27, said.
In seeking new development pathways “in the pursuit of inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth, the Caricom leaders acknowledged the potential of the cultural and creative industries in contributing to the development of the Region. “They reaffirmed the significance of the cultural and creative industries to Caricom integration and the CSME, and as a driver of
