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Contents
Editorial Promoting the Creative Industries 2 3! 6 7 9 11 12 14 16 18 19
PRODUCTION TEAM Dr. Keith Nurse - Director Alicia Nicholls - Research Consultant Stephanie Bishop - Communications Consultant Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law Policy & Services CARICOM Research Building University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus St Michael, BARBADOS, BB11000 246.417.4805/246.471.4553 Email: [email protected] Website: www.shridathramphalcentre.org
www.creativeindustriesexchange.com What is the Creative Industry Exchange? The CIE is an outreach project of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law which was initially funded by the UNESCO, Kingston of?ce. The CIE is a web portal that provides a regional mechanism for the collection, collation, analysis and dissemination of data and information on the cultural/ creative industries. What are the aims and objectives of CIE? The principal objective of the CIE is to document the economic impact and contribution of the cultural/creative industries to the Caribbean. The CIE aims to facilitate a stronger national and regional framework for the strategic management of the cultural/ creative industries. The CIE aims to enhance the image and pro?le of the Caribbean cultural/ creative industries sector in the regional and international context.
ARTICLE PHOTOS
Page 3 Jewellery line from Betty Marshall Doll House Creations Church Gap, Hillaby St. Andrew, BARBADOS 246-438-7939/246-269-3834 [email protected] Page 5 Jewellery line from Lucia Joseph TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 868-749-1439 [email protected] Page 9 Coffee Table Detail by Jean Baptiste Joseph/ PROMOBOIS Entre Remy, route de Nouaille, Croix des Bouquets, HAITI 509-34-65-03-97/ 36-69-88-65 [email protected] Page 12 Ceiling Lamp and Book Case by Josnel Bruno/ PROMOBOIS 12, route de Nouaille, Croix des Bouquets, HAITI 509-37-41-78-43 Page 16 Jamaica by David Myrie Exquisite Wicker 92, Hope Road, Kingston 8, JAMAICA 876-582-4370
Creative Goods! Creative Services Creative Intellectual Property EPA & Market Access A Fresh Look at Indigenous Material Exporting Caribbean Creativity Digital Trade: Is Jamaica Ready? Caribbean Film Personality Honoured The Trinidad & Tobago Audio-visual Sector
On the cover:
Pottery by I-Lin in the Pelican Craft Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados
Editorial
In this third issue of Caribbean Creatives, we are pleased to have the support of the International Trade Centre (ITC). This issue puts the spotlight on promoting the CARIFORUM creative industries and comes on the heels of a similarly named joint project by the ITC and the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) which focuses on promoting the CARIFORUM Creative Industries sector as a viable contributor to the export diversi?cation and development of member countries. The ?rst article by Alicia Nicholls provides a critical review of the ITC-CEDA project with a discussion of the potential of the project and its key activities to contribute to the development of the region’s creative industries sector. The magazine then switches focus to consider the challenges and opportunities facing the creative sector by examining the trade in goods, services and intellectual property. The articles by Dr. Keith Nurse and Alicia Nicholls also assess the persistent problem of data collection in the creative industries and outline strategies for improvement. Naturally, any discussion of promoting the creative industries would be incomplete without an exploration of the opportunities which exist for the CARIFORUM creative industries. In her article, Dr. Sandra Browne treats the reader to a fresh look at the underutilized wealth of indigenous materials in the Caribbean which could be used in the production of local artisanal products, while Daenia