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Sectors

Creative

"You can sit around and wait for someone to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it."- Faith Ringgold"

Aiko Roudette
Creative Industries

Background

The Creative Industry is an important driver of value creation and economic growth. The sector comprises key stakeholders in the following major categories: Arts & Culture, Design, and Media, that are based on skill, limitless individual creativity, and an abundance of talent. These are broken down into several sub-categories. The Creative Industry offers a multitude of opportunities within the economy and labour must be nurtured to reap the benefits of this said sector. 

Vision

Fostering creativity, skills, and talent through youth empowerment and building personal excellence.

Mission

To advocate for the continued development and advancement of the creative talents among the youth, promoting sustainability, building of national self-esteem and poverty alleviation through active engagement in creativity focused initiatives. 

Objectives

  1. To raise awareness in the industry and promote existing opportunities to further increase the success rates, efficacy of policies and projects, innovation, and wealth creation within the sector.
  2. To engage and empower youth through education and active participation.
  3. Facilitate the sharing of ideas across subcategories and borders.
  4. To facilitate ease of local and foreign investment in the sector.

Scope of Service:

The specific objectives are as follows:

Conduct, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders (Ministry of Culture, Artisans, Artists etc.) a Creative Sector readiness assessment for the development of the Creative Sector in line with regional and international best practices and frameworks, determine the most sustainable and effective approach for the implementation of recommendations to drive the sector within St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

  1. The assessment should include an evaluation of education and awareness levels, capacity levels, current policies, projects, skills and opportunities within the sector.
  2. The assessment should evaluate the current platform(s) for information sharing, entrepreneurship and collaboration and recommend solutions to develop or enhance sector.
  3. The assessment should provide a strategy for both local and foreign investment into the sector and the impact of such a sector on an economy.