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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:32:40 -0400
From: CARICOM
No. 14/2005
Date: 11 January 2005
Caribbean Seeks Cultural Partnerships for Development
No. 14/2005
Date: 11 January 2005
Caribbean Seeks Cultural Partnerships for Development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) Secretariat is taking the lead in inviting partnerships to
strengthen the Caribbean Region's capacity for cultural resilience or
renewal and to enhance the real economic gains accruing to regional
economies and their people from their cultural resources. An interactive
session dealing with the subject was convened by the CARICOM Secretariat
in association with various Caribbean partner organisations on Tuesday
(January 11) day two of the United Nations International Meeting on the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in
Mauritius.
The panel discussion titled, Vulnerability and Cultural Resilience in
the Caribbean was moderated by Mr. Cletus Springer, Sustainable
Development Consultant from Saint Lucia and featured presentations by
Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI),
Caribbean scholar and cultural icon, Professor Hon. Rex Nettleford;
Deputy Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at the UWI, St. Augustine
campus, Dr. John Agard; and Senior Lecturer at UWI, Mona, Dr. Michael
Witter.
Opening the event, CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Mr. Edwin
Carrington expressed the view that culture is not only the framework
within which the socio-economic development of our societies can be
successfully pursued, but also the effective tool for doing so in a
sustainable way. He added that it was recognised in CARICOM that as the
Community moves to establish a CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME),
culture is central to economic and social development efforts in the
Region. This, he said, can be seen from the place culture occupies in
the Charter of Civil Society, which instrument is enshrined in the
Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, establishing the Community including the
CSME.
"Caribbean Small Island Developing States faced with serious
vulnerabilities recognise the potential of our culture to reduce their
susceptibility to external shocks and to build their resilience to the
dramatic changes and powerful intrusions of the current world economy
and society," Mr. Carrington noted. He added: "Indispensable to the
building of this resilience is the forging of partnerships among the
Caribbean peoples themselves both those at home as well as in the
Diaspora. And this, even as we strike alliances with the rest of the world."
The Secretary-General also used the occasion to pay tribute to the
spirit and contributions of the late former Ambassador of Mauritius to
Brussels, His Excellency Raymond Charles, who he described as a pioneer
who struggled successfully to bring issues pertaining to culture and
cultural cooperation within the discussions and agreements between the
European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States.
Mr. Carrington also expressed the deep regret felt by the Caribbean at
the fact that plans and arrangements to have several top cultural groups
and musicians from the Region perform at the cultural events associated
with the SIDS conference and participate in the 'Community Vilaj'
showcase fell through at the last minute because anticipated donor
funding did not materialise.
Meanwhile, a presentation on Caribbean partnerships made to the forum by
Programme Manager for Culture at CARICOM Sceretariat, Dr. Hilary Brown,
disclosed that Caribbean SIDS required some US$16 million over four
years to fund various projects for strengthening cultural capacity and
putting in place institutional mechanisms and an enabling mechanism to
promote the development of culture and cultural forms in a sustainable
and economic way.
The availability of this long term financing, she pointed out, was
critical to support the development of arts and culture in the
Caribbean. The next steps in this regard include dialogue with
organisations and potential partners to obtain support for the overall
partnership and the development and elaboration of individual projects
dealing with specific aspects of cultural development. Dr. Brown noted
that currently CARICOM, the Caribbean Forum of ACP States (CARIFORUM),
the CARIFORUM Support Fund, Caribbean Export and arts and culture
agencies are funding various culture initiatives in the Caribbean.
In the feature presentation Professor Nettleford welcomed the placing of
culture within a sustainable development framework, adding that
sustainable development speaks to resilience or renewable resources and
nothing is more renewable than the human mind. He pointed to some
developmental interpretations that have placed factors like education
and culture in the non-productive area of national development but drew
attention to the increasing acceptance of the notion of cultural industries.
However, while the idea of cultural industries, professor Nettleford
said, has evolved largely in terms of their critical linkage to what is
regarded as the highly developmental tourist industry, the concept of
culture having its own inner logic and consistency is still missing from
the consciousness of many persons. Understanding culture in the
Caribbean in the context of sustainable development, ecological
integrity and environmental health, he pointed out, turns on the fact
that human beings themselves are creatures of nature who are as
endangered as mangroves, coastline habitats, birds and animals.
Human vulnerability and that of Caribbean small island states he noted,
rests, among other things, on import dependency, lack of education, lack
of opportunity for self development and self empowerment, the
exploitation of labour, susceptibility to communicable or lifestyle
diseases, lack of social services and material resources, and racism
which leads to identity crises and denial of legitimacy to religious
expressions such as Santeria, Zionism, Pukkumina and Rastafari.
"The way culture has formed in the Caribbean has ancestral pedigree,"
Professor Nettleford declared, noting that Caribbean culture has emerged
from the common history of a people over 500 years which included the
experience of slavery and indentureship.
Dr. Witter gave an overview of the worsening economic risks which
Caribbean SIDS have faced in the ten years since the Barbados Programme
of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States, which mandated among other things, the development of indices of
vulnerability. He pointed to the fact that since Barbados, SIDS have
lost preferential markets on which they depended greatly for survival.
He also drew attention to a phenomenon formerly known as the 'Singapore
paradox', which he renamed in the Caribbean context, the 'Trinidad
paradox'. This is a situation, he said, in which increased earnings,
from oil in the case of Trinidad, has made the country even more prone
or vulnerable to external shocks. Additionally, Dr. Witter said, the
vulnerability of Caribbean SIDS has worsened with what he described as
the peculiar international exchange of human resources - the best
migrating to the developed countries and the worst being deported back
to Caribbean societies. He concluded that the Mauritius meeting must
move towards deciding concrete strategies to enhance national efforts to
build resilience.
The main thrust of the presentation by Dr. Agard was the fact that
indices of social, economic, environmental vulnerability cannot be
developed nor analysed separately as is currently the case. This, given
the inextricable linkages among the areas, all of which he pointed out,
was to advance human well being and reduce poverty especially as it
concerns health and disease, environmental security, social service
delivery and cultural security.
He explored statistical evidence that pointed to the critical linkages
between environmental factors - from the increasing frequency of
hurricanes to the depletion of coral reefs - and their impact on the
goal of achieving human well being and economic development.
The Caribbean is participating in other activities pertaining to culture
and social development as the Meeting continues throughout the week.
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Contact: Huntley Medley
Email: realhunter_1@yahoo.com
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Original Message Subject: PRESS RELEASE #14/2005 Date: Wed, 12 Jan
2005 08:32:40 -0400 From: CARICOM
No. 14/2005
Date: 11 January 2005
Caribbean Seeks Cultural Partnerships for Development
No. 14/2005
Date: 11 January 2005
Caribbean Seeks Cultural Partnerships for Development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) Secretariat is taking the lead in inviting partnerships to
strengthen the Caribbean Region's capacity for cultural resilience or
renewal and to enhance the real economic gains accruing to regional
economies and their people from their cultural resources. An interactive
session dealing with the subject was convened by the CARICOM Secretariat
in association with various Caribbean partner organisations on Tuesday
(January 11) day two of the United Nations International Meeting on the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in
Mauritius.
The panel discussion titled, Vulnerability and Cultural Resilience in
the Caribbean was moderated by Mr. Cletus Springer, Sustainable
Development Consultant from Saint Lucia and featured presentations by
Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI),
Caribbean scholar and cultural icon, Professor Hon. Rex Nettleford;
Deputy Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at the UWI, St. Augustine
campus, Dr. John Agard; and Senior Lecturer at UWI, Mona, Dr. Michael
Witter.
Opening the event, CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Mr. Edwin
Carrington expressed the view that culture is not only the framework
within which the socio-economic development of our societies can be
successfully pursued, but also the effective tool for doing so in a
sustainable way. He added that it was recognised in CARICOM that as the
Community moves to establish a CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME),
culture is central to economic and social development efforts in the
Region. This, he said, can be seen from the place culture occupies in
the Charter of Civil Society, which instrument is enshrined in the
Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, establishing the Community including the
CSME.
"Caribbean Small Island Developing States faced with serious
vulnerabilities recognise the potential of our culture to reduce their
susceptibility to external shocks and to build their resilience to the
dramatic changes and powerful intrusions of the current world economy
and society," Mr. Carrington noted. He added: "Indispensable to the
building of this resilience is the forging of partnerships among the
Caribbean peoples themselves both those at home as well as in the
Diaspora. And this, even as we strike alliances with the rest of the world."
The Secretary-General also used the occasion to pay tribute to the
spirit and contributions of the late former Ambassador of Mauritius to
Brussels, His Excellency Raymond Charles, who he described as a pioneer
who struggled successfully to bring issues pertaining to culture and
cultural cooperation within the discussions and agreements between the
European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States.
Mr. Carrington also expressed the deep regret felt by the Caribbean at
the fact that plans and arrangements to have several top cultural groups
and musicians from the Region perform at the cultural events associated
with the SIDS conference and participate in the 'Community Vilaj'
showcase fell through at the last minute because anticipated donor
funding did not materialise.
Meanwhile, a presentation on Caribbean partnerships made to the forum by
Programme Manager for Culture at CARICOM Sceretariat, Dr. Hilary Brown,
disclosed that Caribbean SIDS required some US$16 million over four
years to fund various projects for strengthening cultural capacity and
putting in place institutional mechanisms and an enabling mechanism to
promote the development of culture and cultural forms in a sustainable
and economic way.
The availability of this long term financing, she pointed out, was
critical to support the development of arts and culture in the
Caribbean. The next steps in this regard include dialogue with
organisations and potential partners to obtain support for the overall
partnership and the development and elaboration of individual projects
dealing with specific aspects of cultural development. Dr. Brown noted
that currently CARICOM, the Caribbean Forum of ACP States (CARIFORUM),
the CARIFORUM Support Fund, Caribbean Export and arts and culture
agencies are funding various culture initiatives in the Caribbean.
In the feature presentation Professor Nettleford welcomed the placing of
culture within a sustainable development framework, adding that
sustainable development speaks to resilience or renewable resources and
nothing is more renewable than the human mind. He pointed to some
developmental interpretations that have placed factors like education
and culture in the non-productive area of national development but drew
attention to the increasing acceptance of the notion of cultural industries.
However, while the idea of cultural industries, professor Nettleford
said, has evolved largely in terms of their critical linkage to what is
regarded as the highly developmental tourist industry, the concept of
culture having its own inner logic and consistency is still missing from
the consciousness of many persons. Understanding culture in the
Caribbean in the context of sustainable development, ecological
integrity and environmental health, he pointed out, turns on the fact
that human beings themselves are creatures of nature who are as
endangered as mangroves, coastline habitats, birds and animals.
Human vulnerability and that of Caribbean small island states he noted,
rests, among other things, on import dependency, lack of education, lack
of opportunity for self development and self empowerment, the
exploitation of labour, susceptibility to communicable or lifestyle
diseases, lack of social services and material resources, and racism
which leads to identity crises and denial of legitimacy to religious
expressions such as Santeria, Zionism, Pukkumina and Rastafari.
"The way culture has formed in the Caribbean has ancestral pedigree,"
Professor Nettleford declared, noting that Caribbean culture has emerged
from the common history of a people over 500 years which included the
experience of slavery and indentureship.
Dr. Witter gave an overview of the worsening economic risks which
Caribbean SIDS have faced in the ten years since the Barbados Programme
of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States, which mandated among other things, the development of indices of
vulnerability. He pointed to the fact that since Barbados, SIDS have
lost preferential markets on which they depended greatly for survival.
He also drew attention to a phenomenon formerly known as the 'Singapore
paradox', which he renamed in the Caribbean context, the 'Trinidad
paradox'. This is a situation, he said, in which increased earnings,
from oil in the case of Trinidad, has made the country even more prone
or vulnerable to external shocks. Additionally, Dr. Witter said, the
vulnerability of Caribbean SIDS has worsened with what he described as
the peculiar international exchange of human resources - the best
migrating to the developed countries and the worst being deported back
to Caribbean societies. He concluded that the Mauritius meeting must
move towards deciding concrete strategies to enhance national efforts to
build resilience.
The main thrust of the presentation by Dr. Agard was the fact that
indices of social, economic, environmental vulnerability cannot be
developed nor analysed separately as is currently the case. This, given
the inextricable linkages among the areas, all of which he pointed out,
was to advance human well being and reduce poverty especially as it
concerns health and disease, environmental security, social service
delivery and cultural security.
He explored statistical evidence that pointed to the critical linkages
between environmental factors - from the increasing frequency of
hurricanes to the depletion of coral reefs - and their impact on the
goal of achieving human well being and economic development.
The Caribbean is participating in other activities pertaining to culture
and social development as the Meeting continues throughout the week.
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No. 14/2005 Fecha: el 11 de enero de 2005
El Caribe busca las sociedades culturales para el desarrollo
No. 14/2005 Fecha: el 11 de enero de 2005
El Caribe busca las sociedades culturales para el desarrollo
(secretar�a de CARICOM, Georgetown, Guyana) la secretar�a del
Caribe de la comunidad (CARICOM) est� tomando el plomo en sociedades
de invitaci�n para consolidar la capacidad del Caribe de Region's
para la resistencia o la renovaci�n cultural y para realzar a los
aumentos econ�micos verdaderos que se acrecientan a las econom�as
regionales y a su gente de sus recursos culturales. Una sesi�n
interactiva que se ocupaba del tema fue convocada por la secretar�a
de CARICOM en la asociaci�n con varias organizaciones del Caribe del
socio el el d�a dos de martes (de enero el 11) de la reuni�n
internacional de Naciones Unidas sobre el desarrollo sostenible de los
estados que se convert�an de la isla peque�a (SIDS) en Isla
Mauricio. La discusi�n del panel titulada, la vulnerabilidad y la
resistencia cultural en el Caribe fueron moderadas por Sr. Cletus
Springer, consultor sostenible del desarrollo de Santo Lucia y
presentaciones ofrecidas de Vice Chancellor honorario de la
universidad de Indias del oeste (UWI), erudito del Caribe e icono
cultural, profesor Hon. Rex Nettleford; Diputado decano de los
estudios y de la investigaci�n en el UWI, campus del St. Augustine,
el Dr. Juan Agard del graduado; y conferenciante mayor en UWI, Mona,
el Dr. Michael Witter. Abriendo el acontecimiento, Sr. Edwin
Carrington de secretario general His Excellency de CARICOM expres� la
opini�n que la cultura es no solamente el marco dentro de el cual el
desarrollo socioecon�mico de nuestras sociedades puede ser perseguido
con �xito, pero tambi�n la herramienta eficaz para hacer tan de una
manera sostenible. �l agreg� que fue reconocido en CARICOM que como
la comunidad se mueve para establecer un solo mercado y una econom�a
(CSME) de CARICOM, cultura es central a los esfuerzos del desarrollo
econ�mico y social en la regi�n. Esto,�l dijo, se puede ver de la
cultura del lugar ocupa en la carta de la sociedad civil, que el
instrumento se engarza en el tratado revisado de Chaguaramas,
estableciendo a la comunidad incluyendo el CSME.
los estados que se convierten de la isla peque�a "Caribbean
hechos frente con vulnerabilidades serias reconocen el potencial de
nuestra cultura de reducir su susceptibilidad a los choques externos y
de construir su resistencia a los cambios dram�ticos y a las
intrusiones de gran alcance de la econom�a mundial y de la sociedad
actuales, " Sr. Carrington observ�. �l agreg�:
"Indispensable al edificio de esta resistencia es la forja de
sociedades entre la gente del Caribe ellos mismos amba �sos en el
pa�s as� como en el diaspora. Y esto, incluso mientras que pulsamos
alianzas con el resto del world."
El secretario general tambi�n utiliz� la ocasi�n para pagar tributo
al alcohol y a las contribuciones del �ltimo embajador anterior de
Isla Mauricio a Bruselas, su excelencia Raymond Charles, a que �l
describi� como pionero que luch� con �xito para traer las ediciones
que pertenec�an a la cultura y a la cooperaci�n cultural dentro de
las discusiones y los acuerdos entre la uni�n europea (EU) y los
estados (ACP) del africano, del Caribe y pac�ficos. Sr. Carrington
tambi�n expres� el pesar profundo sentido por el Caribe en el hecho
de que los planes y los arreglos para hacer que varios grupos y
m�sicos culturales superiores de la regi�n se realicen en los
acontecimientos culturales asociados a la conferencia de SIDS y
participen en el 'Community Vilaj' el escaparate cay� a
trav�s a �ltima hora porque el financiamiento anticipado del donante
no materializ�.
Mientras tanto, una presentaci�n en las sociedades del Caribe hechas
al foro cercaEl encargado de programa para la cultura en CARICOM
Sceretariat, el
Dr. Hilary Brown, divulg� que SIDS del Caribe requiri� alg�n USS16
mill�n sobre cuatro a�os financiar varios proyectos para consolidar
capacidad cultural y poner en mecanismos institucionales del lugar y
un mecanismo que permit�a para promover el desarrollo de la cultura y
formas culturales de una manera sostenible y econ�mica.
La disponibilidad de este financiamiento a largo plazo, ella precis�,
era cr�tica apoyar el desarrollo de artes y de la cultura en el
Caribe. Los pasos siguientes en este respeto incluyen di�logo con
organizaciones y socios del potencial para obtener la ayuda para la
sociedad total y el desarrollo y la elaboraci�n de los proyectos
individuales que se ocupan de aspectos espec�ficos del desarrollo
cultural. El Dr. Brown observ� que actualmente CARICOM, el foro del
Caribe de estados ACP (CARIFORUM), el fondo de la ayuda de CARIFORUM,
exportaci�n del Caribe y artes y agencias de la cultura est�n
financiando varias iniciativas de la cultura en el Caribe. En el
profesor de la presentaci�n de la caracter�stica Nettleford dio la
bienvenida a colocaci�n de la cultura dentro de un marco sostenible
del desarrollo, agregando que el desarrollo sostenible habla a la
resistencia o a los recursos reanudables y nada es m�s reanudable que
la mente humana. �l se�al� a algunas interpretaciones de desarrollo
que han puesto factores como la educaci�n y la cultura en el �rea no
productiva del desarrollo nacional pero dibuj� la atenci�n a la
aceptaci�n de aumento de la noci�n de industrias culturales.
Sin embargo, mientras que la idea de industrias culturales, profesor
Nettleford dicho, se ha desarrollado en gran parte en t�rminos de su
acoplamiento cr�tico a qu� se mira como la industria tur�stica
altamente de desarrollo, el concepto de la cultura que tiene su propia
l�gica y consistencia internas todav�a est� faltando del sentido de
muchas personas. Cultura que entend�a en el Caribe en el contexto del
desarrollo sostenible, de la integridad ecol�gica y de la salud
ambiental, �l precis�, gira el hecho de que los seres humanos ellos
mismos son las criaturas de la naturaleza que est�n como puesto en
peligro como mangles, habitat de la l�nea de la costa, p�jaros y
animales. Vulnerabilidad humana y la de los estados peque�os del
Caribe de la isla que �l observ�, de los restos, entre otras cosas,
en dependencia de la importaci�n, la carencia de la educaci�n, la
carencia de la oportunidad para el desarrollo del uno mismo y el
empowerment del uno mismo, la explotaci�n del trabajo, la
susceptibilidad a las enfermedades comunicables o de la forma de vida,
la carencia de servicios sociales y de recursos materiales, y el
racismo que conduce a las crisis de la identidad y a la negaci�n de
la legitimidad a las expresiones religiosas tales como Santeria,
sionismo, Pukkumina y Rastafari. la manera del "The que la
cultura ha formado en el Caribe tiene pedigr� ancestral, "
Profesor Nettleford declar�, observando que la cultura del Caribe ha
emergido de la historia com�n de una gente sobre 500 a�os que
incluyeron la experiencia de la esclavitud y del indentureship.
El Dr. Witter dio una descripci�n de los riesgos econ�micos de
empeoramiento a que SIDS del Caribe han hecho frente en los diez a�os
desde el programa de Barbados de la acci�n para el desarrollo
sostenible de los estados que se convert�an de la isla peque�a, que
asignaron por mandato entre otras cosas, el desarrollo de �ndices de
la vulnerabilidad. �l se�al� al hecho de que desde Barbados, SIDS
han perdido los mercados preferenciales de los cuales dependieron
grandemente para la supervivencia. �l tambi�n dibuj� la atenci�n a
un fen�meno conocido antes como el 'Singapore paradox', cu�l
�l retitul� en el contexto del Caribe, el 'Trinidad
paradox'. �sta es una situaci�n,�l dijo, en cu�l aument�
ganancias,del aceite en el caso de Trinidad, ha hecho el pa�s a�n m�s
propenso o vulnerable a los choques externos. Adem�s, el Dr. Witter
dicho, la vulnerabilidad de SIDS del Caribe se ha empeorado con lo que
�l describi� como el intercambio internacional peculiar de recursos
humanos - la mejor migraci�n a los pa�ses desarrollados y al peor
que eran deportados de nuevo a sociedades del Caribe. �l
concluy� que la reuni�n de Isla Mauricio debe moverse hacia decidir
a estrategias concretas para realzar esfuerzos nacionales de construir
resistencia.
El empuje principal de la presentaci�n del Dr. Agard era el hecho de
que los �ndices de social, econ�mico, la vulnerabilidad ambiental no
puede ser desarrollada ni ser analizada por separado al igual que
actualmente el caso. Esto, dado los acoplamientos inextricables entre
las �reas, que �l precis�, deb�a para avanzar bienestar humano y
para reducir pobreza especialmente mientras que se refiere a salud y
enfermedad, seguridad ambiental, entrega del servicio social y
seguridad cultural.
�l explor� la evidencia estad�stica que se�al� a los
acoplamientos cr�ticos entre los factores ambientales - de la
frecuencia de aumento de huracanes al agotamiento de los filones
coralinos - y su impacto en la meta de alcanzar bienestar humano y el
desarrollo econ�mico.
El Caribe est� participando en otras actividades que pertenecen a la
cultura y al desarrollo social a medida que la reuni�n contin�a a
trav�s de la semana.
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Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:32:40 -0400 From : CARICOM
Num�ro 14/2005 Date : 11 janvier 2005
La Cara�be cherche des associations culturelles pour le
d�veloppement
Num�ro 14/2005 Date : 11 janvier 2005
La Cara�be cherche des associations culturelles pour le
d�veloppement
(secr�tariat de CARICOM, Georgetown, Guyane) le secr�tariat
des Cara�bes de la Communaut� (CARICOM) prend la t�te dans des
associations d'invitation pour renforcer la capacit� des Cara�bes de
Region's pour la r�silience ou le renouvellement culturelle et
pour augmenter les vrais gains �conomiques s'accroissant aux
�conomies r�gionales et leurs personnes de leurs ressources
culturelles. Une session interactive traitant le sujet a �t�
assembl�e par le secr�tariat de CARICOM en association avec de
divers organismes des Cara�bes d'associ� le jour deux de mardi
(janvier 11) de la r�union internationale des Nations Unies sur le
d�veloppement soutenable des �tats se d�veloppants de petite �le
(SIDS) en �les Maurice. La discussion de panneau intitul�e, la
vuln�rabilit� et la r�silience culturelle dans les Cara�bes ont
�t� mod�r�es par M. Cletus Springer, consultant en mati�re
soutenable de d�veloppement de Saint Lucia et pr�sentations
d�crites par Vice Chancellor honoraire de l'universit� des Indes
occidentales (UWI), disciple des Cara�bes et ic�ne culturelle,
professeur Hon. Rex Nettleford ; D�put� le doyen des �tudes de
dipl�m� et de recherche � l'UWI, campus de rue Augustine, Dr. John
Agard ; et conf�rencier a�n� � UWI, Mona, Dr. Michael Witter.
Ouvrant l'�v�nement, M. Edwin Carrington de s�cr�taire g�n�ral
His Excellency de CARICOM �tait � du avis que la culture est non
seulement le cadre dans lequel le d�veloppement socio-�conomique de
nos soci�t�s peut �tre avec succ�s poursuivi, mais �galement
l'outil efficace pour faire ainsi d'une mani�re soutenable. Il a
ajout� qu'on l'a identifi� dans CARICOM qui comme la Communaut� se
d�place pour �tablir un march� unique de CARICOM et une �conomie
(CSME), culture est central aux efforts de d�veloppement �conomique
et social dans la r�gion. Ceci dit-il peut �tre vu de la culture
d'endroit occupe dans la charte de la soci�t� civile, que
l'instrument est ench�ss� dans le Trait� r�vis� de Chaguaramas,
�tablissant la Communaut� comprenant le CSME.
les �tats se d�veloppants de petite �le "Caribbean confront�s
aux vuln�rabilit�s s�rieuses identifient le potentiel de notre
culture de r�duire leur susceptibilit� aux chocs externes et
d'�tablir leur r�silience aux changements dramatiques et aux
intrusions puissantes de la �conomie mondiale et de la soci�t�
courantes, " ; M. Carrington remarquable. Il a ajout� :
"Indispensable au b�timent de cette r�silience est la pi�ce
forg�ee des associations parmi les peuples des Cara�bes elles-m�mes
les deux ceux � la maison aussi bien que dans la Diaspora. Et ceci,
m�me pendant que nous frappons des alliances avec le reste du
world." ;
Le s�cr�taire g�n�ral avait l'habitude �galement l'occasion pour
rendre hommage � l'esprit et aux contributions du d�funt ancien
ambassadeur des �les Maurice � Bruxelles, son excellence Raymond
Charles, qu'il a d�crite en tant que pionnier qui a lutt� avec
succ�s pour apporter des issues concernant la culture et la
coop�ration culturelle dans les discussions et des accords entre
l'union europ�enne (EU) et les �tats d'Africain (ACP), des Cara�bes
et Pacifiques. M. Carrington a �galement exprim� un vif regret senti
par les Cara�bes au fait que des plans et des arrangements pour faire
participer plusieurs groupes et musiciens culturels sup�rieurs de la
r�gion ex�cuter aux �v�nements culturels li�s � la conf�rence
de SIDS et au 'Community Vilaj' ; l'�talage est tomb� �
travers � la derni�re minute parce que le placement pr�vu de
donateur n'a pas mat�rialis�.
En attendant, une pr�sentation sur des associations des Cara�bes
faites au forum pr�sLe directeur de programme pour la culture � CARICOM
Sceretariat, Dr.
Hilary Brown, a r�v�l� que SIDS des Cara�bes a exig� d'un certain
USS16 million sur quatre ans de placer de divers projets pour
renforcer la capacit� culturelle et mettre les m�canismes en place
institutionnels et un m�canisme permettant pour favoriser le
d�veloppement de la culture et des formes culturelles d'une mani�re
soutenable et �conomique.
La disponibilit� de ce financement � long terme, elle a pr�cis�,
�tait critique pour soutenir le d�veloppement des arts et de la
culture dans les Cara�bes. Les prochaines �tapes � cet �gard
incluent le dialogue avec des organismes et des associ�s de potentiel
pour obtenir le soutien de l'association globale et du d�veloppement
et l'�laboration de diff�rents projets traitant des aspects
sp�cifiques du d�veloppement culturel. Dr. Brown a not�
qu'actuellement CARICOM, le forum des Cara�bes des �tats ACP
(CARIFORUM), les fonds de soutien de CARIFORUM, exportation des
Cara�bes et arts et agences de culture placent de diverses
initiatives de culture dans les Cara�bes. Dans le professeur de
pr�sentation de dispositif Nettleford a fait bon accueil au placement
de la culture dans un cadre soutenable de d�veloppement, ajoutant que
le d�veloppement soutenable parle � la r�silience ou aux ressources
renouvelables et rien n'est plus renouvelable que l'esprit humain. Il
s'est dirig� � quelques interpr�tations d�veloppementales qui ont
plac� des facteurs comme l'�ducation et la culture dans le domaine
non productif du d�veloppement national mais a appel� l'attention
sur l'acceptation croissante de la notion des industries culturelles.
Cependant, alors que l'id�e des industries culturelles, professeur
Nettleford dit, a �volu� en grande partie en termes de leur
tringlerie critique � ce qui est consid�r� comme l'industrie du
tourisme fortement d�veloppementale, le concept de la culture ayant
sa propres logique et uniformit� int�rieures manque toujours de la
conscience de beaucoup de personnes. Culture d'arrangement dans les
Cara�bes dans le contexte du d�veloppement soutenable, de
l'int�grit� �cologique et de la sant� environnementale, il a
pr�cis�, allume le fait que les �tres humains eux-m�mes sont des
cr�atures de nature qui sont en tant que mis en danger comme
pal�tuviers, habitats de littoral, oiseaux et animaux.
Vuln�rabilit� humaine et celle de petits �tats des Cara�bes d'�le
qu'il a not�s, de repos, entre autres, sur la d�pendance
d'importation, le manque d'�ducation, le manque d'occasion pour le
d�veloppement d'art de l'auto-portrait et l'habilitation d'art de
l'auto-portrait,
l'exploitation du travail, la susceptibilit� aux maladies
contagieuses ou de style de vie, le manque de services sociaux et de
ressources mat�rielles, et le racisme qui m�ne aux crises
d'identit� et au d�menti de la l�gitimit� aux expressions
religieuses telles que Santeria, sionisme, Pukkumina et Rastafari. la
mani�re de "The que la culture a form�e dans les Cara�bes a le
pedigree h�r�ditaire, " ; Professeur Nettleford a d�clar�,
notant que la culture des Cara�bes a �merg� de l'histoire commune
d'un peuple sur 500 ans qui ont inclus l'exp�rience de l'esclavage et
de l'indentureship.
Dr. Witter a donn� une vue d'ensemble des risques �conomiques de
d�t�rioration aux lesquels SIDS des Cara�bes ont faits face au
cours des dix ans depuis que le programme des Barbades de l'action
pour le d�veloppement soutenable des �tats se d�veloppants de
petite �le, qui ont exig� entre autres, le d�veloppement des index
de la vuln�rabilit�. Il a indiqu� que depuis les Barbades, SIDS ont
perdu les march�s pr�f�rentiels dont ils ont d�pendu
consid�rablement pour la survie. Il a �galement appel� l'attention
sur un ph�nom�ne autrefois connu sous le nom de 'Singapore
paradox' ;, ce qu'il a retitr� dans le contexte des Cara�bes, le
'Trinidad paradox' ;. C'est une situation dit-il dans ce qui a
augment� des revenus,� partir de l'huile dans le cas du Trinidad, a
rendu le pays bien
plus enclin ou vuln�rable aux chocs externes. En plus, Dr. Witter
dit, la vuln�rabilit� de SIDS des Cara�bes a empir� avec ce qu'il
a d�crit comme �change international particulier des ressources
humaines - la meilleure migration aux pays d�velopp�s et au plus
mauvais �tant expuls�s de nouveau aux soci�t�s des Cara�bes. Il a
conclu que la r�union des �les Maurice doit se d�placer vers
d�cider des strat�gies concr�tes pour augmenter des efforts
nationaux d'�tablir la r�silience.
La pouss�e principale de la pr�sentation par Dr. Agard �tait le
fait que des index de social, �conomique, la vuln�rabilit�
environnementale ne peut pas �tre d�velopp�e ni analys�e
s�par�ment de m�me qu'actuellement le cas. Ceci, donn� les
tringleries inextricables parmi les secteurs, qu'il a pr�cis�s,
devait pour avancer le bien-�tre humain et pour r�duire la pauvret�
particuli�rement pendant qu'elle concerne la sant� et la maladie, la
s�curit� environnementale, la livraison de service social et la
s�curit� culturelle.
Il a explor� l'�vidence statistique qui s'est dirig�e aux
tringleries critiques entre les facteurs environnementaux - de la
fr�quence croissante des ouragans � l'�puisement des r�cifs de
corail - et leur impact sur le but de r�aliser le bien-�tre humain
et le d�veloppement �conomique.
La Cara�be participe � d'autres activit�s concernant la culture et
le d�veloppement social pendant que la r�union se poursuit tout au
long de la semaine.
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