Carnival Stake Holder's Consultation 2013

The National Carnival Commission (NCC) held a Carnival Stake Holder's Consultation "Crystallizing the Role of the NCC" at UTT Auditorium NAPA North on Saturday Morning.

Chaired by NCC's Vice Chairman Don Sylvester, the event was attended by Minister of Tourism, The Honourable Stephen Cadiz and Minister of The Arts and Multiculturalism, Dr. Lincoln Douglas.

NCC's Chairman Allison Demas welcomed the audience while both Ministers gave introductory remarks.

The event was divided into four themes 1: The Management of Carnival, 2: Investment:Public and Private, 3: Assessing the Current State of Carnival and 4: Logistics and Infrastructure-Marketing and Promoton, Product Development.

The moderators were Dr. Aubrey Armstrong, Martin Franklin and Roy Agustus with Clarence Moe, Indera Sagewan-Alli and Dr, Suzanne Burke as Session Heads.

The seven hour cnsultation showed that the NCC must carry out the mandate given by Act 9 of 1991:

Make Carnival a viable national cultural and commercial enterprise.

Give the necessary management and organisaational infracture for the efficent and efective presentation and marketing of the products of Carnival and Organise and Research the preservation and permanement display of the annual Carnival products.

Clarence Moe, NCC's CEo said that Cabinet Note 2007 of 1997 allowed the interest groups (TUCO,NCBA and Pan Trinbago) to run their affairs, thereby making his organisation a facilatitor.

But it was shown that the NCC must take hold of Carnival and make it into a viable product to market internationally.

Contributors to the event included Martin Daly, Ifebo Wilkinson, Cyril Collier, Earl Crosby, Rubadari Victor, Hazel Simonette, hea of the interest group Keith Diaz, Lutalo Misimba, head of the Vendors Association,TTCSI, Alvin Daniell, Had of the HandcraftAssociation, Transport Division, Mike Antoine, NCDF, Gerry Weeks, President of the International Carnival Association and much more.

The consultation will be taken throughout Trinidad and Tobago during the coming months.