NCC and NEDCO Strengthen Carnival Industry

Port of Spain, Trinidad, May 20, 2015: More than 100 Carnival industry representatives from across the country attended a business information session hosted by the National Carnival Commission (NCC) and the National Entrepreneurship Development Company (NEDCO) at the NCC VIP Lounge, Queen’s Park Savannah on May 19, 2015.

The session, organised by NCC’s Strategy and Business Development Unit, was designed to provide carnival stakeholders with greater access to a wider range of services, including access to seed capital, training workshops, and technical support, to name a few.

Included among Tuesday’s participants were representatives from Regional Carnival Committees, the National Carnival Bands Association (NCBA), Trinidad Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO), Pan Trinbago Inc., the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Bands Association, as well as members from 4 diverse vendors associations.

Deputy Chairman, NCC, Don Sylvester shared his organisation’s vision behind hosting the programme, saying that such support had been long in coming and would do a great deal in empowering the local Carnival industry.

Following which, Chief Operations Officer, Amar Ramdhanie, and Head, National Integrated Business Incubator Systems (IBIS), NEDCO, David Roberts delivered presentations, and offered insight into the benefits that participants could expect from their time as programme members.

The session comes as part of the NCC’s ongoing drive toward the development of Carnival from a one-off event to a yearlong sustainable industry, and arose out of the work of NCC's Carnival Stakeholders' Needs Assessment Survey and the recommendations arising out of that report.

More than 100 representatives from the Carnival Industry listen attentively to a presentation made by David Roberts, Head, IBIS, NEDCO

From left to right, Amar Ramdhanie, Chief Operations Officer, NEDCO, Don Sylvester, Deputy Chairman, NCC, David Roberts, Head IBIS, NEDCO

NCC Deputy Chairman, Don Sylvester welcomes the group, as Dr. Mareba Scott, Manager, Strategy & Business Development Unit, and Amar Ramdhanie, Chief Operations Officer, NEDCO look on.

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