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RECOVERY AND THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS:
CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
The Creative and Cultural Industries are emerging Strategic plans for the development of certain
as a new engine of growth and development in sectors (i.e. Music, Fashion and Film)
the world economy. represented by CreativeTT can be found on the
company’s website at:
Creative and Cultural Industries are referred to as
‘the interface between creativity, culture, http://www.creativett.co.tt/.
economics and technology as expressed in the
ability to create and circulate intellectual capital, Further the Ministry of Community Development
with the potential to generate income, jobs and Culture and the Arts has developed a National
export earnings while at the same time Policy on Culture and Arts (NPCA) which can be
promoting social inclusion, cultural diversity and found at:
human development’. https://cdca.gov.tt/national-policy-on-culture-
and-the-arts/
Our Creative Industries include Music, Film,
Dance, Theatre, Visual and Performing Arts, However, together with Tourism, arts culture and
Heritage and Literature, Festivals and entertainment are among the hardest hit by
Broadcasting. COVID-19 and this sector will be among the last
to fully reopen, resulting in serious personal
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