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Do we need more than just Culture and Creativity?

Continued on Page 15 a decrease in the amount of reg- 350, a total of 36 are protected cultural and creative venues and
istered creative business at the monuments (10.3%). institutions.
Aruba Chamber of Commerce. The Monuments Fund of Aruba (in-
Post Research Findings There is currently a total of 608 dependent from the government) Overall, these results indicate the
With the use of the Sustainable De- (140+157+311) registered creative owns around 12 monument build- importance of completing an in-
velopment Goals (SDGs) indica- and cultural business and/or orga- ings. ventory mapping. Together with
tors and the Cultural and Creative nizations, when there used to be a defining the Aruban CCI, the fo-
Cities Monitor (CCCM) I indicated total of 1528 (378+503+647). D. Intangible Cultural Heritage cus should remain on using every-
four focus areas in my bachelor The indicator with the least devel- thing we have to its full potential.
thesis research “Placing Culture B. Workforce opment turn up is the intangible The argument most of the time is
and Creativity at the Heart of The total Aruban workforce ac- cultural heritage. Aruba does not that it would cost too much mon-
the Aruban Sustainable Develop- cording to the Department of La- have a national ICH inventory as etary investment to create a CCI,
ment”, which are; the number of bor of Aruba was 56.925 in 2016. prescribed by UNESCO. Alongside however, many countries have
creative business of the island, the However, due to the lack of the this, there are no protected Aru- developed their CCI through smart
CCI workforce, the number of heri- Aruban CCI definition the current ban ICH to this day. practices of their own resources.
tage sites and the intangible cul- CCI workforce could not be esti-
tural heritage. mated. E. Other The idea is a gradual and efficient
To gain further insight of other forms growth for the CCI. In the end, it
A. Creative Businesses C. Heritage Sites of cultural and creative resources, does not only take having culture
Taking a look at the findings of Currently, Aruba has a total of 350 this research has also included tan- and creativity to have a successful
the research, there seems to be renovated monuments. Of these gible resources, such as specific CCI.q

Meet Our New Columnist

Thaïs G. Franken is a Master Student at the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands and Graduate School
of Governance | UNI-MERIT.
Aruba Today met this remarkable young lady during an interview for our newspaper. Her ambitions, her
drive, her passion and her happy forthcoming made a big impression and out of this came the mutual de-
sire to work together. Aruba Today is more than happy to announce Thaïs as our new columnist. Her column
Creative Islander will appear every two weeks on Thursday in Aruba Today. Welcome to the club Thaïs.