CEO of Pinelands Creative Workshop, Sophia Greaves-Broomes.
The Cultural Heritage Identification & Preservation (CHIP) Project launched its first activity with a 2-day Workshop in Grenada from September 26-28, 2023. The CHIP Project is executed by Pinelands Creative Workshop of Barbados one of the first set of 25 Creative Caribbean Project grantees funded by the European Union with the support of the EU Culture Programme. The multi-country project executed by Pinelands Creative Workshop of Barbados hosted its first activity in Grenada in collaboration with local partner, the Heritage Theatre Company of Grenada.
During the 2-day CHIP Workshop, Chair of Barbados’ Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Committee, Mr. Rodney Grant, alongside Suelin Low Chew Tung, Facilitator/Cultural Researcher, and Andrea McLeod, Heritage Education Committee, Grenada National Trust, engaged in deep discussion on identifying and classifying ICH, the examination of currently threats and opportunities for ICH as well as strategies for documenting and safeguarding.
The CHIP Workshops being organized by Pinelands Creative Workshop are intended to enhance knowledge of ICH among stakeholders, strengthen capacity to identify and inventory ICH elements and introduce research and document ICH elements.
The Creative Caribbean Project is implemented by UNESCO, CARICOM and the University f the West Indies in 25 Caribbean countries and provides grants to improve the economic conditions of creatives to stimulate sustainable growth of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) in the Caribbean, a sector which provides millions in revenue and in which thousands of people find fulltime and part time work.
Additional CHIP Project activities will be hosted by Pinelands Creative Workshop are scheduled to be held in Barbados in November and Tobago in November.
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