The aim of the report is to outline a framework for the reformulation and reinvention of the CARIFESTA festival. The report is divided into two main sections: a strategic review and analysis and the articulation of the strategic plan. The report has focused on analyzing the history, context and prognosis of the CARIFESTA festival. The strategic analysis suggests that the festival is uncompetitive in the regional and international context and no longer fulfilling its mandate and consequently is ripe for change.
Trinidad and Tobago
The CARICOM Secretariat’s Education Programme ensures inclusive, equitable, quality education and promotes lifelong learning opportunities for the Region. As part of this responsibility, the Programme has developed a Human Resource Development 2030 Strategy, which is currently being implemented.
Medical Doctor (of 44 years standing)
Specialist Physician and Pulmonologist
Attorney at Law
Consultant Physician, Ministry of Health 1984-2003
Hospital Director, Ministry of Health 1986-2003
Executive Medical Director of Health, South West Regional Health Authority (2004-2010)
Assistant Lecturer, UWI, in Law and Ethics
Past President of the Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago
Masters - Social Work - Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Social Work - Summa Cum Laude, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
The late Dr. William Gilbert Demas, son of Trinidad and Tobago, and former Secretary-General of CARICOM, was among those honoured in the first conferment of the OCC at the 13th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in 1992.Â
Dr. Demas’ career spawned tenures as Secretary-General of CARICOM and President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Chancellor of the University of Guyana and Chairman of the CARICOM Inter-Governmental Ministerial Conference reviewing the function and structure of the University of the West Indies.Â
Sir Edwin Wilberforce Carrington, TC, CM, KCN, CHB, OCC is the former Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), serving from 1992 to 2010.