Expanding the Socio-economic Potential of Cultural Heritage in the Caribbean A project of the Culture & Tourism Section Department of Economic Development Organization of American States, funded by the OAS Mission of the United States of America

Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti participating as an observer

Overall Project Objective Share regional capacities to face the growing range of socio-economic challenges and evolving heritage typologies. New tools and strategies for the long-term conservation and management of heritage resources instead of their short-term consumption Greater sustainability of local traditions and culture.

First step: On-line survey of all interested parties Governmental Cultural Heritage Ministries and Agencies Tourism Ministries and Agencies Education Ministries and Agencies Planning Ministries and Agencies Environmental Ministries and Agencies Non- Governmental Ngo’s directly involved in heritage Ngo’s indirectly involved in heritage or through community development programs Academic and training institutions Private and for- profit Firms & individuals in private practice directly involved in heritage Firm and individuals in private practice indirectly involved in heritage or through community development programs Expanding the Socio-economic Potential of Cultural Heritage in the Caribbean

Broad Survey of heritage community in the region identified five priorities: Develop specialized professional networks in the region – to be managed from Barbados Evaluate existing heritage legislation – region-wide Develop a model for a national register of heritage places – Based in St Kitts Enhance heritage sustainability in tourism – based in Grenada Reinforce and expand existing training and education in heritage conservation and management – based at UWI / Cave Hill campus

Aim of the Register and Inventory model project: Create registers that reflect the places that are valued by the local communities. A bottom-up approach

Premises of the Register Project Register should reflect places that are valuable and significant to all communities in the country. Communities must be consulted in order to identify what is locally important Inventory should not be composed of places that are only valuable to tourists and visitors. Under the legislations project, develop financial incentives for the conservation of places listed in the Register

Register Project facts: Use the bottom-up approach of the National Register of the United States as a guide. 2 experts are here. Use the experience and advice of AMMC in developing the Register of The Bahamas Develop a model Register in St Kitts to be managed by the St Christopher National Trust. Director is here. Develop an electronic database to contain all Register information and make it available on-line to the public. Project IT expert is here. Invite observers from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines to foster parallel register development.

Register Project Phases over 2 years: Working with AMMC, stage a model workshop for developing community participation in identifying and nominating heritage properties to the Register of The Bahamas Capacity Building Workshop in St Kitts to help the St Christopher National Trust in organizing a permanent office for the Register Workshop in St Kitts to engage the communities of two parishes in the Register process Monitoring missions to assist with progress

Workshop Team: Celia Toppin, Project Manager at the OAS Secretariat in Washington Carol Shull, former Keeper of the US National Register Ray Luce, former SHPO of the States of Ohio and Georgia Angela Labrador, Project IT Expert Gustavo Araoz, Inventory Project Director

0bservers Team: Darryl Brathwaite, Grenada Jacinta David, Dominica Deirdre Millington-Myers, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Reginald Murphy, Antigua and Barbuda Shirlene Hazel Simmons, Saint Lucia

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