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Creatives can no longer apply for the Round 2 of grant funding from the ACP-EU 3 million Euro Grant Support Programme available in 15 Caribbean Countries. The Selection process is underway, and selected Grants will support individuals and organisations in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) across areas such as music, fashion, festivals, film and animation, literary arts, visual and performing arts.

The grant support programme is being implemented by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and The University of the West Indies (UWI), through a regional project entitled ‘Creative Caribbean - An Ecosystem of “Play” for Growth and Development.’

Creative Caribbean will provide grants and improve the economic conditions of creatives to stimulate sustainable growth of the CCIs in the Caribbean, a sector which provides millions in revenue and in which thousands of people find full time and part time work.

Creatives were able to apply under 3 grant schemes: industry grants, enabling environment grants, and training grants. Funding under the Industry Grants category will be made available for activities such as:

1. Festival Development and Marketplace, Work Placement & Knowledge Transfer;
2. Artist Mobility – Artist Residencies;
3. Product Development and Content Production;
4. Small Grants for Professional Associations;
5. Small Grants for Emerging Creative Content Originators;
6. Scaling Grants for Export-Ready Creatives;
7. CCI Festival Business Exchange Networks and Fora

Falling under the Enabling Environment Grants category are the following areas of focus:

1. Visual Literacy and Performing Arts;
2. National Artist Registries;
3. Data Intelligence;
4. Cultural Policy;
5. National Implementation Plans;
6. Draft Legislation;
7. Institutional Strengthening;
8. Creative City Sub-Sector Accelerators;

The Training Grants scheme includes areas such as:

1. Visual Literacy and Performing Arts;
2. Transversal Capacity Building Workshops.

Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) are sectors which provide millions in revenue and in which thousands of people find full time and part-time work across the globe. Often dubbed the Orange Economy, many CCI professionals in the Caribbean function in the informal economy without representation or membership within professional bodies. This project will encourage formalization of the various sectors through the grant schemes which are aimed at supporting the entire CCI ecosystem.

Fifteen Caribbean countries will benefit from this injection of support into the CCI ecosystem. They are Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, The Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

The project is being implemented over forty months and is expected to end in 2024.

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With the Financial Contribution of the European Union and the Support of the Organisation of ACP States

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and The University of the West Indies (UWI) are pleased to announce the 25 recipients of the first round of grants as part of the EU sponsored project ‘Creative Caribbean - An Ecosystem of “Play” for Growth and Development’. 

The project is aimed at improving the economic conditions of creatives to stimulate sustainable growth of the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs) in the Caribbean.

A total of US$1,028,287.22 has been awarded for the implementation of twenty-five projects across the Caribbean thanks to the generous contribution of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) -European Union (EU).

The awarded projects are:

1. Kingston Creative - Kingston Creative Accelerator, Jamaica
2. Nevis Historical & Conservation Society - Power to the People: Strengthening Nevis Heritage Frameworks & Accessibility, St Kitts and Nevis
3. Naparima Bowl - Upgrading the Database & Website for the National Registry of Artists & Cultural Workers, Trinidad, and Tobago
4. The Dominican Republic Film Commission - Preservation of the Dominican Film Memory, The Dominican Republic
5. Pinelands Creative Workshop - Cultural Heritage Identification & Preservation (CHIP) Project
6. Secondary Schools' Drama Association (SSDA) - Facilitators and Educators Training in Education (FETE) - Trinidad and Tobago
7. Alpha Institute - Practice Makes Professional: A professional music space for practice and instruction, Jamaica
8. DianJen - The Online School of Music Industry Studies
9. Dominant Seventh Productions - Rellon Brown and the Dominant Seventh Calypso Jazz Band at Recontre Autour du Piano 2023
10. Kaz Kweyol Productions Limited - Dominica’s Artist in Residence Programme: Promoting the sustainable development of the Traditional Masquerade Forms in Dominica and the region, Dominica
11. Fundación Absoluto Teatro, Inc., M. Elizabeth Ovalle - Festival Internacional de Teatro Mujeres sobre las Tablas, The Dominican Republic
12. Les Laboratoires de Port-au-Prince ー PAPLAB - Caribbean Dance Platform, Haiti
13. The Bocas Literary Festival - Caribbean Writer & Industry Development Programme, Trinidad and Tobago
14. Antigua & Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra (ABYSO) - The ABYSO Kanneh-Mason Playing to Inspire Festival of Music, Antigua and Barbuda
15. Belize Music Agency - Belize’s Festival Tourism Pilot Project, Belize
16. Plie for the Arts - Towards Building a viable Caribbean Creative Market Place, Jamaica
17. Agency for Innercity Renewal - Trench Town Cultural Hub, Jamaica
18. Animae Caribe Festival - Animae Caribe Pitch Deck Finishing Accelerator, Trinidad and Tobago
19. Koru Green - “Music Making Money”: Koru Green Artist Management Software Development Project
20. Beyond Publishing - Loose Change- A comic-book series set in a prestigious business school that seeks to promote financial literacy in children and adults alike
21. Baughaus Designs - BAUGHaus product development & market expansion, Jamaica
22. Reve Jewelry - Caribbean Premier Jewelry Internship Program, Jamaica
23. Lake Health and Wellbeing - My Healthy Heroes, Saint Kitts and Nevis
24. The University of Trinidad and Tobago - WeCapture’s audio-visual content production and an online platform as a data outlet for networking, marketing, promotion, and distribution, Trinidad and Tobago

With the Financial Contribution of the European Union and the Support of the Organisation of ACP States