Features:
* Development of Regional Cultural Festivals that include contemporary expression
* Training, mentoring and support for business planning and seed funding through creative business entrepreneurship programme
* Operationalisation of the Collecting Society of the Gambia
* Promotion of Gambian creative arts through the construction of a Multipurpose cultural center
Main features:
* A 4 Year plan 2018-2021 aimed at delivering good governance, accountability, social cohesion and national reconciliation and a revitalized and transformed economy for the wellbeing of all Gambians
* 8 priority areas, Culture is Priority no. 6
* Recognizes the value of cultural development as an important factor in tourism development * Recognizes importance of a Multipurpose Cultural Centre and the Collecting Society of the Gambia
* Promotion and support of local, regional and National Cultural Festivals which also showcase contemporary creative expressions
* Capacity building of youths in the creative arts
* Increased Human Resource Capacity at NCAC across departments
USD 250, 000 for priority 6 in 2019 budget
| Name of partner |
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Ministries of Tourism and Culture and Finance
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UNESCO
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Youth Empowerment Project
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International Organization for Migration
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Gambia Hotel Association
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* Need for more commitment from Government towards the development of culture and arts.
* Consistency in budget allocation to enable timely implementation.