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‘the Orange Economy’ Webinar to take place at the Central Bank of The Bahamas
By Creative Nassau
Aug 18, 2017 - 10:26:09 PM

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Creative Nassau, in collaboration with The Central Bank of The Bahamas and the Inter-American Development Bank, invites the public to The Orange Economy Webinar on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at the Central Bank Conference Room from 9am – 1pm. The webinar will examine and discuss the benefits of this economic model, which centres on the immense value that can be derived from the creative industries for the country and the region.

Due to limited seating at the Central Bank, the public is urged to reserve their space for this valuable seminar as soon as possible by registering on the Creative Nassau website’s “CONTACT US” page at www.creativenassau.com, or by sending an email to creativenassau@gmail.com. Picture ID will also be required for entry to the Central Bank on the day of the webinar. The Central Bank will also be providing an internet link for individuals to log in to the webinar site.

The Orange Economy e-book is free and can be downloaded from the internet. Launched by the IDB in October 2013, the book has been described as follows: This manual has been designed and written with the purpose of introducing key concepts and areas of debate around the "creative economy", a valuable development opportunity that Latin America, the Caribbean and the world at large cannot afford to miss. The creative economy, which we call the "Orange Economy" in this book (you'll see why), encompasses the immense wealth of talent, intellectual property, interconnectedness, and, of course, cultural heritage of the Latin American and Caribbean region (and indeed, every region). At the end of this manual, you will have the knowledge base necessary to understand and explain what the Orange Economy is and why it is so important. You will also acquire the analytical tools needed to take better advantage of opportunities across the arts, heritage, media, and creative services.

The webinar will feature economist Felipe Buitrago, one of the authors of the e-book, as the main speaker. In July 2014, Mr Buitrago was invited to speak at the Central Bank of The Bahamas, along with the President of Creative Nassau, Pamela Burnside, who had previously been invited to Washington, DC to be a panelist on the IDB’s Caribbean symposium “Fostering Economic and Commercial Viability of the Caribbean Creative Economy” and the presentation was repeated at the Central Bank for the benefit of the Bahamian audience. This encounter established the strong relationship between the participants.

Other speakers for the webinar will include Dr Keith Nurse, a well-respected Caribbean scholar and researcher, and Peter Ives from the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, one of the first cities to be designated a City of Crafts and Folk Arts in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN). A trip to Santa Fe by Jackson and Pam Burnside to attend a Creative Tourism Conference in 2008 became the impetus to form Creative Nassau on their return in order to facilitate their company’s mission. The main goal is that ‘by the year 2020, more persons will travel to The Bahamas for its art, culture and heritage rather than merely for its sun, sand and sea’ – an achievable timeline that is coming closer to fruition. Creative Nassau now comprises an executive team of four Bahamian creatives wholly dedicated to fulfilling that mission.

In 2014, Creative Nassau was successful in obtaining the prestigious UCCN designation for the City of Nassau as a City of Crafts and Folk Arts, one of the first cities to do so in the region. Presently there are only two other Caribbean cities in the UCCN – Jacmel in Haiti, and Kingston, Jamaica so more cities are encouraged to apply to join the Network. In the same way it is envisioned that this Orange Economy webinar can establish a vital link between cities within the region, membership in the UCCN would also provide a similar opportunity.

As a UNESCO Creative City, Nassau is a member of a network that consists of 116 cities in 54 countries around the world covering the seven creative fields of Crafts & Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Music, and Media Arts, with the mandate to use creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development. The cities work together towards a common objective: placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their development plans at the local level and cooperating actively at the international level. The Orange Economy model, therefore, is a perfect tool to achieve these goals. More information on the network can be obtained from the UCCN website at http://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/home

Creative Nassau President, Pam Burnside, expressed her sincere thanks to Governor Rolle and his team at the Central Bank of The Bahamas for facilitating the event, as the Bank’s support since 2014 has been unwavering. She also thanked the IDB for their assistance and encouragement, along with the other speakers. It is hoped that understanding and adopting the Orange Economy model will be recognized as an important tool for sustainable development whose benefits can assist not only The Bahamas, but other countries of the region.

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PETER N. IVES

Peter N. Ives is a graduate of Harvard College and Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the State of New Mexico and Navajo Nation bars.

Peter serves as a City of Santa Fe Councilor and was selected by Major Javier Gonzales to serve as his initial Mayor Pro Tem. Having successfully sought re-election, Peter now serves as Chair of the Public Works Committee and the Water Conservation Committee, is a member of the Finance Committee, and is the Mayor’s Alternate as Director of the Coalition of Los Alamos National Laboratory Communities. He also serves as Parliamentarian for the City Council.  Peter looks to Santa Fe’s Sustainable Future as a guiding principle, acknowledges the deep ties between its diverse cultures and creative economy and respects and honors the historical richness that defines the City. Peter sees Santa Fe as a community that lives intentionally, in which real efforts are made to respect each other and the community.

Peter is the City Council contact for the UNESCO’s Creative Cities program, and served as the initial designee of the Craft and Folk Art cluster of cities to the UCCN Steering Group.

Peter has practiced law in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 34 years and for the last 19 of those as Senior Counsel at The Trust for Public Land. Working in TPL's Santa Fe Office, Peter works primarily in New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona, as well as work for TPL's Geographic Information Systems division. During his tenure with TPL, Peter has worked on and facilitated the closing of hundreds of conservation transactions. The work has involved extensive work with private land owners to accomplish their financial and conservation goals, private, federal, state and local agencies and funding and work with conservation buyers, dealing with fee and less than fee (conservation easements) interests.

Peter is married to Patricia Salazar Ives, a local attorney. They have three adult children. Peter also serves on a number of nonprofit boards/foundations and sings with several local groups.

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Felipe is a creative economy expert, based in Bogota, Colombia, currently engaged in setting up a think tank fort he information and communication technologies -ICTs- association of Colombia -CCIT. He has over 14+ years of creative economy development experience, from public policy design, implementation and evaluation, to international negotiations (multilateral and bilateral), to research, and to international cooperation and capacity building, with impact in over a dozen countries.

His relevant experience includes:
  • Developing the Colombian Satellite Account or Culture of Colombia; the first in the world
  • Designing and negotiating the Colombian Cultural Reserve in tne Free Trade Agreement with the United States, establishing the model followed by the country afterwards
  • Authoring or contributing to the following documents:

Creative Industries Mapping of Bogota and Soacha (2002) - Co-author
Economic Impact of the Cultural Industries in Colombia (2003) - Contributor
Guide to Produce Regional Mappings of the Creative Industries (2005) - Contributor
Art and Part: Entrepreneurship manual for cultural enterprises and creative industries (2005) - Contributor Creative Lebanon (2008) - Contributor
A Tanzania for the Creatives (2009) - Co-author
T-shirts and Suits (2009) - translation to Spanish
Una Ventana a la Economfa Creativa de Valparaiso (20ll.O) - Co-author
The Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity (2013) - Co-author
Arts & the Workforce (2015) - Author

Prior to his current responsibilities, Felipe was a consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank's -IDB- Culture, Solidarity and Creativity Affairs Division.


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Keith Nurse
Senior Fellow Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies
World Trade Organization Chair
University of the West Indies
keithnurse@me.com

Dr. Keith Nurse is Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies, the World Trade Organization Chair at The University of the West Indies and adjunct teaching staff at the Arthur Lok Jack School of Business. Heformerly served as theExecutive Director of UWI Consulting Inc. and the Director of the ShridathRamphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services.He is a member of the Economic Development Advisory Board, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and serves on the executive bureau of the UN Committee for Development Policy, a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

He has pioneered research on trade policy, the creative industries, global tourism, diasporic entrepreneurship, climate change and sustainable development, innovation governance and global value chains.He has served as a consultant and adviser to several international organizations such as UNESCO, UNIDO, UNECLAC, OECD, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the ACP Secretariat, the Medical Research Council UK, Inter-American Development Bank,the Organization of American States. At the regional level he has worked for and advised the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Compete Caribbean, Caribbean Export Development Agency and the CARICOM Secretariat. Dr. Nurse is the chair of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution Inc. and the executive producer of the docudrama “Forward Home: The Power of the Caribbean Diaspora”.


Keith Nurse
Senior Fellow Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies
World Trade Organization Chair
University of the West Indies
keithnurse@me.com


Dr. Keith Nurse is Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies, the World Trade Organization Chair at The University of the West Indies and adjunct teaching staff at the Arthur Lok Jack School of Business. He formerly served as the Executive Director of UWI Consulting Inc. and the Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services.He is a member of the Economic Development Advisory Board, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and serves on the executive bureau of the UN Committee for Development Policy, a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

He has pioneered research on trade policy, the creative industries, global tourism, diasporic entrepreneurship, climate change and sustainable development, innovation governance and global value chains.He has served as a consultant and adviser to several international organizations such as UNESCO, UNIDO, UNECLAC, OECD, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the ACP Secretariat, the Medical Research Council UK, Inter-American Development Bank,the Organization of American States. At the regional level he has worked for and advised the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Compete Caribbean, Caribbean Export Development Agency and the CARICOM Secretariat. Dr. Nurse is the chair of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution Inc. and the executive producer of the docudrama “Forward Home: The Power of the Caribbean Diaspora”.




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