GOVERNMENT OF SAINT LUCIA

Ministry of Tourism, Heritage and Creative Industries

For Immediate Release

Date: January 21, 2014

Contact: Ann-Margaret Adams – Director of Product Development

Tel: 468-4632/ 285-8488

Fax: 451-7414

Email: ann-margaret.adams@govt.lc

MINISTRY OF TOURISM HOSTS ARGENTINEAN DELEGATES TO DELIVER TRAINING

PROGRAMME IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CULTURE SATELITTE ACCOUNTS

Castries St. Lucia, January 21, 2014

The Government of Saint Lucia has partnered with Secretaria de Informacion Cultural

de Argentina (SInCA) on a technical assistance project to strengthen co-operation and

knowledge exchange among OAS member states in the area of culture.

The project aims to build capacity towards the development of a Culture Satellite

Account for Saint Lucia. It is also expected to facilitate increased awareness of the

economic contribution of culture and improve the quality of data used in policy

making. SinCA’s project team, headed by Mr. Juan Manuel Zanabria, will provide

training to statisticians and cultural practitioners in methodologies, procedures and

modeling techniques utilized in the development of this system.

The Ministry of Tourism, Heritage and Creative Industries welcomes this initiative and is

working closely with the Department of Statistics in recognition of the need for

enhanced collaboration among agencies in the development process of the cultural

and creative industries.

The training programme runs from Monday January 27 to Tuesday 28, 2014 from 9:00

am to 5:00 pm at Auberge Seraphine and will commence with brief remarks delivered

by representatives from the OAS, Argentinean Embassy and the Ministry of Tourism.

Members of the media are invited to provide coverage of the opening session on

Monday January 27, 2014 at 9:00 am.