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Established October 1895 Salvation Classical Army kicks off Pops Kettle Appeal launched! Page 5 Page 7 Friday November 13, 2015 $2 VAT Inclusive ANIMATION PUSH! ANIMATION, film and video her organisation is prepared being offered in animation. animation. That is an area that as well because movies can be are multimillion dollar in- to help Barbadians to get a “That is a big programme. It is we have gone into in a big way created and when you pair ani- dustries which Executive piece of the pie. a big new industry in Barbados more so in than anyone in mation with film and video that Director of the Barbados Speaking to the media after and it is a million dollar indus- Barbados.” is an industry Barbados really Institute of Management the annual general meeting of try.There are contracts that are “We are going to be starting can benefit from.” and Productivity, Dr. Sonia the institute, she explained that waiting for Barbadians to be training in January in Film and Greenidge-Franklyn, says considerable training is now able to perform in the area of Video and that is a big industry OPPORTUNITY on page 3 NETBALL QUEENS! Springer Memorial remained dominant in Junior netball after a convincing 25-21 win over Christ Church Foundation yesterday in the final of the 2015 Barbados Secondary Schools Netball League Under-19 Competition at the Netball Stadium. (See page 37) Cultural industries can boost economy By Patricia Thangaraj livered opening remarks at the Medium Term Growth and the cultural industries sector as these to work together to ensure Ministry of Labour, Social Development Strategy 2013- one of the emerging sectors for the local infrastructure is ade- THE cultural industries have Security and Human Resource 2020, which also states the ne- economic development and quate.” the scope to assist in the devel- Development Stakeholder cessity for inter-sectorial collab- speaks to the need for inter-sec- Holder said that they can also opment of the economy of this is- Consultation with the Creative oration in order to make this a torial approaches and close col- see collaboration between cul- land. Sector yesterday at the Cave reality. laborations between the ture and education and accord- This is the belief of CEO of the Hill School of Business. “The Barbados Medium Term Ministry responsible for culture ingly, there has some effort to Small Business Association She said that this has been Growth and Development and many other Government (SBA), Lynette Holder, who de- highlighted in the Barbados Strategy 2013-2020 identifies agencies. So there is a need for BOOST on page 4 2 • Friday November 13, 2015 The Barbados Advocate The Barbados Advocate Friday November 13, 2015 • 3 Traffic diversion at BIMAP to offer online programmes WHILE the Barbados port from the decisions to reduce ex- agement, book keeping Beulah junction Institute of Government of Barbados penses, while at the same and accounts, with addi- Management and declined by approxi- time aimed to increase its tional courses being THE C.O. Williams the weather conditions) Productivity (BIMAP) mately 25 per cent in revenue capacity.Straker added gradually. Construction team ad- and traffic going to was able to reduce its 2014, with the contribu- stressed that this did not “It is a very competitive vises the travelling pub- Sandy Hill, the Crane expenses, which led to tion being $182 625 less include a reduction in market and going forward lic that this Saturday, 14 and Diamond Valley, or a substantial decrease than in 2013. staff. we are looking at going November, 2015, a track Rice’s will have to divert in its deficit, its rev- “The Institute focused Straker, along with online to see how we can will be cut for the through Union, or enue was once again its efforts on becoming Executive Director, Dr. further enhance the rev- Barbados Water through the Nursery not enough to cover all more competitive in the Sonia Greenidge- enue position of the insti- Authority between the from Six Cross Roads. of its expenses. core areas of its strength. Franklyn, assured that tute,” said Straker. Beulah junction and There is no scheduled During the annual gen- As a result, BIMAP en- other revenue generating “All the institutions Sandy Hill, St. Philip.As Transport Board service eral meeting held at the tered into partnerships initiatives are constantly that government supports you will recall this work through the Beulah institute’s Wildey head- with two of its members being sought and come they are all affected and was postponed from last junction to the Crane. quarters, Chairman of the to secure competitive January, BIMAP’s online everybody always wants weekend due to the There will be a traffic Board of Trustees, Benson awards from the presence will be felt with more. One could say you heavy rainfall. diversion at the Beulah Straker,gave the 2014 re- Competency Based the goal of increasing its managed without it but This work will be done junction, Highway 5, St. port which showed ex- Training Fund for train- revenue stream. we could have done more between 7.30 a.m. Philip this weekend be- penses were reduced by ing of Barbadians in the “We’ve already done a if we had the continued Saturday and 6 p.m. on tween 7.30 a.m. $164 663, while the deficit financial services and an- demonstration. So we contribution. We would Sunday evening (de- Saturday and 6.00 p.m. decreased from $141 613 imation sectors,” the know it will work. But we welcome some continued pending once again on on Sunday evening. to $76 377. Chairman said. have to get the funding to support.” Straker noted “Funding continued to He explained that the roll out the courses in an that demand for the be a major source of con- institute has recognised online format.” courses at BIMAP is still cern and a challenge to the importance of cost re- She explained that very high, evidenced by Adapting to meet the effective operations of straints and manage- BIMAP will begin online the over 1700 persons the organisation... ment, and on its own ini- courses in popular areas who recently graduated market demands key However the level of sup- tiative took appropriate such as supervisory man- from the institute. (JH) OPPORTUNITY from BIMAP.BIMAP was able page 1 to put together a pro- gramme and salvage Dr. Greenidge- what would have been a Franklyn, along with very difficult situation for Chairman of the Board of the government of Trustees, Benson Barbados. Straker, said these are “We could do it readily just some of the areas in because BIMAP is very which the institute has flexible and we are very had to diversify its prod- easily able to adapt to the uct to meet market de- requirements of our mands. clients because we focus Further highlighting not just on the regular the institute’s flexibility, programmes where peo- she alluded to the 70 ple come and do a pro- Nigerian students from gramme. We also tailor the Delta State Youth programmes to what peo- Programme who recently ple want. graduated from the pro- “What we have taken gramme and subse- away from that is our quently returned home. ability to be able to give She said while dealing persons not what the in- with students from Africa stitute wants to give is not new for the insti- them but what the mar- tute, she said it was a ket is demanding. We are learning experience for always looking to see all persons involved. what is next in the mar- BIMAP’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Benson Straker (left), congratulates Executive Director of the “Remember, they did ket,” the executive direc- Barbados International Business Association (BIBA), Henderson Holmes, who was elected to be a BIMAP not come initially to be at tor assured. (JH) trustee during the institute’s annual general meeting. HRDS would help to finance cultural projects, says Holder By Patricia Thangaraj Security and Human strengthen the cultural this island. preneurial activity.” deed from the cultural Resource Development industries and we I am “As I said, we are at a Quoting from Pillar sector. This extract says THE Human Resource Stakeholder sure anticipate and invite stage now where there Five of this Strategy, the and I quote, ‘One exciting Development Strategy Consultation with the others following National are several sunset indus- SBA CEO stated that potential area of innova- (HRDS) 2011-2016 would Creative Sector yester- Services Week so that the tries. The research shows this fact is highlighted in tive and entrepreneurial help to finance the vari- day at the Cave Hill strategic goals of that there are several this Strategy which also growth involves tapping ous projects in the cul- School of Business. Barbados would be re- traditional industries outlines youth potential into the capacities of tural industries that cre- “It is the intention of alised.” that no longer have the in this industry as well youth in the cultural ative entrepreneurs and Pillar Five of this She stated that this is viability to take our econ- as how the development arena. Indeed globally, practitioners come up Strategy to provide the fi- imperative because the omy to the next level of of this sector has con- the cultural and creative with. nancial resources; to pro- cultural industries is now growth and development tributed to the economic industries have grown This reassurance was vide the infrastructure – viewed by many stake- and so we have to be look- growth across the globe. exceptionally over the given by the CEO of the if you will – to develop the holders in Barbados as a ing at new ones and the “There is a particular past two decades.