The Department of Culture was recently making plans to produce a documentary on the Virgin Islands fishing industry, Culture Director Luce Hodge-Smith told a gathering on Thursday at the Fish Lock Hall in the J.R. O’Neal Botanic Gardens.
Such duplication is what the Culture Department hoped to prevent by holding a Common Areas Focus Group meeting with various government agencies on Thursday.
“The purpose of the meeting is for sharing relevant information and to spark some interest among each other to collaborate more, avoid duplication of efforts, and work towards achieving greater results in the promotion and preservation of Virgin Islands culture and heritage,” Ms. Hodge-Smith told about a dozen department heads.
During the meeting, participants were asked to give presentations on their departments’ cultural projects.
Dr. Marcia Potter, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Education and Culture, underscored the need for such collaborations.
“It is important for us to all come together and be on the same page and to be working together as a team to realise the goals as we look at all the various aspects of our culture,” Dr. Potter said during her remarks at the start of the event. “Especially at this time when we know we have to do more with less, it is very important to have a plan going forward.”
See the Oct. 6, 2016 edition for full coverage.
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