The Min­istry of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment has be­gun con­sul­ta­tions un­der its ini­tia­tive ti­tled “The Blue­print of Car­ni­val”, with the first ses­sion held at the VIP Lounge, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah on Mon­day.

Min­is­ter of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Michelle Ben­jamin and Par­lia­men­tary Sec­re­tary Dr Narindra Roop­nar­ine are lead­ing the process to col­lect da­ta from cit­i­zens, stake­hold­ers and Car­ni­val par­tic­i­pants to guide pol­i­cy and plan­ning.

The first ses­sion fo­cused on the busi­ness of steel­pan. Par­tic­i­pants dis­cussed safe­ty and se­cu­ri­ty in pa­n­yards and event spaces, ac­cess to fa­cil­i­ties, trans­porta­tion for bands and pa­trons, med­ical ben­e­fits re­lat­ed to steel­pan, mar­ket­ing of events, and stake­hold­er en­gage­ment.