Impact Study: UNESCO-Aschberg Programme for Artists and Cultural Professionals

which are of particular relevance to the creative sector, and called for better collection of statistics and disaggregated data by country and sector; better data protection regulation; improvedmutual recognition of professional qualifications; and expanded provisions for business visas. CARIFORUM has also called for information sharing on the regulatory environment of the entertainment services sector, the inclusion of the entertainment services sector in the EU’s commitments on independent professionals and the removal of the formal qualification requirement for the entertainment services sector 52 . The importance of“building on the initiatives pursued thus far in the area of cultural cooperation with a view to ensuring the activation of the PCC” 53 was equally stressed during the third CARIFORUM-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 31 October-1 November 2017 54 .

52. On the occasion of the 8th meeting of the Cariforum-EU Trade and Development Committee held in December 2018 in Saint Lucia. 53. See http://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/119545/2nd%20CARIFORUM-EU%20 declaration%20EN.pdf 54. On the occasion of the 8th meeting of the Cariforum-EU Trade and Development Committee held in December 2018 in Saint Lucia.

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