The Caribbean Community Secretariat is contributing materials to the Digital Library of the Caribbean project. The initial resources selected, document the history of the  Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts -- CARIFESTA  which was first held in 1972 in Georgetown Guyana – where the Headquarters of the CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY is located.

Back to its birthplace after 36 years - CARIFESTA X Guyana 2008 : celebrating the Caribbean - Guyana style

The Caribbean Community is firmly committed to cultural and artistic promotion and development and also to the preservation and protection of cultural heritage. This commitment is reflected in the regional cultural policy endorsed by the Caribbean Community in 1994. The Secretariat fully supports regional collaborative initiatives which include the sharing of resources that document Caribbean identity, history and culture.

CARIFESTA 2006 launched

The Documentation Centre which is responsible for the management of the  CARIFESTA collection has collaborated with both internal and  external sources in harnessing a rich heritage of valuable information materials which contribute greatly to research and scholarship. The early years of CARIFESTA were captured from the Newspaper clippings collection sourced from The Guyana National Library. The Secretariat’s Culture Programme continues to contribute items for digitization.  The CARIFESTA collection currently covers information emanating from 10 CARIFESTAs - the most recent having been convened in Guyana in 2008.

The Collection includes consultants’ and country reports, articles extracted from  magazines, correspondence, press releases, information leaflets, presentations at  Symposia, programmes, various CARIFESTA themes; posters, photographs and  newspaper clippings.