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Ministry of Culture develops plan for the promotion and competitiveness of craftsmanship<\/STRONG> T<\/SPAN>he Ministry of Culture, through the National Center for Craftsmanship (CENADARTE – Centro Nacional de Artesan\u00eda), organized the National Technical Committee meeting for the formulation of the Master Plan for Craftsmanship (CTPA – Plan Director de Artesan\u00eda), which seeks to promote, foster and develop craftsmanship at the national level.<\/P> During the meeting with entrepreneurs of the craftsmanship industry, the needs and the reality of the sector were raised, as well as the initiatives for financing and credit to the Dominican crafts SMEs.<\/P> To achieve this objective,there was a proposal for the formation of an inter-agency committee to inform, support and provide technical assistance to the Dominican crafts small and medium enterprises.<\/P> The meeting was held in the Ram\u00f3n Oviedo Art Hall of the Ministry of Culture and it was chaired by Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, Minister of Culture.He was accompanied by Valent\u00edn Guerrero, Director of the CENADARTE, Liliana Rodr\u00edguez, Executive of Promipyme; M\u00e1rtires Montero, President of the Dominican Federation of Artisans, and Noel BouV\u00e1squez, Director of Support Services to the SMEs from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.<\/P> Also present were craftspeople from across the country and representatives of Infotep,Conadis, Innobamb\u00fa, Fodearte, Proindustria, Onapi, CEIRD, Tourism and Fredadeco, among others.<\/P> During the meeting with entrepreneurs of the craftsmanship industry, the needs and the reality of the sector were raised, as well as the initiatives for financing and credit to the Dominican crafts SMEs.<\/P> The Minister of Culture, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, supported the artisans\u2019 organization, for the creation of a strategic plan for the development and growth of craftsmanship and for conducting a survey of the industry, in order to make it competitive in the market and to achieve greater support for the SMEs.<\/P> In turn, Liliana Rodr\u00edguez shared the opinion of the Minister of Culture concerning the organization of the craftspeopleto achieve better benefits, which may be done through the creation of cooperatives, crafts stores and boutiques.<\/P> She pointed outthat the growth of the craftsmanship sector not only impactson the financing of projects, but also on the suppliers and marketing. “Organizing is the best way for you, craftspeople, to achieve development and to avoid leaving isolated groups behind.”<\/P> She also stressed that the rate for loans thatPromipyme and Banca Solidaria offer to craftspeople is 10% fixed annual rate, that theywaive closing costs and provide guidance and offer all kinds of services so that they can start developing in the market. Ministry of Culture develops plan for the promotion and competitiveness of craftsmanshipDominican Republic, Santo Domingo 05\/10\/13 The Ministry of Culture, through the National Center for Craftsmanship (CENADARTE – Centro Nacional de Artesan\u00eda), organized the National Technical Committee meeting for the formulation of the Master Plan for Craftsmanship (CTPA – Plan Director de Artesan\u00eda), which seeks … Continue reading “Ministry of Culture develops plan for the promotion and competitiveness of craftsmanship”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo 05\/10\/13<\/P>
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Valent\u00edn Guerrero, theMinister of Culture, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, Liliana Rodr\u00edguez, Juan Rom\u00e1n and Noel Bou V\u00e1squez.![\"Ministry](\"\/Portal\/noticias\/plafoco1_500.jpg\")
Some of the artisans and representatives of the crafts sector of the country that were present.![\"Ministry](\"\/Portal\/noticias\/plafoco_500.jpg\")
The Minister of Culture, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodr\u00edguez, supportedthe artisans\u2019organization during the meeting of the National Technical Committee for the formulation of the Master Planfor Craftsmanship (CTPA – Plan Director de Artesan\u00eda).<\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>
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