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2
weeks for young caribbean people, “Quinzaine de la jeunesse
caribéenne »
With
the financial support
of the Regional Council of Martinique
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Partnership
Town
of Ste-Anne, Martinique
With
the support of
The
towns of Ducos, Précheur, Schoelcher, Robert, Ste-Luce, to
welcome the activities
The
University of Antilles and Guyane, faculty of letters and the
St-James estate and rum museum for facilities.
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Program
of the 2006 quinzaine realized
between august 8 and august 22nd
Saturday,
8th University, campus of Schoelcher :
participation in the debates proposed by OMDAC association for the
1st Caribbean Social Forum taking place in Martinique :
“What integration for young people in the caribbean economy ?”
Sunday,
9th University, campus of Schoelcher :
preparation of the closing of the 1st Caribbean Social
Forum, debates proposed by OMDAC association : “What strategies
to protect and develop our traditional music and cultural heritage ?”
Monday,
10th faculty of letters : debate on “Young people
and tourism, what kind of tourism do you want for the development of
your country ?”
Arawak
place in Schoelcher : outdoor exhibition of the different
delegations, musical jam session
Tuesday,
11th town of Ste-Marie : visit of St-James estate and
Rum museum, demontration of building barils.
Workshop
on traditional music and bèlè dances with Victor Treffe
and Cazo Jean-Baptist
Wednesday,
12th town of Ducos : welcome by the youth council of
the town, panel of sports proprosed in the morning (biking; kayaking,
handball, soccer). Before lunch, exhibition of the different
delegations and late in the afternoon, stage performance of all the
delegations and of young martinicans. The debate is reported on the
16th
Thursday,
13th town of Ste-Anne : transfert from the campus
residence to the camping area by Pointe-marin beach at the very south
of the island. The delegations prepared themselves for 5 days camping
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Friday,
14th Ste-Anne, Salines beach : with the support of
AMEPAS association participation to the operation “cleaning the
beach”. Exhibition and debate on “Ecology, preservation of
natural ressources and sustainable development”. In the
afternoon. Musical jam session, stage performance.
Saturday,
15th town of Ste-Luce : sports, exhibition, computers
wokshop at the “cyber base” debate on “What strategies to
preserve and develop the national consciousness through traditional
cultures”. In the evening, stage performance at Bareto,
a suburb of Ste-Anne
Sunday,
16th Ste-Anne camping : debate on “What kind of
jobs for the future of young people in the caribbean islands ?”
. Video workshop
Monday,
17th town of shoelcher : transfert
from the camping to the campus Residence
Tuesday,
18th Fort-de-France: free day for shopping. In
the evening, private party organized by the young members of OMDAC
association for the delegations and some invited guests from
Martinique in Fort-de-France
Wednesday,
19th town of Robert : debate on “the place of
the caribbean countries in the world wide culture “. In the
afternoon visit at the floral park of exhibitions on paintings and
sculpture in place for the cultural festival of Fort-de-France.
Projection of a movie on “SLAM” and discussion with Mr René
Louise, teacher and well known artist
Thursday,
20th town of St-Pierre : stop at the foot of the
volcano in Morne-Rouge. Guided visit of the ruins of the theater and
prison destroy the the volcanic eruption of 1902 in St-Pierre. Visit
of the center of discovery and sciences (CDST).
In
the afternoon, Town of Prêcheur : exhibition, synthesis
of the delegates about their participation in “quinzaine de la
jeunesse caribéenne”, stage performance and to end the day
realization of a collective fresco by all the delegations.
Friday,
21st town of Schoelcher : sports and exchanges,
departure of the 1st delegates.
Saturday,
22nd : departure of the delegations.
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Report
The
dynamism created by the 5 former editions of “quinzaine de la
jeunesse caribéenne” our youth meeting, is going on and
growing thanks to the number of different countries which participate
every year and the interest shown by certain networks like the “youth
PATH” project held by UNESCO which sent this year delegates from
Barbabos, Bahamas, Grenada and St-Lucia.
For
the first time, we welcomed young delegates from Jamaïca,
Puerto-Rico and Dominican Republic.
This
action remains modest because of our budget. Luckily, we have the
financial support of the Regional council of Martinique, our partner
and the technical support of the town which welcomed the youngsters.
The
philosophy developped by our association is now well understood by
all our discussion partners, as the delegates themselves testifyed it
in different occasions during the panel discussions or when
interviewed by the local press.
The
camp part, with the experience of collective life in Ste-Anne,
allowed the participants to better know each other and created strong
links for the action.
The
mobilisation of the young martinican participants is growing and
despite the failure of the town of Lamentin, the members of the youth
councils of Martinique took an active part in the meeting specially
in Ducos and Précheur.
The
“quinzaine de la jeunesse caribéenne” has probably become
an important moment for the caribbean consciousness if we take into
account the craze for the meeting in our neighbouring countries and
the interest of the participants who already formulated projects for
the next edition.
We
cannot stay without speaking of the problems caused by the refusal of
some french embassies to deliver visas for some of the caribbean
delegations to come and partipate in the meeting. This problem was
not only supported by our association but also by other associations
of Martinique which invited caribbean poeple to Martinique at the
same period.
The
program annonced for the meeting was totally achieve and the
participants as well as the public had some intense moments of
exchanges through the debates and the cultural performances of the
different delegations.
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La 15zaine en images
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Participants
to the activities of “quinzaine de la jeunesse caribéenne”
this year
Young
delegates from :
Grenada
Puerto-Rico
Bahamas
Dominica
(a delegation from South District and a delegation from the Carib
Territory)
St-Lucia
Dominican
Republic
Barbados
Jamaïca
Guadeloupe
(the dolphins’ club of Le Moule)
Martinique
(young members of OMDAC, youth council of Ducos, young people from
St-anne and Précheur)The
delegates from Haïti and Cuba which air tickets were already
paid coudn’t participate of this edition because they didn’t get
their visa to come in Martinique.
In
total, more than 160 youngsters participated in the different
actions during the 15 days. We must add to them the groups invited by
the towns we pass in specially for the stage performances.
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The
projects developped
The
participants of this edition agreed to work on the following
projects :
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realization of a website specially dedicated to “quinzaine de la
jeunesse caribéenne” which will allow the preparation of the
coming edition as well as a permanent forum of discussion between the
participants (past and future) and the presentation of common
projects.
The
idea is also to allow those who cannot be physically present in
Martinique to follow the event and give their opinion on the themes
of discussion for example.
realization
of short video films with teams from different countries.
On
another hand, in Martinique and Guadeloupe, ideas are developped in
order to improve the youth meeting
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Productions
and workshops of this year meeting
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Musical jam sessions
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Video workshop
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Realization of a painted fresco
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workshop and initiation to the traditional dances and songs of
Martinique, specially bèlè music
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The
discussion themes of this year meeting |
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Very
soon, the first synthesis
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What
integration for young people in the caribbean economy ?
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What
strategies to protect and develop our traditional music and cultural
heritage ?
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Young
people and tourism, what kind of tourism do you want for the
development of your country ?
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Ecology,
preservation of natural ressources and sustainable development
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What
strategies to preserve and develop the national consciousness
through traditional cultures ?
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What
kind of jobs for the future of young people in the caribbean islands
?
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What
is the place of the caribbean countries in the world wide culture ?
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