On 9, 10 and 18 June 2021, the international webinar “Towards a sustainable cultural and creative industry in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries” brought together online some 30 moderators and panelists and over 450 participants from 75 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, the European Union and the rest of the world.

This event, whose interest and attendance fully met expectations, marked the will of the Organisation of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union (EU) to reiterate the importance of the cultural and creative sector for the human and economic development of ACP countries, to highlight its dynamism, its potential for growth but also its resilience, which has been challenged by the global health crisis we have just experienced.