As such, the SCDF is requested the opportunity to:
- Be the organization in charge of the management of the activities in the SFV. - Take responsibility for the maintenance and further structural development of the SFV - Exploit the usage of the Festival Village to event organizers on St. Maarten, the region and internationally. - Accommodate Government functions and events in the Festival Village.
With this in place SCDF can then:
- Serve as a facilitator to foreign events and promoters who wish to execute events in Sint Maarten. - Can equip the SFV up to modern standards to be able to handle a variety of event types. - Can open the SFV to accommodate many cultural initiatives related to the development of Carnival and Culture in general throughout the year. - Can begin the development of the SFV to be able to accommodate conferences as well. - Can seek to make Carnival and the SFV totally sustainable entities.
The aforementioned will be accomplished using various methods of SCDF’s expertise, including but not limited to: - Drafting a comprehensive plan for attracting users of the SFV. - Securing corporate sponsors by engaging companies to fulfill their social corporate responsibility (SCR) mandate. (Carnival will be separate). - Kick off a vibrant Advertising Campaign for the SFV as a venue for every event of every size. Establish a volunteer coordination plan to involve students and other volunteer workers in the execution of events in the SFV. - Encourage community involvement in establishing “historical hot spots” in SFV that will feature pieces of St. Maarten History (perhaps even replicas) which can be visited by schools, cruise visitors and more.
SCDF requests to take over management Festival Village.
