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Public Servants, or a Campaign Team Included with the Election Victory?
An election victory grants a temporary mandate, not ownership of the public administration. Who are public employees expected to serve?
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A Creative Career Should Be Possible Here
What would it take for a young creative to build a life doing what they love in Aruba? Fair pay, lasting opportunities and a sector that supports sustainable livelihoods.
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We Shouldn’t Have to Keep Quiet to Get Funded.
Receiving support does not mean we owe anyone our silence. Aruba’s cultural and creative industries need funding institutions we can question openly.
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How long do we have to keep being nice and obedient before we are allowed to move forward?
Public support should follow evidence and community needs. Respect for institutions does not mean obedience, and Aruba’s creative sector must organise to shape its own future.
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A strong creative economy needs more than a policy document
Why we defended ownership of our research and the process of building policy together. Evidence, participation and fair agreements are foundations for Aruba’s creative economy.
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Aruba Was Given the Keys. Did Anyone Check Whether We Knew How to Drive?
Forty years after Status Aparte, Aruba must examine how it exercises autonomy, manages public institutions and measures results.
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If We Value Culture, We Must Invest in It
Preserving culture, strengthening communities and supporting sport require sustained investment from businesses and government.
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Aruba’s creative economy deserves a better system
Accountability helps us understand what is working, measure progress and build public confidence in Aruba’s creative economy.
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If the Sector Cannot Influence the Direction, What Is the Invitation For?
A seat at the table means little if nothing brought to that table can change the outcome.
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Samen zijn we sterk: Are We Ready to Build Bridges?
On our islands, we speak about building bridges. Yet too often, we build invisible walls: ideas about who we are, who our neighbours are, and why we must remain different.
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Policy should be built with the sector. Not just for it.
Aruba needs a national policy for its Cultural and Creative Industries. I welcome its development.
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We asked. The community showed up.
When we launched our mapping survey of Aruba’s Cultural and Creative Industries, we hoped people would participate. What we did not expect was how many would respond in such a short time.
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A minister’s wish is not data.
I came across an image with that sentence, and it stayed with me because it describes a problem we have faced in Aruba for far too long.
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Volk van Weerkracht
I read the publication twice. The first time, I focused on what was written. The second time, I focused on what wasn’t.The contributions were thoughtful. Structured. Careful. You could feel…
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Volk van Weerkracht 2
Following up on my previous analysis of Reflections from ‘Autonomie zonder eigenaarschap’, there’s a word that appears often: Autonomy.It sounds complete. Strong. Settled.As if the work has…
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Volk van Weerkracht 3
My third out of 5 posts following up on the publication of Reflections from ‘Autonomie zonder eigenaarschap’.There is a certain comfort in gradual change.It feels responsible, measured, and…
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Volk van Weerkracht 4
My fourth out of five posts on the latest publication “Reflections from ‘Autonomie zonder eigenaarschap”There is a moment in every real conversation where things shift.You feel it before…
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Volk van Weerkracht 5
My last post on my reflection on “Reflections from ‘Autonomie zonder eigenaarschap’.When reflection reaches its limit.There’s a point where reflection stops being productive.Not because…
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