ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the background to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiation, considering the debates and analysis that have surrounded it and looking at the way in which a series of provisions on cultural cooperation and development came to offer a point of convergence alongside the other measures in the agreement. It looks at the way in which the EPA negotiations have been related to an attempt to reconceptualise culture in the Caribbean, as the value of culture as a resource for export development has been elevated as a key concern in the regions search for a new strategy of integration into the post-Lom global economy. The chapter looks at how these efforts have begun to unfold through some of the responses or lack of responses that have been evident among the various stakeholders that are involved in this attempt to redefine the role of culture in the regions development strategy.
