Yemen & Eritrea: friends once more?
Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: From Focal Point to Flagship The Council of Management recently agreed that the profile of the Centre should be raised. They want to make it a 'flagship' for Africa in Europe, promoting the best of the continent's art, culture and opinion. The decision is based on a business plan that seeks to ensure the Centre's long-term financial viability in Covent Garden which some regard as the cultural heart of Britain. Detailed work by architects and consultants has produced a package combining programme ideas (some of which are outlined above) and an architectural scheme. The intention is to redevelop the attractive listed building where the Centre is located to provide modem conference facilities, a cinema, an art gallery, a business club, a music venue and a modem computerised information centre. There are also plans to refurbish the restaurant, cafe, bookshop and craft centre. The total cost is estimated at around ?4.3m. The proposals, designed to take the Centre into the new millennium, have already attracted interest from bodies as diverse as the Organisation of African Unity, the UK Government, the EU and the Covent Garden Trust. The Centre has obtained a provisional award from National Lottery Funds, through the Arts Council of England, for updating the feasibility study. The Centre, for its part, must demonstrate a strategy to raise ?1 million towards the redevelopment. Assuming all goes according to plan, the work should be completed by early 2000.
Author: Martin Plaut
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1970506591