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==The Common Purpose Meridian Programme== |
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'''Presidency of Agra''' was one of the six Northwestern Provinces of [[British India]] (which constituted one of the eight separate administrations into which India was divided in first half of 19<sup>th</sup> century), lying nearly in their centre; area, 9,479 sq. m.; pop. about 4,500,000.<ref>http://chestofbooks.com/reference/American-Cyclopaedia-V1/Agra.html </ref> |
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Faraz Khan, CEO of Bridging Britain, an ethnic minority business platform that creates sustainable commercial, social and cultural bridges among ethnic Asian minorities and Britain through business, was selected by Mosaic to participate in the Common Purpose Meridian Programme in London. |
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Faraz, who was one of the first Mosaic Mentors in London and a supporter of the first Enterprise Challenge was nominated by Mosaic to follow the 6 months Common Purpose Meridian Programme. Mosaic decided to nominate Faraz for this exceptional learning opportunity for his tireless and indispensable efforts in supporting Mosaic and raising awareness for our cause over the years. |
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"Mosaic has been instrumental in developing my social conscience and has given me practical opportunities to share my experiences with different groups of people, from children and young offenders to budding entrepreneurs," says Faraz. "Each experience brought about an evolutionary and visible change in each and every participant of practically every experience; this is the impact of Mosaic." |
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The Meridian Programme deals with real-life leadership issues and insights and, uniquely, it is neither classroom nor lecture based. It will send their participants to prison, a hospital or production plants. The Meridian Programme goes beyond standard leadership models and focuses instead on the successes and failures of leaders from all sectors. Participants are taken out of their familiar environment to examine why, when and how they lead. |
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"My expectation from the Meridian course was nothing extraordinary," Faraz says. "Little did I know that it would become one of the most amazing learning experiences of my life." |
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With almost 60 participants from all walks of life and representing sectors ranging from Media, the social sector, the public sector, the private sector to entrepreneurs and musicians, the Meridian Programme offers over 50 events and a wide range of real-life scenarios to explore such as behind-the-scene leadership scenarios at King's Cross development, the London Olympics management team, the BBC and the Russell Square Police Force Headquarters. |
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Faraz continues, "The programme and its modules about Learning Groups, Leadership Practices and Understanding Place and Change were extremely useful in discovering unique aspects of my individual abilities and gave me confidence in taking different routes that challenge conventional wisdom." |
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"The programme further polished and developed my self-awareness and confidence to meet the challenges of leadership and made me learn to adapt to and thrive in challenging situations by becoming more open to working with different people, in new ways to solve complex problems" Faraz says. "The greatest impact of this course was that it brought together approximately 60 individuals from different backgrounds and careers to create a useful learning environment and a lasting bond of friendship." |
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Mosaic operates as a set of initiatives championed by Muslims aimed at raising aspirations and providing opportunities. With Faraz participating in the Common Purpose Meridian Programme, Mosaic aims to further its work towards a more integrated and thriving society where all individuals, regardless of background, are supported in realizing their potential. |
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==Sunday Nation - Art's Global Showcase== |
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Investing in art is a big business and millions of dollars change hands in art auctions not only in Paris, London and New York but also in India. Although it is highly unlikely that we would ever have a large domestic market for art, looking at the talent we have it is obvious that Sri Lankan artists can tap into the global art market with the help of good art investors. |
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Faraz Khan, a social entrepreneur and an international trade consultant, is CEO/Director Bridging Britain, Co-founder/Director Stimulus and Founding Partner/Director Gizelle Communications. He brings with him 16 years of local, regional and global experience in banking, not-for-profit communication, trade, marketing and social entrepreneurship. |
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His successful entrepreneurial ventures, locally and globally, are a result of Faraz’s innate ability to identify complex socio-economic opportunities and then create simple and sustainable structures and systems to translate problems into tangible, result orientated and innovative solutions. |
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This places Faraz amongst pioneering social entrepreneurs of Pakistan in the field of trade, arts and socio-economic development. |
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As a social entrepreneur, he founded and developed Bridging Britain Pvt. Ltd. to encourage, facilitate and support trade across ethnic boundaries (locally and internationally); to bring people from ethnic divides together through events, publications and alliances of cultural, social and economic interest. The proposition is to identify untapped potential in trade and society, and to provide structures and services that bridge ethnic and mainstream markets (and people); to create a business case for harnessing economic, social and cultural ethnic fabric for mutual national and international benefit. |
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Faraz was in Sri Lanka a couple of months back with the hope of bringing his successful programme to Sri Lanka. |
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Q: Tell me something about your organisation and what do you do? |
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A: Colours of Inspiration or COI, is a platform for the creators and lovers of art alike, and provides a foundation for the development and promotion of South Asian art internationally. COI takes shape as the base for the thinking artists to display their work, and for the connoisseur, an opportunity to experience the marvels created by these artists. South Asian Art: Fine Art has always been a treasured jewel of South Asian culture. Art remains the best language and medium for portrayal of traditions, rituals, societal norms and feelings of a nation to the rest of the world; and stands as the best mode of capturing the essence of the region. Our brand provides local thinking artists with an opportunity to promote their art internationally, through our global website. Our Aim: Our goal is to help establish, integrate and promote economically vibrant and productive future for Asian art across the globe, based on taking the ethnic threads and having integrated them seamlessly into the national and international art world. Moreover, through exhibitions of these artists’ work, the rich multi-ethnic culture can be portrayed to those who are foreign to them, creating interest and appreciation of the viewers, creating a higher profile, and consequently, opening awareness in the contemporary fine art of Asia. We aim to bring to the artists, the recognition they deserve, so they can continue the pursuit of their artistic endeavours and carry forth the development of their talent. International Footprint: COI sprung up initially as a brand of Bridging Britain (www.bridgingbritain.com), and has reached the status of a business entity recently. With an overwhelming response both in Pakistan and the UK, COI is now set to launch as a company in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the UK. We plan to expand the operation further, once we have achieved our immediate target. Website: COI provides a venue in the form of a ‘one of a kind’ global Asian art website, where veteran, emerging, and ‘special artists’, as well as private collectors from Asia, can display their art work online, and be able to sell their work abroad. Through our website, art enthusiasts worldwide can acquire contacts and information of various Asian art auction houses, galleries, private collectors and art schools. Exhibitions & Events: Strategically developed solo and group exhibitions will ensure the promotion of new talent alongside veteran artists from the subcontinent, by offering them an opportunity to go global and showcase their paintings to private and corporate investors, high net worth individuals and collectors, through our art brand. Educational & Newcomers: For budding artists from different Asian art institutions, COI will create a promotional platform, assisting them to in debut into the commercial world of art. Moreover, we will provide them with educational scholarships to study in art schools across the globe. One for All: COI being versatile in nature, will give exposure to art galleries, auction houses, private collectors and art institutes through its website, while providing them with the means of proliferating their trade and business. Authenticity: COI has its own exclusive Advisory Board comprised of creative professionals and art experts, for the authentication and validation of paintings, to avoid the trade of counterfeit art pieces and even to secure our brand from any scams, thus creating its own authentication seal. Any piece of art sold through COI will have a money back guarantee, subject to a confirmation from a reliable source. Equipped with knowledge and experience in the field of art, our Advisory Board will assure the authenticity of the art that will be sold through our global art website. |
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Q: What made you come to Sri Lanka and start this project? Did the end of the 30-year civil war play a part? |
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A: The end of the civil war was definitely an icing on the cake, but the war never deterred us to develop our business interests in Sri Lanka. Our group has been working on the development and promotion of South Asia for the past three years. The lead was taken by Bridging Britain (www.bridgingbritain.com), which is a trade development platform between South Asian countries and the UK. COI is the second venture of the group that comes in with a focus on development and promotion of fine art from South Asia, and taking it to the other side of the globe. UK is the first market we are entering, as we already have a footprint there. We shall be expanding to other parts of the developed world, as we completely believe that art has no boundaries and is meant for appreciation at a global level. |
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Q: How was the response you got and what are the groups you contacted? |
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A: The response was brilliant from all the relevant stakeholders, although this framework is unique, it is rightfully going to take its due time to establish its performance with the artists. We met theertha red dot gallery met some brilliant artists, Juliette Coombe, a wonderful English lady based in Galle, is putting us in touch with some brilliant artists. The Gallery and Barefoot art gallery were extremely helpful to make us understand the art market, met quite a few private art collectors, also met some private sector enterprises to get them involved in a sustainable programme of art promotion. |
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Q: What do you think of Sri Lankan artists and compared with the rest of the world, what makes them unique? |
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A: Sri Lankan art is alive, it has a life which m akes the canvas or medium breathe and the person feels the pulse. The emerging Sri Lankan artist is thinking, is conscious, is aware, is evolving and, in most of the cases, evolved. Comparison of art, I never do, because I believe it is not possible, and it is beyond my intellectual pay scale. |
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Q: You said your main focus is on painters, but what about sculptors and installation artistes? |
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A: Our first area of interest is in paintings. Once we have made a decent mark in one area, we shall soon expand into sculptures, installation art and even into some unique areas that will be new to the overall art scene. At least this was the mantra, but we feel Sri Lankan contemporary art has so much to offer in all three, that we might make an exception here and go with all three. |
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Q: Finally, what’s in it for you? How will you benefit from this? |
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A: COI is a Socio-commercial venture. Although COI will be doing a lot of developmental work in the field of fine art in the South Asian region, the operations has a sustainable commercial incentive, and COI will earn its due revenues though the promotion of art pieces, events, exhibitions and other traditional modes of marketing. |
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==Fighting the indifference of Pakistani exporters== |
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KARACHI: Two years ago when Faraz Khan, 34, started ‘Bridging Britain’, a trade consultancy based in England, and working on facilitating ethnic minorities living there, he was sure he would be able to create a window of opportunity for Pakistani businessmen. Today he looks back and asks himself why this has not happened so far. |
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His trade consultancy aimed to cater to the needs of these ethnic minorities by setting up markets for items that came from their home countries, a unique business model that so far had not existed. |
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“Comprehensive analyses of supply and demand patterns showed a general tendency among expatriates to use spices, sausages, sweets, coconut oil, clothes, shoes and other items made in their home countries, but there was no one to help manufacturers deliver their products effectively to these consumers,” he said. |
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Presidency of Agra was established on 14 November, 1834 under the provisions of [[Government of India Act 1833|Government of India Act]] 1832<ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KS1xUqeg4t0C&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22Presidency+of+Agra%22&source=bl&ots=TzdrTP_zQs&sig=eLy79sDp9XvItkGeX091wil9BMI&hl=en&ei=_BcASoCxMMuUkAWEkvGTBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6 Land reforms in India By Pramod Kumar Agrawal]</ref> by elevating and renaming the [[Ceded and Conquered Provinces]]. Sir [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe|C. T. Metcalfe]] was appointed as the new [[List of Governors of Agra|Governor]] for the Presidency.<ref name=igi-V-72> {{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. V|1908|p=72}}</ref> However, in 1835 another Act of Parliament (statute 5 and 6, William IV, cap. 52) renamed the region to the [[North-Western Provinces]], this time to be administered by a [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces|Lieutenant-Governor]]. Presidency ceased to exist on 1 June, 1836. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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http://www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/news/the_common_purpose_meridian_programme/ |
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http://gizellecommunication.com/main/The_Intergration_of_small_ethnic_business_into_the_wider_UK_business_community.html |
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http://gizellecommunication.com/main/arts_global_showcase.html |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 07:47, 14 May 2011
| Presidency of Agra | |||||||||
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| Presidency of British Empire in India | |||||||||
| 1834–1836 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1835 (?) | 9,479 km2 (3,660 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1835 (?) | 4,500,000 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1834 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1836 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Portions in Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Haryana Delhi | ||||||||
The Common Purpose Meridian Programme
Faraz Khan, CEO of Bridging Britain, an ethnic minority business platform that creates sustainable commercial, social and cultural bridges among ethnic Asian minorities and Britain through business, was selected by Mosaic to participate in the Common Purpose Meridian Programme in London.
Faraz, who was one of the first Mosaic Mentors in London and a supporter of the first Enterprise Challenge was nominated by Mosaic to follow the 6 months Common Purpose Meridian Programme. Mosaic decided to nominate Faraz for this exceptional learning opportunity for his tireless and indispensable efforts in supporting Mosaic and raising awareness for our cause over the years.
"Mosaic has been instrumental in developing my social conscience and has given me practical opportunities to share my experiences with different groups of people, from children and young offenders to budding entrepreneurs," says Faraz. "Each experience brought about an evolutionary and visible change in each and every participant of practically every experience; this is the impact of Mosaic."
The Meridian Programme deals with real-life leadership issues and insights and, uniquely, it is neither classroom nor lecture based. It will send their participants to prison, a hospital or production plants. The Meridian Programme goes beyond standard leadership models and focuses instead on the successes and failures of leaders from all sectors. Participants are taken out of their familiar environment to examine why, when and how they lead.
"My expectation from the Meridian course was nothing extraordinary," Faraz says. "Little did I know that it would become one of the most amazing learning experiences of my life."
With almost 60 participants from all walks of life and representing sectors ranging from Media, the social sector, the public sector, the private sector to entrepreneurs and musicians, the Meridian Programme offers over 50 events and a wide range of real-life scenarios to explore such as behind-the-scene leadership scenarios at King's Cross development, the London Olympics management team, the BBC and the Russell Square Police Force Headquarters.
Faraz continues, "The programme and its modules about Learning Groups, Leadership Practices and Understanding Place and Change were extremely useful in discovering unique aspects of my individual abilities and gave me confidence in taking different routes that challenge conventional wisdom."
"The programme further polished and developed my self-awareness and confidence to meet the challenges of leadership and made me learn to adapt to and thrive in challenging situations by becoming more open to working with different people, in new ways to solve complex problems" Faraz says. "The greatest impact of this course was that it brought together approximately 60 individuals from different backgrounds and careers to create a useful learning environment and a lasting bond of friendship."
Mosaic operates as a set of initiatives championed by Muslims aimed at raising aspirations and providing opportunities. With Faraz participating in the Common Purpose Meridian Programme, Mosaic aims to further its work towards a more integrated and thriving society where all individuals, regardless of background, are supported in realizing their potential.
Sunday Nation - Art's Global Showcase
Investing in art is a big business and millions of dollars change hands in art auctions not only in Paris, London and New York but also in India. Although it is highly unlikely that we would ever have a large domestic market for art, looking at the talent we have it is obvious that Sri Lankan artists can tap into the global art market with the help of good art investors.
Faraz Khan, a social entrepreneur and an international trade consultant, is CEO/Director Bridging Britain, Co-founder/Director Stimulus and Founding Partner/Director Gizelle Communications. He brings with him 16 years of local, regional and global experience in banking, not-for-profit communication, trade, marketing and social entrepreneurship.
His successful entrepreneurial ventures, locally and globally, are a result of Faraz’s innate ability to identify complex socio-economic opportunities and then create simple and sustainable structures and systems to translate problems into tangible, result orientated and innovative solutions.
This places Faraz amongst pioneering social entrepreneurs of Pakistan in the field of trade, arts and socio-economic development.
As a social entrepreneur, he founded and developed Bridging Britain Pvt. Ltd. to encourage, facilitate and support trade across ethnic boundaries (locally and internationally); to bring people from ethnic divides together through events, publications and alliances of cultural, social and economic interest. The proposition is to identify untapped potential in trade and society, and to provide structures and services that bridge ethnic and mainstream markets (and people); to create a business case for harnessing economic, social and cultural ethnic fabric for mutual national and international benefit.
Faraz was in Sri Lanka a couple of months back with the hope of bringing his successful programme to Sri Lanka.
Q: Tell me something about your organisation and what do you do?
A: Colours of Inspiration or COI, is a platform for the creators and lovers of art alike, and provides a foundation for the development and promotion of South Asian art internationally. COI takes shape as the base for the thinking artists to display their work, and for the connoisseur, an opportunity to experience the marvels created by these artists. South Asian Art: Fine Art has always been a treasured jewel of South Asian culture. Art remains the best language and medium for portrayal of traditions, rituals, societal norms and feelings of a nation to the rest of the world; and stands as the best mode of capturing the essence of the region. Our brand provides local thinking artists with an opportunity to promote their art internationally, through our global website. Our Aim: Our goal is to help establish, integrate and promote economically vibrant and productive future for Asian art across the globe, based on taking the ethnic threads and having integrated them seamlessly into the national and international art world. Moreover, through exhibitions of these artists’ work, the rich multi-ethnic culture can be portrayed to those who are foreign to them, creating interest and appreciation of the viewers, creating a higher profile, and consequently, opening awareness in the contemporary fine art of Asia. We aim to bring to the artists, the recognition they deserve, so they can continue the pursuit of their artistic endeavours and carry forth the development of their talent. International Footprint: COI sprung up initially as a brand of Bridging Britain (www.bridgingbritain.com), and has reached the status of a business entity recently. With an overwhelming response both in Pakistan and the UK, COI is now set to launch as a company in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the UK. We plan to expand the operation further, once we have achieved our immediate target. Website: COI provides a venue in the form of a ‘one of a kind’ global Asian art website, where veteran, emerging, and ‘special artists’, as well as private collectors from Asia, can display their art work online, and be able to sell their work abroad. Through our website, art enthusiasts worldwide can acquire contacts and information of various Asian art auction houses, galleries, private collectors and art schools. Exhibitions & Events: Strategically developed solo and group exhibitions will ensure the promotion of new talent alongside veteran artists from the subcontinent, by offering them an opportunity to go global and showcase their paintings to private and corporate investors, high net worth individuals and collectors, through our art brand. Educational & Newcomers: For budding artists from different Asian art institutions, COI will create a promotional platform, assisting them to in debut into the commercial world of art. Moreover, we will provide them with educational scholarships to study in art schools across the globe. One for All: COI being versatile in nature, will give exposure to art galleries, auction houses, private collectors and art institutes through its website, while providing them with the means of proliferating their trade and business. Authenticity: COI has its own exclusive Advisory Board comprised of creative professionals and art experts, for the authentication and validation of paintings, to avoid the trade of counterfeit art pieces and even to secure our brand from any scams, thus creating its own authentication seal. Any piece of art sold through COI will have a money back guarantee, subject to a confirmation from a reliable source. Equipped with knowledge and experience in the field of art, our Advisory Board will assure the authenticity of the art that will be sold through our global art website.
Q: What made you come to Sri Lanka and start this project? Did the end of the 30-year civil war play a part?
A: The end of the civil war was definitely an icing on the cake, but the war never deterred us to develop our business interests in Sri Lanka. Our group has been working on the development and promotion of South Asia for the past three years. The lead was taken by Bridging Britain (www.bridgingbritain.com), which is a trade development platform between South Asian countries and the UK. COI is the second venture of the group that comes in with a focus on development and promotion of fine art from South Asia, and taking it to the other side of the globe. UK is the first market we are entering, as we already have a footprint there. We shall be expanding to other parts of the developed world, as we completely believe that art has no boundaries and is meant for appreciation at a global level.
Q: How was the response you got and what are the groups you contacted?
A: The response was brilliant from all the relevant stakeholders, although this framework is unique, it is rightfully going to take its due time to establish its performance with the artists. We met theertha red dot gallery met some brilliant artists, Juliette Coombe, a wonderful English lady based in Galle, is putting us in touch with some brilliant artists. The Gallery and Barefoot art gallery were extremely helpful to make us understand the art market, met quite a few private art collectors, also met some private sector enterprises to get them involved in a sustainable programme of art promotion.
Q: What do you think of Sri Lankan artists and compared with the rest of the world, what makes them unique?
A: Sri Lankan art is alive, it has a life which m akes the canvas or medium breathe and the person feels the pulse. The emerging Sri Lankan artist is thinking, is conscious, is aware, is evolving and, in most of the cases, evolved. Comparison of art, I never do, because I believe it is not possible, and it is beyond my intellectual pay scale.
Q: You said your main focus is on painters, but what about sculptors and installation artistes?
A: Our first area of interest is in paintings. Once we have made a decent mark in one area, we shall soon expand into sculptures, installation art and even into some unique areas that will be new to the overall art scene. At least this was the mantra, but we feel Sri Lankan contemporary art has so much to offer in all three, that we might make an exception here and go with all three.
Q: Finally, what’s in it for you? How will you benefit from this? A: COI is a Socio-commercial venture. Although COI will be doing a lot of developmental work in the field of fine art in the South Asian region, the operations has a sustainable commercial incentive, and COI will earn its due revenues though the promotion of art pieces, events, exhibitions and other traditional modes of marketing.
Fighting the indifference of Pakistani exporters
KARACHI: Two years ago when Faraz Khan, 34, started ‘Bridging Britain’, a trade consultancy based in England, and working on facilitating ethnic minorities living there, he was sure he would be able to create a window of opportunity for Pakistani businessmen. Today he looks back and asks himself why this has not happened so far.
His trade consultancy aimed to cater to the needs of these ethnic minorities by setting up markets for items that came from their home countries, a unique business model that so far had not existed.
“Comprehensive analyses of supply and demand patterns showed a general tendency among expatriates to use spices, sausages, sweets, coconut oil, clothes, shoes and other items made in their home countries, but there was no one to help manufacturers deliver their products effectively to these consumers,” he said.
References
http://www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/news/the_common_purpose_meridian_programme/
http://gizellecommunication.com/main/arts_global_showcase.html