Statistics on Cultural Industries - International Trade Centre

3.9 Act as a hub for coordinating and networking with entities such as the National ExpertCommittees3.10 Coordinate holding of meetings, seminars and trainings3.11 Coordinate holding of expositions for BIMSTEC goods and serviceARTICLE 4Structure of the Observatory4.1 The Observatory shall function under the supervision of CIC4.2 A Senior Official, hereinafter after called the Director shall be nominated from Bhutan andappointed by the Commission and will be the executive head of the Observatory4.3 The Commission shall appoint one or more national experts seconded by the MemberStates for a period of three years. These experts shall constitute a compact inter-disciplinaryprofessional staff of the Observatory.4.4 A small pool of general services staff shall be locally recruited in Bhutan to ensure smoothfunctioning of the Observatory.ARTICLE 5Mandate of the Commission<strong>Statistics</strong> on Cultural IndustriesFramework for the Elaboration of National Data Capacity Building Projects5.1 Implement decisions and directives emanating from the BMSTEC Ministerial Meetings onCulture and other BIMSTEC higher bodies5.2 Implement the Plan of Cooperation and Action, including Modalities of Cooperation, torealize the Vision as elaborated in the Paro Initiative5.3 Act as the Governing Board to provide oversight mechanism and supervision for theObservatory5.4 Develop plans and programmes5.5 Oversee the implementation, evaluation of activities5.6 Submit reports to the BIMSTEC Ministers for culture5.7 Promote intellectual property rights5.8 Create cooperation modalities for promotion of cultural industries in the BIMSTEC region5.9 Harmonize regional planning documents, including externally-funded programmes andthe application of international conventions, pertaining to cultural industries5.10 Identify new and viable areas for cultural cooperation108