Establishment of the first multifunctional film and TV studio in Suriname The applicant, Cam-a-lot Audiovisual Facilities B.V. from Amsterdam, is a company providing professional equipment for production companies in the audio-visual industry. The local partner, The Back Lot Holding NV, has successfully set up the first multiplex cinema in Suriname, is shareholder in ICT company Spang Makandra NV and is involved in Stichting The Back Lot, a foundation that has been producing local TV news programmes for over a decade. The firm also organises youth education programmes, marketing events and workshops on media production.The partners plan to set up a joint venture in order to open a multifunctional film and TV studio. The partners will also rent out audio-visual equipment. Currently, there is no professional TV studio at all in Suriname. The partners plan to serve local and international TV producers, and also hope to serve the (inter)national film industry. Together with educational partners in the Netherlands and Suriname, the partners will train 30 professionals to work with audio-visual equipment and to direct for TV and film. The studio is planned on a campus that is currently in development in Paramaribo. This campus is a development of Spang Makandra NV, a former PSOM project.Studio Paramaribo will bring innovation to the audio/visual sector, exploit the opportunities to produce TV programmes, films and commercials, but also provide a platform for education, journalism and entertainment to Suriname.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The partners will establish a formal CSR policy for this joint venture. It will include health and safety measures to protect the staff, gender policy and a non-discrimination policy. The assurance of good working conditions and proper payment for freelancers that will be working in the productions facilitated by the joint venture will be part of this policy.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe partners will pay living wages to their employees. Since only seven people will be employed directly by the joint venture, the impact will be limited. Most jobs created by this project will be on a freelance basis. This construction provides little income security to its workers. However, this is a feature of the audio-visual industry everywhere in the world.•	Innovation/Transfer of knowledgeNo comparable studio exists in Suriname. The audio-visual equipment that will be offered by the joint venture is currently not available.•	Chain effectsImpact on local suppliersThis project will create opportunities for a number of freelancers in the audio-visual industry. These professionals are currently hardly available in Suriname. If the availability of skilled audio-visual professionals and professional equipment attracts more foreign audio-visual productions to Suriname, as the partners expect, then the impact for this group of professionals will be very large. According to several publications on the impact of film production on the local economy, each professional job in this sector also creates four other jobs in related fields such as catering, transport, painters, extras and other services.Impact on local customers or consumersThe possibilities for local commissioners of TV programmes will be vastly increased after this project is implemented. For example, they will be able to produce studio programmes in front of a live audience, a novelty in Suriname. Local companies wanting to record a TV commercial will have much improved options.•	Impact on the sectorThe project partners have the plan to cooperate together with the Dutch Film Academy in knowledge sharing and the rendering of services during film productions of NFTVA students in Suriname. Students will have the opportunity to shoot their project in Suriname with the support and guidance of The Back Lot. In return, the Film Academy will be the host in Suriname for the Master Classes that will be held on a regular basis. The subjects will be the various disciplines in the audio-visual industry. A similar structure has been worked out with Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam together with NATIN, the largest vocational school (2,800 students) in Suriname. Details of this cooperation still have to be worked out and will be part of the first project result.•	EnvironmentNeutral.•	Position of womenAt least four of the seven job positions will be filled by women. The establishment of the first multifunctional film and TV studio in Suriname.