The National Carnival Commission, (formerly the Carnival Development Committee), was established by Act 9 of 1991, as enacted by the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, and ascended to on August 5, 1991.
The NCC is managed by a Board of Commissioners whose main responsibility is to regulate, co-ordinate and conduct all Carnival activities throughout the country held under the aegis of the Government, with direct oversight by the Ministry of the Arts and Multiculturalism.
Objective:
1. To make Carnival a viable, national, cultural and commercial enterprise;
2. To provide the necessary managerial and organisational infrastructure for the efficient and effective presentation and marketing of the cultural products of Carnival;
3. To establish arrangements for ongoing research, the preservation and permanent display of the annual accumulation of Carnival products created each year by craftsmen, musicians, composers, artists and designers of Carnival.
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