For centuries Curac ¸ao has been the gateway to Latin America, Europe and North
America. Curac ¸ao has developed a vision of being a logistical hub by 2016 as part the Master
Plan. This vision stresses a number of factors: the people of Curac ¸ao (Talent), the
international airport, the seaport, the Financial Services Sector and the IT sector
(Technology) (Eilandgebied Curac ¸ao, 2007a). But this vision does not explicitly focus on
creativity, or higher education and science on the island, although transnational education is
mentioned as part of the economic sector. The consequence is that the plan underutilises the
main assets of the island. The vision leads to the idea of investment in the current stars, cash
cows and dog, but it neglects the question marks. In the two sectors with the most talent,
Arts and Sports, there is neither technology and nor infrastructure, and little education and
training. In the sectors of science and higher education all the ingredients are present but
they are not an integral part of the vision. A possible explanation is that the business and
union elites involved in the visioning process are related to the stars and the dogs.