Describe the main features of the policy/measure:
The programme intends to boost the potential of the cultural and creative sector and its contribution to the social and economic development of the ACP countries, aiming at:
• Encouraging entrepreneurship and cultural innovation, as well as the participation of the youth
• Creating new jobs and increasing artists’ and cultural professionals’ revenues
• Raising the quality of the ACP cultural productions,
• Valorizing the cultural productions and artists from the ACP countries on international markets.
Website of the policy/measure, if available:
What are the results achieved so far through the implementation of the policy/measure?:
Selection of implementing consortia
Support to 51 audiovisual co-production (films, TV series, documentaries)
Launch of the first calls for proposals for cultural and creative industries
Support to co-production:
• Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF)
• Centre National du Cinema (CNC)
• World Cinema Fund (WCF)
Support to cultural and creative industries:
• Central Africa: Interarts foundation, ECCAS, the French association Culture et développement, and the National Institute of Arts in Kinshasa.
• Eastern African: British Council and the HEVA Fund,
• Western Africa: French Institute and the Kôrè Cultural Centre, Mali.
• Southern Africa: Music in Africa and the Goethe Institute
• Caribbean: UNESCO, the University of the West Indies and Caricom
• Pacific: the South Pacific Community and Queensland University of Technology
Financial resources allocated to the policy/measure in USD:
40 Mil. USD = 32.94 Mil. EUR
Partner(s) engaged in the implementation of the measure:
| Name of partner | Type of entity |
|---|---|
Organisation of the African, Caribbean, Pacific States
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF)
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Centre National du Cinema (CNC)
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
World Cinema Fund (WCF)
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Central Africa: Interarts foundation, ECCAS, the French association Culture et développement, and the National Institute of Arts in Kinshasa.
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Eastern African: British Council and the HEVA Fund
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Western Africa: French Institute and the Kôrè Cultural Centre, Mali
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Southern Africa: Music in Africa and the Goethe Institute
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Caribbean: UNESCO, the University of the West Indies and Caricom
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Pacific: the South Pacific Community and Queensland University of Technology
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
Has the implementation of the policy/measure been evaluated?:
NO