IBERCULTURA VIVA Y COMUNITARIA

Where

Spain

When

2016

Who

The State Secretariat for Culture and AECID

Key objectives of the measure:

This program aims to strengthen community-based cultural policies in the Ibero-American area. To do so, among the instruments it has is a financial fund which grants aid through a public call for financing.

Scope of the measure:

International

Nature of the measure:

regulatory, financial

Main feature of the measure:

This is a community-based Program which encourages cultural policy. It was created at the 2013 Panama Summit of Heads of State and Government.

Results expected through the implementation of the measure:

The IBER programs were created to combine effects and cooperate in achieving a common goal at the regional level (Ibero-American), generally to strengthen sectorial public policies. They are based in the cooperation among countries, and have some shared objectives: encourage the development of inclusive and innovative projects; strengthen cultural and creative industries; promote collaboration between entreprises within the sector and their participation in joint projects, and foster the flow and exchange of cultural goods and services; promote training and capacity building; and set up synergies and facilitate mobility of artists and their works.

Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

The MECD contributes 27,000€ per year.

Main conclusions of the evaluation of the measure:

The Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) is an international organization created in 1999 for fulfilling the objetives of the Ibero-American Conference.

Amongst its duties, SEGIB is in charge of the "Follow up on inititatives and evaluation of (...) Programs (...) under the Ibero-American Conference".

In SEGIB's Annual Reports are including the figures, the main activities and the achievements of each IBER program.

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