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Today’s digital environment is fundamentally altering the creative economy and the way cultural goods and services are produced, distributed or accessed.
Ministers of Culture addressed the use of digital technologies and e-commerce in today’s cultural industries in the panel “Shaping digital policies for development”, which took place at UNESCO Headquarters on 13 December, 2016. ...
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From 2015 to 2017, the 2005 Convention Secretariat is implementing, with the support of the Government of Sweden, the project “Enhancing fundamental freedoms through the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions” in 12 developing countries (Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Morocco, Senegal, Rwanda, Tunisia, Vietnam, Zimbabwe).
The project’s overarching goal...
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UNESCO's first Global Report on the implementation and impact of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was launched in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 15 December 2016.
The translation of the summary was carried out by the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture, with coordination from the UNESCO Beijing Office and Mongolian National...
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The emergence of a dynamic cultural sector is powered by strong cultural policies for development, capacity building of cultural entrepreneurs and the creation of new cultural industry business models. The advent of the digital era has been heavily influencing the shape of today’s creative economies, driven by innovative cultural and creative industries.
UNESCO’s...
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On 14 December 2016, six creative initiatives from around the world have been selected as the new beneficiaries of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) of the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. This year’s projects are:
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How digital creativity reinvents and reinterprets our environment? Watch the "Leral Thiossane" project video to find out.
From 13 to 15 December 2016, Senegalese artists Djiby Ba, Seydou Keita, Lamine Dieme, Esi Atiase and Ibaaku, curator Marion Louisgrand Sylla, and Spanish multimedia artist Fausto Morales Gil,...
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UNESCO launches a call for external independent evaluation firms/entities to assess the implementation of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) and to produce a final external evaluation report.
The evaluation report’s aim is to assess the progress made towards supporting the implementation of the 2005 Convention and the emergence of dynamic cultural sectors in developing...
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From 31 January – 17 February 2017, a first technical assistance mission will take place in the Republic of Mauritius to support the Ministry of Arts and Culture in designing new legislation on the Status of the Artists. The law aims to stimulate artistic creation and the economic and social rights of artists. Vesna Čopič, member of the 2005 Convention Expert Facility, will provide advice and...
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