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The Executive Summary of the 2015 edition of the Global Report “Re|Shaping Cultural Policies: A decade promoting the Diversity of Cultural Expression for Development”, is now available in Korean. This landmark Global Report is UNESCO’s is the first of its kind in tracking the implementation of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, now...
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In Chad, musical trainings help young artists rise onto the regional stage.Only a few days after playing together in front of a captivated audience at the French Institute in N'Djamena, Chad, eight young artists from Cameroun, Congo, Gabon and Chad regrouped to record their first ever collective album, Unité. Today, the album’s ten songs, which have jazz, blues and afrobeat influences, can...
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“Three stages, four nights of concerts, one conference and one exhibition: we are waiting for you in Morocco from July 13 to 16!” read Edna Kankam’s Facebook status update a few months ago. This came as she was given the opportunity to help organize the Timitar Festival in Morocco, where every year audiences can hear a fusion of traditional amazighes, chaäbi and tarab music, alongside electro,...
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Setting up a new community radio station, cultural industry market infrastructures such as book fairs, or a mobility fund for artists to travel and exchange their work globally are some of the main recommendations highlighted in the final report issued as a result of a special pilot workshop held in the Indian State to strengthen policies for the cultural and creative Industries.
The workshop...
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Reforming cultural policies and designing new models for art production and distribution in the digital era is key for enhancing the creative industries. This was the message UNESCO presented at a session of the 7th annual World Summit on Arts and Culture in Malta between 18-21 October, 2016.
The theme of this year’s World Summit was ‘At the crossroads? Cultural Leadership in the 21st century -...
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