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The communication journal Quaderns del CAC opens a new call for papers for the monographic section devoted to the new challenges faced by cultural industries and initiatives for the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions in the digital age.See announcement here.
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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 Spanish. This translation is the fruit of efforts led by the UNESCO Office in Mexico.The 2015 Global Report is the first in a series tracking the implementation of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the...
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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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The Secretariat of the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and the UNESCO Office in Quito, in cooperation with Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture, are organizing, on 9-10 November, a national consultation workshop to mark the launch of Colombia’s first quadrennial periodic report drafting process. This workshop will...
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On 21st November 2016, Ms Deeyah Khan will be appointed as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador on artistic freedom by UNESCO Director General, Irina Bokova at UNESCO Heaquarters in Paris.Deeyah Khan is a critically acclaimed music producer and Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary film director and founder of media company Fuuse. Her work highlights human rights, women’s voices and freedom of...
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The countrywide workshops between 17 and 24 November will bring together government representatives, creative professionals , academics, as well as representatives from civil society organizations to discuss the growing importance of the creative economy in Pakistan. It will be a platform to listen to creative entrepreneurs about their challenges, needs and aspirations in order to elaborate...
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On November 18, a seminar will be held at Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, entitled: "The Future of Culture in the Digital Age: Challenges for the State". Organized by the Center for Media Studies and the UNESCO Chair on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at Université Laval, it will address the issue of promoting the diversity of cultural expressions in the digital age. This event...
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UNESCO Press Release N°2016-145
Paris, 17 November – UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will designate the Norwegian film director of Punjabi (Pakistani) and Pashtun (Afghan) origin Deeyah Khan a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Artistic Freedom and Creativity. The ceremony will take place on Monday, 21 November at 1:00 pm at UNESCO Headquarters.
Deeyah Khan is being appointed in...
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''It’s very important that we continue to support this musical diversity to build Colombia’s cultural industries hand in hand with the artists, and that we can still count on financial support, so that culture remains an ambassador for Colombia,'' Catalina Garcia from the Colombian music band ‘Monsieur Perine’ said.
''This support - in a country that has been marked by war, where there are...
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Ms Deeyah Khan was appointed as UNESCO’s first ever Goodwill Ambassador for Artistic Freedom and Creativity on Monday 21st November.
The ceremony took place at UNESCO HQ in Paris in the presence of the Director General, Irina Bokova, Ms Laila Bokhari, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of Norway, and Elin Østebø Johansen, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Norway to UNESCO
Ms Khan,...
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