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The first Chair on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was established at Laval University (Law Faculty), during a ceremony held on November 17, 2016 at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Quebec City, Canada.
This Chair, placed under the authority of Professor Véronique Guèvremont, also Vice Dean for Studies and Research at the Law Faculty, will focus on several areas of research of relevance...
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The results of the selection process for submitted project proposals, in the framework of the 7th Call for the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD), have been published and can now be consulted here.
The IFCD Panel of Experts has recommended to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions the following six project proposals...
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UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Artistic Freedom and Creativity Deeyah Khan calls for increased mobility of artists and better representation of women in creation.
Ms Khan, Norwegian Filmmaker and Music Producer, will be advocating for the implementation of UNESCO's 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
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Ms Deeyah Khan was appointed as UNESCO’s first ever Goodwill Ambassador for Artistic Freedom and Creativity at UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris, on 21st November 2016.
The ceremony featured speeches by UNESCO’s Director General, Irina Bokova, and Ms Laila Bokhari, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of Norway. Following the ceremony, a debate on freedom of artistic creation featuring...
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The capacity building workshop for the elaboration of Colombia’s first periodic report will take place on November, 30th and December, 1st 2016, at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, in Bogota. This workshop is organized in the framework of the “Enhancing fundamental freedoms through the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions” project.Colombia ratified the 2005 Convention on the...
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On November 29, 2016, a panel on "The Challenges of Cultural Diversity and Freedom of Information in the Digital Era” was organized at the Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This initiative, jointly organized by the Culture and Communication Sectors of the UNESCO Regional Office in Montevideo and the Federal Media and Public Content System, served to present and discuss...
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Four years after submitting its first periodic report, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism, M. Tahirou Barry appointed on November 30th, 2016 the members of the national team in charge of drafting the country’s second periodic report on the implementation of the 2005 Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions. In this context, Mr Barry...
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The 10th Ordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO, 12-15 December 2016) will be inaugurated on 13 December 2016 at 17:00, with an exceptional digital installation by Senegalese artists Djiby Ba, Seydou Keita, Lamine Dieme and Essi Atiase, and DJ Ibaaku.The installation will be inaugurated in the presence...
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The workshop for Senegal’s first quadrennial periodic report was held at the Douta Seck Culture House on 29 November 2016 and was opened with a powerful sketch performed by a local theater company. This report, elaborated in accordance with Article 9 of the Convention, highlights policies and measures implemented to promote the diversity of Senegal’s cultural expressions, both at the national and...
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On December 2nd, 2016, the Global Report "RelShaping Cultural Policies: 10 Years of Promoting the Diversity of Cultural Expressions for Development" was presented at the Regional Center for Book Promotion in Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLALC), in Bogotá, Colombia.
The launch in Colombia of the Spanish version of the report, recently translated in collaboration with the UNESCO Office in...
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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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The importance of deepening dialogue to ensure participative, transparent and informed culture policy making and implementation was singled out as the main driver for boosting the diversity of cultural expressions in Burkina Faso. Meeting in Bobo-Dioulasso, twenty-two experts spent three days in a capacity building workshop designed to monitor and bolster national cultural policy.
The highly...
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The research organisation BOP Consulting is working with UNESCO to gather information and data for the 2017 edition of the UNESCO Global Report on the role of civil society in the promotion and implementation of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
The Global Report is designed to identify the principal advances made in...
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Radio facilitates public participation, the circulation of new ideas and the sharing of cultural expressions such as music. UNESCO promotes media diversity and the diversity of cultural expressions in Rwanda. Photo courtesy of Ishyo Arts Centre, one of the civil society participants in a UNESCO-run initiative in Rwanda.
Journalists, government representatives, civil society actors,...
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UNESCO Havana joined in on World Radio Day in Cuba on 13 February to discuss community participation in radio production and explore how radio can be more responsive to citizens’ needs and cultural diversity.
“Radio is very important in Cuba, particularly provincial and community radio for encouraging local dialogue. Of the 96 radio stations in the national network, some 40 have a municipal...
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Media Promotes Gender Equality was the major topic of this year’s World Radio Day in Viet Nam where more than 250 members of the press, academics, students and representatives from international organisations celebrated the transformative power of radio.
Public participation in radio was the overall theme of this year’s World Radio Day under the slogan “Radio is You!” As Susan Vize,...
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Mauritius, with the support of UNESCO, has launched an initiative to design a new law to professionalize the status of artists in Mauritius. Defining their professional status, improving their economic and social working conditions - including through preferential treatment measures - and recognizing their role in the sustainable development of the island were at the heart of discussions held...
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Djibouti and Mauritius have both recently taken initiatives to strengthen the socio-economic conditions of their artists, in accordance with the 1980 Recommendation on the Status of the Artist.
In recent years, several African countries have enhanced legislation related to this essential issue which ensures that artists can continue their work and enjoy the same rights as other working citizens...
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On 3 March 2017 the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) launched its eighth call for funding requests. Since 2010, the IFCD is providing more than 6 million USD in funding for 90 projects in 51 developing countries, covering a wide range of areas. Public authorities/institutions and NGOs from developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention, as well as international...
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What are the emerging trends and development in the cultural field? How can countries and other stakeholders translate the provisions in the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions into action? What are the policy areas of change and progress? These are some of the central questions experts will be exploring during their second Editorial Board...
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Deconstructing stereotypes and promoting freedom of artistic expression for female artists are at the core of the debate on Women and the Arts, taking place at UNESCO Headquarters this week with UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic creativity, Deeyah Khan. International Women’s Day, on 8 March, is a chance to celebrate women’s achievements but also examine the barriers that still exist in...
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Cultural policies for artistic freedom and the mobility of artists were at the forefront of the public discussion organized at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm, on 2 March 2017. The event was organised by the Swedish Arts Council and the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO, in cooperation with UNESCO.
Staffan Forssell, Director General of the Swedish Arts Council, opened the...
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Sixteen Japanese students attended an information workshop at UNESCO headquarters, on Friday 3 March, focusing on the linkages between trade and culture.
The Section for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions hosted the exchange session.
The undergraduate and graduate students of Kobe University, accompanied by Professor Kazunari Sakai, learnt about the 2005 Convention on the Protection and...
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The 2017 edition of International Women’s Day provided the perfect opportunity for artists and cultural professionals to reflect on what gender equality means in the arts and creative industries around the world. While barriers to access for female artists to the international arts market and their invisible contribution to innovation in artistic expression have long been debated, the focus...
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Zimbabwe is ready to embark upon gathering cultural statistics. A workshop organised by UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa, gathered participants from the government, civil society, bilateral embassies and UN agencies to explore the best methods for collecting a solid evidence base in order to measure the impact of cultural resources.
The Executive Breakfast forum on 21 March initiated a...
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