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Hello ACORNS subscriber
There has been a lot of IFACCA activity recently, so this week we are making it all about the Federation!
Last week, the Board gathered in Buenos Aires for its 47th Meeting, which was generously hosted by the Ministry of Culture of Argentina and organised by board member Iván Petrella, Secretary for Federal Integration and International Cooperation at the Ministry. The Board covered a full agenda; discussed future plans for the organisation; and confirmed details for the 8th World Summit on Arts and Culture. A formal agreement between IFACCA and the hosts, the Ministry of Tourism and Culture's National Department of Culture and the Arts
(JKKN), Malaysia was signed and we can now confirm that the Summit will take place on 11-14 March 2019, in Kuala Lumpur. We are also pleased to announce that IFACCA has been admitted to official partnership with UNESCO as an NGO with consultative status.
The Board Meeting was the final meeting for Dr Elise Huffer, Adviser to the Human Development Programme of The Pacific Community, Fiji, who has served on the Board since October 2011. On behalf of the Federation, we extend our great thanks for her support and contributions to IFACCA over those years.
In membership news, we warmly welcome two new Affiliate Members to the Federation: Kultura Nova Foundation (Croatia), which provides professional and financial support to civil society organizations in the fields of contemporary arts and culture; and City of Melbourne (Australia), which fosters creative experimentation by encouraging and funding artists, promoting participation and bringing art and people together.
We are also pleased to release the final version of D’Art 51: Local Cultural Policies and National Frameworks, our recent collaboration with the Culture Committee of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).
Finally, in Secretariat news, today the team farewells its Communications and Project Coordinator, Meredith Okell. If you or your organisation need to contact us about anything communications-related, please get in touch via our info@ifacca.org address and another member of the team will be pleased to help. As always, if you have news that you would like us to share, please contact us at news@ifacca.org.
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IFACCA admitted as an official NGO partner of UNESCO
UNESCO has approved IFACCA as an official NGO partner with consultative status. In her letter to IFACCA, the Director General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, noted that cooperation between UNESCO and IFACCA has a solid foundation based on many areas of common interest, synergies and previous collaborations. The partnership will allow IFACCA to provide input to UNESCO’s General Conference as observers, receive invitations to Committee sessions, meetings and consultations, and will facilitate regular exchange of information between the two organisations. In May, IFACCA’s Executive Director, Sarah Gardner, will attend the UNESCO NGO Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
held in partnership with the Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Foundation.
more IFACCA News...
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Museums on the Frontline: Safeguarding our Living Heritage
Museums Galleries Scotland, 11 April 2017, Scotland
The world of museums conjures up images of stuff, objects, things that are tangible, however the value of this stuff is in what we know about it; the intangible stuff, what was it used for? Who used it? Or even what is it? The intangible aspects of museum collections have great relevance to our lives today as part of our Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
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Heritage in danger: the stages of the mobilization
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication de France, 03 April 2017, France
Faced with the destruction of cultural property in Syria and in Iraq, the international community has mobilized in favour of the protection of endangered heritage.
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Arts and Disability Forum 2017 shapes perspectives for greater inclusivity
National Arts Council of Singapore, 31 March 2017, Singapore
The Arts and Disability Forum (ADF) returns from 20 to 21 April 2017 with an even stronger focus on creating greater social inclusiveness through the arts. In its third year overall, and second year working with co-organisers from the National Arts Council, British Council and Singapore International Foundation, ADF 2017 will highlight ways to shape a more inclusive society through opportunities for meaningful collaborations for artistic development within the disability sector.
more National Arts Agency News...
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UAE- Meet the agents of cultural change
MENAFN - Emirates News Agency, 11 April 2017, United Arab Emirates
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Khaleej Times spoke to 9 culture leaders and artists who are change agents in their respective countries. Culture unites. Culture connects. Culture reconciles. Culture empathises. Culture is essentially the biggest hope in a world that is being torn down by extremism and division. It is the only agent of change. These were the sentiments expressed during the Culture Summit 2017 that opened on Sunday in Abu Dhabi.
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The urgency of art in a dangerous, rapidly changing world
Chicago Tribune, 10 April 2017, USA
Art is not a luxury, not an adornment of civilization. It is a necessity. It is one of the central purposes of civilization. Artists lead in ways politicians, chief executives, or generals cannot. They enable us to explore the mysterious - deep within us and all around us. They find the universal within the quotidian and in what has never before been imagined - the links that bind us to one another in the most profound ways.
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Iran, Slovakia sign cultural memorandum of understanding
Iran's Book News Agency, 09 April 2017, Iran
According to IBNA correspondent, a meeting was held on Saturday between the Minister of Culture of Slovakia Marek Maďarič, and the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Sayyed Reza Salehi Amiri to sign an agreement for boosting cultural cooperation.
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Cultural policies for sustainable development: four strategic paths
International Journal of Cultural Policy, 28 March 2017
In the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015, the role of culture is limited. We argue that culture’s absence is rooted in the longue durée of interplay among theoretical and policy debates on culture in sustainable development and on cultural policy since the mid-twentieth century.
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The Economic Value of Museums | NEMO publication
NEMO - The Network of European Museum Organisations, 30 March 2017
With “Money Matters: The Economic Value of Museums” NEMO (Network of European Museum Organisations) follows up on its November 2016 conference. The articles in this publication introduce and discuss spill-over effects, innovative business models and cooperation strategies for museums and their economies.
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Salzburg Global Seminar | call for rapporteur
Salzburg Global Seminar, 12 April 2017, Austria
Salzburg Global Seminar is putting out a call for a Rapporteur to report on the 4th annual Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators, taking place at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria from October 14 to 19, 2017. Deadline 8 May 2017.
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ACT presents master classes in the Eastern Cape
National Arts Council of South Africa, 20 March 2017, South Africa
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT), in partnership with the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), invite arts organisations, and small and medium creative enterprises based in the Eastern Cape to participate in their 2017 arts administration master classes.
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Economía Creativa en Chile: aporta 2,2% al PIB y el 82% de la población cree que mejora percepción del país a nivel internacional
Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Chile, 11 April 2017, Chile
Encabezado por el Ministro de Cultura, Ernesto Ottone, y la Directora Ejecutiva de Imagen de Chile, Myriam Gómez, esta mañana se realizó en el Museo de Artes Visuales MAVI el seminario “Economía Creativa: un factor clave para el crecimiento y la imagen de nuestro país”, que a partir de dos estudios busca graficar el impacto del sector en el PIB nacional, así como su importancia en la proyección de la imagen internacional de nuestro país.
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Convocan a adolescentes para participar del Laboratorio de Creación Literaria
Secretaría Nacional de Cultura, Presidencia de la República, Paraguay, 11 April 2017, Paraguay
Un espacio para estimular el talento y la creatividad de los más jóvenes es impulsado por dos instituciones dedicadas a la Cultura y la Niñez, con el propósito de fomentar la instrucción de los futuros escritores de nuestro país, siendo dignos representantes de la letra paraguaya.
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Incentivan emprendimientos culturales
La Estrella de Panamá, 05 April 2017, Panama
Un total de 19 proyectos de emprendimiento cultural se gestan con éxito gracias al programa Cultura Naranja Pty.
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