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On behalf of the Chair of IFACCA, Mr Simon Brault, and the Director General of the Swedish Arts Council, Ms Kajsa Ravin, I would like to share an important update regarding the 9th World Summit on Arts and Culture scheduled to take place from 31 May to 3 June 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Due to the current travel restrictions related to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant impacting most of the regions across the world, the Swedish Arts Council has reached the difficult conclusion to postpone the 9th World Summit on Arts and Culture to 2023. The IFACCA Board and Secretariat fully support this decision and are committed to working with the Swedish Arts Council and partners to ensure safe and equitable global participation at the World Summit in Stockholm.
While we are disappointed that we must wait a little longer to meet in person, we hope that this date change will ensure we have the best chance of guaranteeing the presence of delegates from all regions of the world. Since its inception, the World Summit has always been designed to be a highly participatory platform that fosters exchange between policy makers and representatives from government, cultural and non-cultural sectors. Consequently, the knowledge, enthusiasm and physical presence of our diverse membership and the international arts community are crucial for us to ensure a successful World Summit.
The postponement of the World Summit does not mean important dialogue about the state of artistic freedom has to wait. With a new summit date planned for May 2023, we will use the lead-in time to start the conversation with online discussions. This will commence with the launch of the World Summit Discussion Paper in early May 2022, which includes contributions from eight key thought leaders from across the globe.
We will be providing regular updates through our ACORNS news bulletins and the World Summit website in the coming months to confirm the exact dates for the World Summit in May 2023, and the series of online conversations to be had in the lead up to the in-person gathering. We look forward to staying engaged with all of you in the international arts community and are excited to share these important conversations with you.
We look forward to meeting you in Stockholm in May 2023, and until then, let’s keep talking!
With best wishes,
Magdalena Moreno Mujica
Executive Director
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ACORNS Iberoamericano
Le recordamos que continuamos entregando noticias del espacio iberoamericano tanto de los países miembros como artículos en prensa en general de la región. Al final de cada edición de ACORNS encontrará la sección de ACORNS Iberoamericano. Asimismo, nuestro sitio web cuenta con una variedad de noticias en español a su disposición.
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UNESCO Global Report 2022: A policy vision for sustainable futures
On 8 February 2022, UNESCO launched its Global Report, Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity – Addressing culture as a global public good, the third edition in a series designed to monitor the implementation of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which has now been ratified by 150 countries and the European Union. This important global overview of trends and gaps comes at a crucial juncture for the cultural and creative sectors (CCSs), which were facing testing times even before the challenges brought on by global COVID-19 crisis. The Report reminds us that - except in a few cases - public
investment in culture had, in fact, been steadily decreasing over the last decade. The CCSs are now among the hardest hit by the pandemic, with over 10 million jobs lost in 2020 alone.
To address the growing challenges of the CCSs and reaffirm their key role in the resilience and regeneration of economies and societies, the Report seeks to establish culture as a global public good which needs to be fully protected and promoted for the benefit of humanity as a whole. At IFACCA, this belief that arts and culture are a public good - with the potential to further inclusive social transformation - to be shaped and accessed equitably by all peoples, has always been central to our guiding principles.
In championing culture as a public good, the Report contributes to a much-needed wider understanding that policies to support culture and creativity may be made not only in the form of cultural policies but in other fields that drive societal transformations (such as policies for sustainable and inclusive economic growth, decent employment opportunities, gender equality, social inclusion and mitigating climate change). In this context, the Report strongly recommends the whole-of-government approach to cultural policy, which appears to be only progressing slowly, mainly due to limited cross-portfolio and cross-agency collaboration.
Two findings of the Global Report particularly stand out for us at IFACCA as they dovetail with our Strategy 2021-2026 - written in the post-COVID-19 context - that outlines how we aspire to work with our members to adapt to post-COVID conditions, through crisis management, recovery and long-term strategy; rebuild, redefine and reform public support for arts and culture, towards a more sustainable and secure future, while also demonstrating the international leadership and innovation potential of the CCSs and embedding arts and culture in wider social conversations and collaborating with other sectors. Read more.
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The Secretary of Culture and National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) create the first Key Indicators for the culture sector
Secretary of Culture, 03 February 2022, Mexico
In an unprecedented event for the Secretary of Culture of the Government of Mexico, the Governing Board of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), chaired by Dr. Graciela Márquez Colín, approved the first two Key Indicators of the culture sector to form part of the National Catalogue of Indicators.
The indicators were formulated in close collaboration between both institutions and aim to show, in synthesis, part of the economic and social dynamism of the country's culture sector, thus supporting and promoting the defence and guarantee of cultural rights.
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Fair Work Innovation for Caregivers
Creative Scotland, 31 January 2022, Scotland
Six creative organisations and businesses across the country are piloting new initiatives to improve working conditions for people with caregiving responsibilities in the arts, screen and creative industries. Projects are receiving grants of up to £15,000 from The National Lottery through Creative Scotland’s Radical Care action research programme.
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Stats and Stories 2020-21: Canada Council Funding Overview
Canada Council for the Arts, 25 January 2022, Canada
Stats and Stories presents a breadth of information about the Canada Council’s funding: detailed breakdowns of funding, five-year trends, open data tables and stories about what artists, groups and arts organizations did with their grants.
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Minister Catherine Martin and Minister Darragh O’Brien announce €6.6 million in 2022 for Creative Ireland local authority projects
Culture Ireland, 23 January 2022, Ireland
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, today announced funding of €6.6 million for the 2022 Creative Ireland Programme Creative Communities initiative. This partnership between the departments and all 31 local authorities is being enabled through the Creative Ireland Programme. It will offer thousands of opportunities across Ireland for people of all ages to engage with creative projects in their local area.
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Singapore’s Libraries Adopt Data Analytics, AI, Robots for Improving Visitor Experience
OpenGov Asia, 08 February 2022, Singapore
Singapore’s public libraries have been adopting data analytics and AI to develop more immersive and personalised visitor experiences. They have also introduced robots and automation to simplify and shrink the workload of librarians. The traditional storytelling experience has been given a twist with new technology. Some libraries are now equipped with a special room to offer a more immersive experience through videos and sensors.
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Arts and Culture Event Support Scheme
Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture & Heritage, 04 February 2022, New Zealand
In February 2022 the Government announced an extension of the Scheme, providing an $70.7 million to the Scheme to give arts and cultural sector event organisers the confidence to plan and deliver events right through to the end of January 2023. Key eligibility criteria have also been extended.
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Government unveils levelling up plan that will transform UK
UK Government, 04 February 2022, United Kingdom
Today (2 February 2022) the Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove will unveil the government’s flagship Levelling Up White Paper. This document will set out a plan to transform the UK by spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it.
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Nearly USD 90 million pledged in Paris for ALIPH and the protection of heritage in conflict areas
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, 02 February 2022, France
Five years after the establishment of the International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas (ALIPH), Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Minister of Culture, and Thomas S. Kaplan, Chair of the Foundation, hosted the second ALIPH Donors’ Conference on 31 January at the musée du Louvre in Paris. During this second conference, nearly USD 90 million was pledged, supersceding the USD 77.5 million that was committed during the first Donors’ Conference in March 2017.
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UAE to head ALECSO's Permanent Committee for Arab Culture
ALECSO - Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation, 24 January 2022
The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) member countries have unanimously chosen the UAE to head the Permanent Committee for Arab Culture. Salma Al Darmaki, Secretary-General of the UAE National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, has been appointed to chair the Permanent Committee.
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Time to Act: final full report published
British Council, 17 February 2022, England
A research report authored by On The Move, and commissioned by the British Council in the context of Europe Beyond Access. Spanning 42 countries, Time To Act provides the first transnational evidence that lack of knowledge in the mainstream cultural sector is a key barrier preventing disabled artists and arts professionals participating equally in European culture.
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Innovation and resilience in the arts, culture, and heritage in Canada
Hill Strategies Research Inc, 04 February 2022, Canada
Many artists and organizations in the arts, culture, and heritage have responded and adapted to pandemic-induced challenges by doing new things or doing things in new ways. Innovation and resilience in the arts, culture, and heritage in Canada offers 29 stories of artists and organizations using innovation to find resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Innovation and resilience in the arts, culture, and heritage is a multi-year project of The Creative City Network of Canada in partnership with the Cultural Human Resources Council, Les Arts et la Ville, and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
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The Role of Culture in Climate Resilient Development
Agenda 21 Culture, 02 February 2022, International
The report “Culture in Climate Resilient Development” is an attempt to document the initiatives of cities and local or regional governments from all continents on cultural policies, sustainable cities and climate resilient development.
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Road to Recovery? Cultural Freelancers Wales Report 2022
Cultural Freelancers Wales, 31 January 2022, Wales
16 months after the publication of our 2020 study, Rebalancing and Reimagining, this report analyses the changes to freelancers’ lives, looks at the current situation and future outlook for freelancers, and asks what - if any - progress has been made to rebalance the cultural sector as we progress on the road to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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En nombre del presidente de la Junta Directiva de IFACCA, Simon Brault, y de la directora general del Consejo de las Artes de Suecia, Kajsa Ravin, comparto un importante anuncio relativo a la 9ª Cumbre Mundial de las Artes y la Cultura, cuya celebración está prevista del 31 de mayo al 3 de junio en Estocolmo, Suecia.
Debido a las actuales restricciones a la movilidad causadas por la expansión de la variante Omicron del COVID-19, el Consejo de las Artes de Suecia ha llegado a una difícil conclusión: posponer la celebración de la 9ª Cumbre Mundial de las Artes y la Cultura a 2023. La Junta Directiva y el Secretariado de IFACCA respaldan completamente esta decisión y se comprometen a trabajar con el Consejo de las Artes de Suecia para garantizar una participación globalmente segura y equitativa en la Cumbre Mundial en Estocolmo.
A pesar de la desilusión que nos supone tener que esperar a encontrarnos en persona, esperamos que el cambio de fechas nos permita garantizar la presencia de delegados y delegadas de todas las regiones del mundo. Desde su creación, la Cumbre Mundial ha estado siempre diseñada como una plataforma participativa que promueve el intercambio entre los responsables de las políticas públicas y los(as) representantes del sector público, los sectores cultural y no cultural. Por lo tanto, el conocimiento, el entusiasmo y la presencia física de nuestra diversa membresía y de la comunidad internacional de las artes y la cultura son fundamentales para garantizar el éxito de la Cumbre Mundial.
Posponer la Cumbre no quiere decir que el importante diálogo sobre el estado de la libertad artística tenga que esperar. Con la nueva fecha de la Cumbre en mayo de 2023, usaremos el tiempo hasta entonces para iniciar la conversación virtualmente, empezando con la publicación del Documento de Discusión a principios de mayo de 2022. El Documento contiene ocho artículos de líderes mundiales en el pensamiento global.
Continuaremos ofreciendo noticias regulares en nuestros boletines ACORNS y en la página web de la Cumbre Mundial durante los próximos meses, y confirmaremos las fechas concretas en el mes de mayo de 2023 de la Cumbre, así como el programa de diálogos virtuales antes del encuentro presencial. Nos alegrará continuar en contacto la comunidad internacional de mundo las políticas culturales y nos alegrará compartir estos importantes diálogos con usted.
Esperamos verle en Estocolmo en mayo de 2023 y hasta entonces, ¡vamos hablando!
Con un cordial saludo,
Magdalena Moreno Mujica
Directora ejecutiva
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Informe Mundial de la UNESCO 2022: una visión para futuros sostenibles
El 8 de febrero de 2022, la UNESCO publicó su informe mundial Re|pensar las políticas para la creatividad – Plantear la cultura como un bien público global, la tercera edición de una serie concebida para hacer un seguimiento de la aplicación de la Convención de 2005 sobre la Protección y Promoción de la Diversidad de las Expresiones Culturales, ya ratificada por 150 países y la Unión Europea. Esta importante visión integral de las tendencias globales se presenta en un momento crucial para los sectores culturales y creativos, que ya vivían momentos difíciles antes de la crisis del COVID-19. El informe nos recuerda que, excepto en unos pocos
casos, la inversión pública en la cultura había disminuido globalmente de forma continua durante toda la década pasada. Los sectores culturales y creativos se encuentran entre los más afectados por la pandemia, con pérdidas de más de 10 millones de empleos en todo el mundo sólo en 2020.
El informe busca establecer la cultura como un bien público global digno de protección y promoción integral en beneficio de toda la Humanidad, de cara a solucionar los problemas planteados a los sectores culturales y creativos y reafirmar su papel clave en la resiliencia y regeneración de las economías y las sociedades. En IFACCA, la convicción que las artes y la cultura son un bien público, capaz de promover la transformación hacia sociedades inclusivas y necesariamente formado mediante la participación de todas las personas, siempre ha sido parte nuclear de nuestros principios rectores.
Al abogar por la concepción de la cultura como bien común, el informe contribuye a una mayor comprensión de que las políticas de apoyo a la cultura y la creatividad no corresponden exclusivamente a las políticas culturales, sino que comprenden otros ámbitos motor de transformaciones sociales, como las políticas por el crecimiento sostenible e inclusivo, las oportunidades de empleo digno, la igualdad de género, la inclusión social y la mitigación del cambio climático. En este contexto, el informe recomienda encarecidamente enfoques de conjunto a la política cultural, cuyo avance es todavía lento, a causa mayormente de la limitada colaboración interministerial y transversal.
Para IFACCA, dos resultados del informe destacan particularmente en relación con nuestra Estrategia 2021-2026, escrita en el contexto posterior al COVID-19. La Estrategia detalla cómo queremos trabajar con nuestros miembros para adaptarnos a las condiciones tras el COVID-19, mediante la gestión de crisis, la recuperación y la estrategia a largo plazo; cómo reconstruir, redefinir y reformar el apoyo y la inversión pública a las artes y la cultura hacia un futuro más sostenible y seguro, a la vez que demostramos el liderazgo internacional y el potencial de los sectores creativos y culturales, integramos las artes y la cultura en amplios diálogos
sociales, y colaboramos con otros sectores. Leer más.
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Anteproyecto de Ley General de Protección del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural
Ministry of Culture, Republic of Cuba, 31 January 2022, Cuba
El anteproyecto responde a la implementación de la Política para la protección y salvaguarda del Patrimonio Cultural, material e inmaterial de la Nación, su finalidad es ordenar, actualizar, perfeccionar y compatibilizar la protección de las diferentes manifestaciones del Patrimonio Cultural y el Patrimonio Natural.
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Ministerio de las Culturas destina $550 millones de pesos para financiar proyectos artísticos escolares
Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, 31 January 2022, Chile
Este miércoles, el Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio anunció oficialmente que el Fondo de Fomento al Arte en la Educación (FAE), en su convocatoria 2022, financiará con $550 millones un total de 73 proyectos de instituciones y organismos que imparten formación artística y cultural en los sistemas formales y no formales de educación del país.
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