CULTUREGlobal Alliance for Cultural Diversity
Launched in 2002, the Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity is a UNESCO initiative to strengthen local cultural industries and promote the diversity of cultural expressions, by creating partnerships between private, public and civil society sectors.
The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which entered into force in 2007, reaffirmed the importance of promoting partnerships in support of the cultural industries in developing countries and thus the work of the Global Alliance.
Your contributions to the 2008 evaluation demonstrated the need to provide cultural actors pragmatic information on working in partnership.
The Global Alliance team is currently working to capitalize on the experience gained as part of a continuous process of adapting to the current global environment and the changing needs of its stakeholders. New tools, tips and case studies on partnerships in the cultural industries will be available in the fall of 2010 on the new Internet platform of the Global Alliance.
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News
| Strengthening the cultural industries in the field of music in Africa: A priority of the Global Alliance 10 May 2010 - More |
| Training of cultural entrepreneurs in Senegal 2008/2009 21 Oct 2009 - As part of the programme ”Capacity-Building in the Senegalese Music Sector", and in partnership with the Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity, a workshop in music business administration and music and new technologies for cultural entrepreneurs was held in Dakar. More |
| Access to Musical Diversity – Third IMC World Forum on Music 11 Sep 2009 - International Music Council to stage the Third IMC Forum on Music in Tunis from October 17 through 22, 2009 More |
| Call for participants: 23rd World Congress on Dance Research and 18th General Assembly of the CID, Malaga, Spain, 15-19 July 2009 19 May 2009 - The International Dance Council (CID) is making a call for participants to the World Congress on Dance Research and the 18th General Assembly of the CID to be held in Malaga, Spain, 15-19 July 2009. More |
| Just published: “Rediscovering music in cities of the South” 14 May 2009 - A guide published by the NGO Culture et développement offering theoretical and practical guidelines on how to draw up and implement policies to develop the music sector at the local level. More |
| Developing quality pan-Arab television programming for children 06 Apr 2009 - Ongoing project launched with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. More |
| Sudplanete.net: a useful tool! 19 Jan 2009 - The Global Alliance invites its members to visit Sudplanete.net, an innovative communications and information tool for cultural operators in the South. More |
| Putting Culture First 27 Nov 2008 - Report on culture and development of the Commonwealth Foundation More |
Events
Call for Contribution and Participation: U40-World Forum "Cultural Diversity 2030", Paris (12-14 June 2009)
The German Commission for UNESCO and the International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCD) are seeking up to 40 young specialists from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Northern America and the Arab region with proven competence and interest in the area of relevant aspects of the Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions to participate at the U40-World Forum in Paris.
The Forum is the main part of the U40-Capacity Building Programme “Cultural Diversity 2030” (2008-2010) initiated by the German Commission for UNESCO in 2007. The U40-World Forum will be held in Paris and precede the Second Conference of Parties to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in June 2009.
Interested professionals are invited to apply by submitting a short paper (max. 800 words) and a CV by 15 March 2009 to Ms Anna Steinkamp, steinkamp@unesco.de.
For further details about the Forum and application procedure please the website of the German Commission for UNESCO.
Third Session of ICCIE Forum on Corporate Culture and Brand Originality
Following the success of the First Session of ICCIE which was held in Beijing on the theme of Creation, Technology and Culture (10-14 December 2006), the Third Session of ICCIE Forum on Corporate Culture and Brand Originality will be held from 17 to 21 December 2008. The event is organized by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Beijing Sub-council and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the General Administration of Press and Publication among others.
The event is about sharing the achievements of Chinese cities and cultural enterprises that have enhanced their local images by embracing traditional culture. There will be exhibitions, art performance creative activities, forums, presentations and trade fairs. The first ICCIE was attended by more than 200,000 visitors with 40 international delegates from 16 countries. 189 speakers presented in 11 forums. The total value of deals summed up to nearly USD 3.8 billion. It is expected that the 3rd Annual ICCIE will continue the trend and attract domestic and foreign visitors.
For more information please visit: http://english2008.iccie.cn/cms/
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