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Diversity of Cultural Expressions

World Observatory on the Social Status of the Artist

World Observatory on the Status of the Artist

World Observatory on the Status of the Artist
Mime Marcel Marceau ©UNESCO

In focus

According to Article VIII of UNESCO Constitution, Member States are invited to send their answers to the questionnaire for the follow up of the 1980 Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist to: artist.status@unesco.org.

Reply to the survey:

  • Questionnaire Member States | fr | en | es

  • Questionnaire specialized NGOs | fr | en | es 

 

Artists and creators are vectors of cultural and artistic diversity. Their work is an essential contribution to the development of society and enables the individual to acquire knowledge and moral well-being.

With this in mind, the Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist (UNESCO, 1980), aims to recognize the esteem necessary for providing the socio-economic safeguards to which artists are entitled as people actively engaged in cultural work. More about the Observatory... 


Since March 2008, this website is made possible thanks to the support of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

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