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The Project of National Center for Documenting Iraqi Culture

Where
Iraq
When
2018
Who
Key objectives of the measure:

1. To provide suitable conditions to promote  and document creative capabilities of artists , intellectuals , professionals and employees in culture sector and facilitate benefit of these services to all community groups.

2. To document and archive Iraqi culture electronically in all its aspects and preserving it from loss and disappearance.

3. To communicate  information concerning with Iraqi culture to all over the world and makes it available for those who interested in accessing it for research or other purposes.

4. To help Researchers and Scholars in accessing the required information in all culture fields.

Scope of the measure:
National, International
Nature of the measure:
regulatory, institutional
Main feature of the measure:

In order to consolidate and reinforce  aspects related to the  protection and promotion the diversity of cultural expressions as an element of sustainable development, Ministry of  Culture has prepared to implement the Project of  National Center for Documenting Iraqi Culture  to preserve the memory of Iraqi culture and archive all that lists under its culture title by  using all modern mechanism to save it electronically and facilitate the process of access it by Researchers and Scholars  inside and outside Iraq and all the next generations .

Results expected through the implementation of the measure:

1. Preserving all that is related to the Iraqi culture from loss.

2. Documenting these data and make information about Iraqi culture available to all and preserving it to next generations.

3. To communicate with the world by conveying an image of Iraqi culture.

4. Benefiting the Researchers and Scholar in the various fields of  Iraqi culture.

Financial resources allocated to implement the measure:

The Ministry allocated for implementing this procedure ($750,000)  seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars within the investment budget for 2014. The implemented work of project reached 60%.    The project has stopped in 2015 because it has not included in the investment plan and so far

Goals of UNESCO's 2005 Convention
Cultural Domain
Cinema/ Audiovisual Arts
Design
Media Arts
Music
Performing Arts
Publishing
Visual Arts
Cultural Value Chain
Distribution
Participation