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The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has responsibility for developing and implementing culture and arts policy in Ireland. The Department works closely with its stakeholders on the development of policy and programmes, including the National Cultural Institutions and the Arts Council of Ireland, the Irish government agency with primary responsibility for the promotion and development of the arts in Ireland (http://www.artscouncil.ie).
The preparation of this report included consultation with the following stakeholders:
– Arts Council, the national agency for funding, developing and promoting the arts in Ireland;
- Culture Ireland, who work to promote Irish arts worldwide;
– Ireland's Creative Europe Desks – Culture & Media, who promote and support the EU Creative Europe programme at local, regional and national level;
– Creative Ireland, an Irish governmental culture-based initiative to mainstream creativity in the life of the nation.
-Culture Ireland, the Government entity charged with promoting Irish artists internationally.
--Department of Communications Climate Action and Environment
-Department of Foreign Affairs
All the stakeholders listed above were involved in the preparation of this report, which was coordinated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
The four goals of the UNESCO 2005 Convention are intrinsically reflected in cultural policy development in Ireland. In the past four years, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has published Culture 2025 – A National Cultural Policy Framework to 2025. This is the first such framework for culture in Ireland and sets out the key policies and programmes for the cultural and creative sector up to 2025. Under the Framework, the Government of Ireland has developed and is implementing an all of Government programme – Creative Ireland – tasked with making creativity part of the life of the nation and giving everyone the opportunity to access and experience culture and creativity.
At the same time, Global Ireland 2025 aims to double Ireland’s cultural footprint and double funding for the cultural and creative sector between 2018 and 2025. Under this all of Government programme, culture is recognized for its part in reaching out to Ireland’s diaspora and connecting with and forging deeper relations with other cultures. Cutural measures include the appointment of several high-profile ambassadors for culture and increased support for Irish cultural centres in a number of countries.
There have already been notable successes from the introduction of the aforementioned programmes, including the development of a Creative Youth Plan for children and young people as well as the development of Creative Communities plans for each local government authority area in Ireland, bringing opportunities for artists to work in diverse and often rural locations and simultaneously bringing diverse cultural experiences to new audiences. These policies and programmes support the growth of the cultural and creative sectors, emphasise the growing recognition of culture as a contributor to the sustainable development of Ireland’s regions and its role in fostering the creative potential of the child, as well as underpinning the development and mobility of artists and cultural operators. They are supported by an almost 15% increase in overall public finding for culture in the period 2016 to 2020.
2020 has been a year of disruption, however, due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cultural and creative sectors. While opportunities to perform live and travel have been severely curtailed, the sectors are using every opportunity to bring their art and talents to the public, primarily through online performance. Government and the various state agencies are working with the sector to support it through this time of crisis and help it to rebuild from the heavy toll of the pandemic.
Organization type | Organization | Website | |
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Public Sector
| Arts Council
| andrew.mcsharry@artscouncil.ie
| http://www.artscouncil.ie/home/
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Public Sector
| Creative Europe Desks Ireland
| orla@creativeeuropeireland.eu
| https://www.creativeeuropeireland.eu/
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Public Sector
| Creative Ireland
| creativeireland@chg.gov.ie
| http://www.creativeireland.gov.ie
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Public Sector
| Culture Ireland
| info@cultureireland.gov.ie
| http://www.cultureireland.ie
|
Public Sector
| Department of Communications Climate Action and Environment
| customer.service@dccae.gov.ie
| http://www.dccae.gov.ie
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Public Sector
| Department of Foreign Affairs
| http://www.dfa.ie
| |
Public Sector
| Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
| julie.flanagan@tscagsm.gov.ie
| https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-tourism-culture-arts-gaeltacht-sport-and-media/
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Goal 1 - Support Sustainable Systems of Governance for Culture
Cultural and Creative Sectors
Culture 2025 – A National Cultural Policy Framework to 2025
Submitted by on 29 Oct 2020Creative Ireland Programme
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Global Ireland- Ireland’s Global Footprint to 2025
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020‘Investing in our Culture, Language & Heritage 2018-2027’ under Project Ireland 2040
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Making Great Art Work - Leading the Development of the Arts in Ireland Arts Council Strategy (2016–2025)
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Audiovisual Action Plan
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Media Diversity
Media Merger regime
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Entorno digital
Europeana
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Measures implemented to enhance access to the Irish Language in the digital environment
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Irish Film Board (Screen Ireland) Strategic Plan 2016—2020
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Extension of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s Archiving Scheme
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Partnering with Civil Society
Professional Organisations and or trade unions representing artists/audiovisual/cultural professionals
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Broadcasting Authority Ireland (BAI)’s Statement of Strategy 2017 –19 Sound and Vision fund
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Screen Skills Ireland - Training and mentoring.
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Arts Council Initiatives to encourage Arts Participation
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Goal 2 - Achieve a Balanced Flow of Cultural Goods and Services and Increase the Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals
Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals
Culture Ireland Travel Grants and support of annually funded bodies
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Making Great Art Work - Arts Council’s strategy for the arts in Ireland from 2016-2025
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Galway 2020 - European Capital of Culture 2020
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Flow of Cultural Goods and Services
Tratados y acuerdos
Revised European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production (ETS No 220)
Submitted by on 31 Oct 2020Goal 3 - Integrate Culture in Sustainable Development Frameworks
National Sustainable Development Policies & Plans
The Regional Film Development Uplift
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Free or reduced prince access to Cultural Venues
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Engaging the Public on Climate Change through the Cultural and Creative Sectors
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020International Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Goal 4 - Promote Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Gender Equality
Screen Ireland Six Point Plan on Gender Equality
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Citizens’ Assembly on gender equality
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Gender Balance on State Boards - Options and Recommendations for Government
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Equality Human Rights & Diversity Policy – The Arts Council
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Libertad artística
Professional Artists on Jobseeker’s Allowance
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Measures and Initiatives reported by Civil Society Organizations
Emerging Transversal Issues
Challenges and Achievements
Annexes
Submission
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