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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth circulated the report form to governmental and non-governmental agencies concerned with cultural affairs internally to provide data and information on cultural events and activities that were organized at the local and international levels during the period from 2016 to 2020. These institutions were asked to disclosure forms of financial and / or moral support that were provided to civil society In order to support and promote the diversity of cultural expressions.
The Ministry has also formed a national team consist of various cultural bodies in the Sultanate to follow up the work of UNESCO and prepare the reports requested by the organization. The team also works to provide suggestions to enhance cooperation with the organization and spread awareness about the importance of the 2005 convention to protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions and how to optimize the use of it for individuals.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth is concerned to implement the 2005 convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, along with other bodies concerned with cultural affairs. A variety of policies and measures are taken by the Sultanate to support the protection and promotion of cultural expressions diversity. These programs aim to:
Supporting Artists and traditional arts: The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth undertakes a number of projects to collect narrated history in many governorates of the Sultanate, documenting customs and traditions. It also established national inventories which include all areas of Omani traditional knowledge. Music documentation had a great role in preserving many traditional music styles. The Ministry is making artistic publications by re-recording Omani arts in a manner that is consistent with the spirit of the current era. This process aims to inculcate these arts in the minds of Omani youth, and preserving Omani folk arts from extinction.
Support Authors: The concerned bodies in the Sultanate print and publish literary productions for Omani writers and literature. It supports them by involving them in international book fairs in order to display their production and introducing it to the exhibitions’ visitors.
Supporting Craftsmen: The Sultanate pays high attention to the craftsmen by providing them material and moral support such as providing the necessary equipment and tools for practicing the craft profession and setting up workshops and displaying products in international events and forums in order to market those products. The Sultanate support the craftsmen through registering craft products as a local and international trademark of craftsman.
The Sultanate supports this category to create new, diverse and innovative high-quality business to achieve social and economic sustainability of the cultural sector. These authorities also encourage all interested of both genders (male and female) from the private and civil sectors to present their artistic and literary creativity, and to place cultural diversity as a key element in the curricula.
Organization type | Organization | Website | |
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Public Sector
| Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth
| ams_alharthy@yahoo.com
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Public Sector
| Ministry of Heritage and Tourism
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Public Sector
| Ministry of Information
| http://www.omaninfo.om/
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Public Sector
| Sultan Qaboos University
| https://www.squ.edu.om/
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Public Sector
| Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science
| https://sqhccs.gov.om/
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Public Sector
| National Records & Archives Authority
| https://nraa.gov.om/
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Public Sector
| Oman National Commission for Education, Culture and Science.
| https://onc.om/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Oman Libraries Association
| http://www.omanlib.org/
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| The Omani Society for Writers and Litterates
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Cultural Club
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| Literary Forum
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Goal 1 - Support Sustainable Systems of Governance for Culture
Cultural and Creative Sectors
Organizing cultural conferences, seminars and documentary exhibitions in the field of documents and archives.
Submitted by on 29 Oct 2020Issuing books deal with the documentary aspect in various fields such as historical, cultural, political and social aspects.
Submitted by on 29 Oct 2020Media Diversity
Launching Oman Cultural Channel on T.V
Submitted by on 01 Nov 2020Digital Environment
Create an electronic system for managing electronic documents.
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Electronic awareness systems
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Partnering with Civil Society
Registration of private documents.(Owned by individuals)
Submitted by on 01 Nov 2020Restoration of private documents.
Submitted by on 01 Nov 2020Recording cultural, political and intellectual narratives (oral history) owned by citizens and residents.
Submitted by on 01 Nov 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
Flow of Cultural Goods and Services
Participation in international book fairs
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Treaties and agreements
Goal 3 - Integrate Culture in Sustainable Development Frameworks
National Sustainable Development Policies & Plans
Incorporation of cultural expressions, oral history and expressions of GRs into educational curricula and activities.
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Upgrading the national human capabilities and developing the stimulating institutional environment
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Control the quality of handicrafts and develop the associated industries and their added value.
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020International Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Sultan Qaboos Prize for culture, arts and literature
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Goal 4 - Promote Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Gender Equality
Involving women in theater, art, literary and craft work.
Submitted by on 30 Oct 2020Artistic Freedom
Create a database for artist status.
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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