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.
| Type d'organisation | Organisation | Site web | |
|---|---|---|---|
Secteur public
| Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth
| ams_alharthy@yahoo.com
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Secteur public
| Ministry of Heritage and Tourism
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Secteur public
| Ministry of Information
| http://www.omaninfo.om/
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Secteur public
| Sultan Qaboos University
| https://www.squ.edu.om/
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Secteur public
| Sultan Qaboos Higher Centre for Culture and Science
| https://sqhccs.gov.om/
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Secteur public
| National Records & Archives Authority
| https://nraa.gov.om/
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Secteur public
| Oman National Commission for Education, Culture and Science.
| https://onc.om/
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Organisation de la société civile (OSC)
| Oman Libraries Association
| http://www.omanlib.org/
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Organisation de la société civile (OSC)
| The Omani Society for Writers and Litterates
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Organisation de la société civile (OSC)
| Cultural Club
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Organisation de la société civile (OSC)
| Literary Forum
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These activities are evaluated through positive feedback from the attendees, participants and other participating bodies. Recommendations of this policy are taken to reinforce areas of work and insert requirements in the plans and programs of the Authority.
Measurement of the evaluation is due to the depletion of some versions from the markets, reprinting them, and requesting these publications by internal and external cultural institutions.
An annual budget allocated to this policy.
? Promotion and development of cultural programs.
? Developing programs concerned with gender equality in the fields of culture and creativity.
The system is in the final stages of completing the procedures related to it, and it will be evaluated after the final completion, bearing in mind that each stage has its evaluation
The system is evaluated internally, and an evaluation questionnaire is available on the Authority's website for this purpose.
* Increasing the cultural industry among Omani society members.
* Raising awareness about the exchange importance of cultural industries locally, regionally and internationally.
390.000
Three hundred and ninety thousand.
? Provide various means of support to women
? Highlight the outcome of women cultural production at the local, regional and international levels.
? Encouraging women to be creative and innovative in various forms of cultural expression.
Work is in process to prepare and develop evaluation mechanisms.
