- Coalitions Currents, Vol 8, N°2 - August 2010
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On July 19, Mr. Charles Vallerand came into office as the new General Secretary of the IFCCD. Mr. Vallerand, who has extensive experience in the field of culture and international cooperation, also became the new CEO of the Canadian Coalition for Cultural Diversity.
Announcing the new appointment, our President, Rasmané Ouedraogo, paid tribute to the outgoing General Secretary:
“I would also like to thank our friend and colleague, Jim McKee, who played a key role in the campaign to mobilize (...)
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According to the information we have received, Ivory Coast, Togo, Djibouti and Mexico have presented proposals at the first call for projects made by the International Fund for Cultural Diversity.
Ivory Coast
The Ivorian Coalition has presented a training program to strengthen the skills of cultural actors in all disciplines.
Togo
The CIRDOC (Information, Research, and Documentation Centre on Culture) project was submitted by the Coalition of Togo and the African Network for Cultural (...)
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Elvira de la Puente, representative of the National Coalition for Cultural Diversity of Peru, gave us the excellent news. The Coalition had first presented a Government bill in 2004, but it was only last July 21st that Peruvian President Alan García finally enacted the law creating the Ministry of Culture in Peru.
“I want to congratulate our friends in the Peruvian Coalition for their tenacity. This is a resounding success not only for Peru but for the entire international cultural (...)
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Participants from Singapore, Australia, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati and the Cook Islands met in Sydney, Australia on July 7-8, 2010.
The following priorities for implementation of the Convention were identified:
1) Strengthen support for creative industries;
2) Develop the skills of cultural organizations, professionals and government institutions;
3) Integrate culture within development, as foreseen in the Convention’s objectives.
The meeting was (...)
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On June 27, the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of Culture of the Government of the Republic of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cultural cooperation.
The preamble recognizes the strong commitment by both countries to enhancing the protection and promotion of cultural diversity in accordance with UNESCO’s "Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression".
The agreement aims to foster the exchange of good practices in cultural (...)
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The operating guidelines for the implementation of Articles 9 (Information-sharing and transparency) and 19 (Exchange, analysis and dissemination of information) of the UNESCO Convention will be on the agenda of the next Intergovernmental Committee meeting in December 2010.
The IFCCD has prepared a position which includes recommendations on key issues that were raised during the Committee’s previous meeting.
The active involvement of civil society in this information-sharing process is (...)
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The European coalitions, representing 12 national coalitions (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Great Britain), participated in two consultations of the European Commission, one on the future of trade policy and the other on the Green Paper "Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries".
Notably, the coalitions called into question the European policy of systematic inclusion of cultural cooperation (...)
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Indonesia, which has not ratified the Convention, is an important country that may eventually play a leadership role in the Asia-Pacific region, which is underrepresented in terms of the number of ratifications.
Representatives from the Indonesian cultural milieu had attended the First Meeting of Coalitions and Cultural Organizations of the Asia-Pacific Region, held in March 2009 in Vancouver.
Indonesia NGOs attended a workshop in July at the invitation of Hivos, the Dutch international (...)