IFACCA Announcements in March 2002
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2002 membership fees due
Current and potential Federation members will be notified by email this week about payment of membership fees for 2002. They will also be sent a short report on the secretariat's first 12 months. National arts councils that join by June 2002 will be eligible to be Founding members. Membership fees are the same as for 2001. More information is available on the website. more >
Arts participation report updated
IFACCA has received much positive feedback about its second D'Art report on making international comparisons of arts participation data. As a result, we have added references and links to cultural statistics programs in Japan and France and put a new edition on the website. more >
IFACCA Board to meet in Singapore
The next meeting of the interim board of the Federation will take place at the National Arts Council of Singapore on 22-23 April. Topics for discussion will include new projects and the next World Summit, the draft constitution and the board election process. On the second day, the seven-member board will meet with representatives of arts funding agencies from around Asia to build networks and learn more about current issues in the region. more >
Copyright management systems reviewed
IFACCA's third D'Art (18k Acrobat), on copyright management systems, has been used by Professor Margaret Wyszomirski (of the Arts Policy and Administration Program at the Ohio State University, USA) in preparing a paper for the upcoming American Assembly meeting on the arts, technology and intellectual property. IFACCA is pleased to be able to provide a copy of Professor Wyszomirski's paper (164k Acrobat), which summarises and compares copyright management agencies in the USA, Australia, the UK, Ireland, Canada and internationally. more >
IFACCA secretariat's first birthday
Considerable progress has been made since the IFACCA secretariat began operations in Sydney on 5 March 2001. The Federation's first year has seen the creation of a constitution and strategic plan and the welcoming of 23 countries as founding members. 2001 saw the beginnings of strong international networks, the website and ACORNS, and the staging of two successful board meetings, in Johannesburg and Dublin. With a number of exciting new projects due to come on line, 2002 promises to be just as busy and productive. IFACCA looks forward to the continuing enthusiastic support of the world's arts funding agencies in helping it share knowledge and create understanding to enrich artistic and cultural diversity. more >
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