IFACCA Announcements in 2003
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January 2003
What Do You Think?
What do you think of ACORNS? How about our website? Are you aware of IFACCA's other services? In the next fortnight we will be sending you a survey so that you can let us know how we are performing. You will be able to complete and return the survey electronically - and it should only take about five minutes! We would be grateful for your feedback which will assist us in improving our services. more >
Suggestions Sought For Summit Speakers
In order to ensure a diversity of voices at the next World Summit of the Arts and Culture, IFACCA needs your suggestions for speakers and panelists. We are looking for dynamic, informed presenters with fresh insights into the Summit theme, Creating Connections: Trends in Government Support for Artistic Creativity. The Summit will be held in Singapore on 23-26 November. More Information more >
Rockefeller Foundation Grant To Ifacca
We are delighted to announce that the Rockefeller Foundation has provided a grant to support IFACCA's information sharing and skills exchange programs for arts agencies serving artists and societies in South East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and Africa. This grant will be of enormous assistance in expanding the Federation's online content such as ACORNS, facilitating its research into arts issues and national profiles, enabling staff exchanges, and in broadening the participation of people from developing countries in international summits and IFACCA's board meetings. more >
February 2003
Final Draft Constitution Released
In preparation for IFACCA's inaugural General Assembly on 23 November, to coincide with the World Summit, the final draft of the constitution is now available for comment. All potential members of IFACCA have been mailed the draft (in English, Spanish or French) and comments are welcomed by 14 March. For copies, click here. more >
Which Dance Policies And Programs Work?
IFACCA's latest D'Art research request comes from the Dance Board of the Australia Council, which is looking for information on successful policies and funding programs in the dance sector. The Board will use the information to undertake an analysis of the infrastructure required to develop and sustain dance in Australia. View the full question here: English | Francais | Español. We expect the results may have broader international relevance. IFACCA will co-ordinate and report on the responses, so this is a great opportunity for dance funders and policymakers to share information on what works, and perhaps what doesn't! We hope you can help. more >
March 2003
Welcome To Our Newest Members
IFACCA is pleased to welcome three new members. The Ministère de la Communauté française, the cultural agency for Belgium's French Community, joined us late last year as a Founding Member. And two new affiliates have joined in 2003: independent cultural policy, planning and management adviser, Sue Boaden, Australia; and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. For information on membership of IFACCA, click here. more >
Encouraging Arts Philanthropy
IFACCA has released an interim report on its D'Art query number 7, about ways to encourage arts philanthropy through tax provisions. The interim report, which lists online resources and selected publications, should be a good starting point for anyone wanting to research this extremely important subject themselves. The D'Art query generated much interest, and the IFACCA Secretariat will be keeping a 'watching brief' on the topic. So if you can suggest any further resources, or would just like to comment, please don't hesitate to contact us at ifacca@ozco.gov.au. Download the Report by clicking Here. more >
Additions To Portals Page
Three online bibliographies have been added to IFACCA's online bibliographies 'portal'. Visit and test drive them for yourself. 1) The Cultural Policies Collection of the Council of Europe Library. This provides access to the collection via a 'dedicated interface' and is available in French and English. Disponible en français et anglais. 2) The Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR) Database, University of Glasgow. This includes books, journals, articles, reports, papers, speeches and more. 3) ERICarts Creative Europe Literature Review. More than 200 references on artistic creativity, management and governance searchable by keyword or by classification codes developed by ERICarts. more >
Ifacca Board To Meet In Sydney
The interim board of IFACCA will hold its next meeting at the Australia Council offices in Sydney on 31 March - 1 April. One of the board's major agenda items will be the program for the Second World Summit on the Arts and Culture in Singapore on 23-26 November. As this will be the board's last full meeting prior to the inaugural General Assembly on 23 November (part of the World Summit) IFACCA's constitution and the process for electing the next board will also be finalised at this meeting. more >
April 2003
Www.artsummit.org
IFACCA and the National Arts Council of Singapore are delighted to launch the website for the Second World Summit on the Arts and Culture. Coinciding with publication of the first Summit information brochure, the website contains information on the Summit theme, venue and registration details. Closer to the Summit we will add more on the program, speakers and related activities. We hope to see you at the Summit. Visit the site now: www.artsummit.org more >
Ifacca Board Meets In Sydney Australia
The interim board of IFACCA met this week in Sydney, Australia. This is the first time the board has met in Sydney where the IFACCA secretariat is located. Plans for the Second World Summit were high on the board's agenda as were governance and finance. More details about the meeting are in the following media release. more >
Welcome To New Members
IFACCA is very pleased to welcome two new members to the Federation: the Ministry of Basic Information and Culture of Namibia and the National Cultural Foundation of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Don't forget that members have special privileges at the Second World Summit on the Arts and Culture www.artsummit.org, including substantial discounts on registration, and voting rights at IFACCA's inaugural General Assembly. For more information on becoming a member, click here www.ifacca.org more >
Search Ifacca's New Wesbite
Our website, www.ifacca.org, has been significantly re-engineered to enable you to find and exchange information more easily. The new site allows quicker access to IFACCA's services, including the latest news on arts and culture support. You will also be able to search the site and to search past ACORNS stories. Try it here. You can use combinations of terms ('dance strategy', for example, returns more specific results than just 'dance') but you will need to search separately for variations on words; for example, search both 'culture policy' and 'cultural policy' to maximise your results. more >
May 2003
View Acorns Articles By Country
One of the exciting new features of our upgraded website is the ability to view ACORNS articles by country. Simply go to our 'Country Profiles' page, choose a country from the drop down menu, and click on 'View ACORNS articles for this country'. This will display all past and current ACORNS stories for the country selected. more >
Ifacca's Research Links
New cultural policy research links have been added to the IFACCA website. The links provide a portal to major centres undertaking research and commentary on arts and cultural policy. Links are grouped into four categories:
- Independent research agencies and 'think tanks'
- University departments and university-related agencies
- Cultural observatories
- Cultural policies around the world
Artsjournal's Issues Tracks
ArtsJournal, a daily digest of arts and cultural journalism in the English-speaking world, offers services to help navigate arts and cultural issues - such as its 'IssuesTracks' which group stories by issue such as the 'state of dance', 'arts funding', and 'cultural autonomy'. Check out the IssuesTracks page to see if that issue you're currently dealing with is covered. more >
Status Of Artists - Can You Comment?
IFACCA has received a query from the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance (SAA), Canada, which should be of interest to us all. The SAA is interested in finding out about legislation and policies aimed at protecting and improving the status of artists. View the question here. With our upgraded website, you can now provide your comments directly via a forum facility. Just go to our research topics page, log on with your usual username and password, and post your comments to the forum. Alternatively, you can email info@ifacca.org. Please take the time out to share your knowledge - that piece of information you take for granted may be invaluable to others. more >
Nominations Called For Ifacca Board
The board of IFACCA will be elected by its national members at the inaugural General Assembly on 23rd November in Singapore. Nominations must be received by 18 July. The roles and responsibilities of board members and guidelines for making nominations are available online here. more >
June 2003
Welcome To Our New Members
We are very pleased to welcome four new members. The Arts Council of Wales [www.artswales.org.uk] is IFACCA's latest founding national member. And three of Australia's state arts agencies have joined as affiliate members: Arts South Australia [www.arts.sa.gov.au]; the New South Wales Ministry for the Arts [www.arts.new.gov.au]; and Arts Western Australia [www.artswa.wa.gov.au]. For information on becoming a member of IFACCA visit our website here. more >
Inter-country Comparisons Of Government Arts Expenditure
In response to an 'Ask IFACCA' question from Keith Kelly of the Canada Council for the Arts we have prepared a short statement about making inter-country comparisons of government expenditure on the arts. This can be viewed at our research topics page here. The response highlights three research reports from 1998 and 2000. If you know of more up-to-date work or would like to share your opinion on this crucial issue, you can do this using IFACCA's new forum facility. Just log onto the IFACCA website [www.ifacca.org] with your email address and password, go to the 'browse more topics' link, click on the forum icon and post your comments. more >
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