IFACCA Announcements in 2007
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January 2007
RESEARCH REPORTS 2004-2006
In February, national members of IFACCA will receive a printed volume of ten reports produced in the last three years. Topics included in the volume are artists’ international mobility programs, statistical indicators, and culture and regeneration. For more on IFACCA's D'Art research program, including recent research reports and other topics for which we are currently seeking information, visit the IFACCA website. more >
2006 A BIG YEAR FOR IFACCA
With our five year anniversary in March, the third World Summit, General Assembly and CEO seminar in June, the launch of ConnectCP, board meetings in Amsterdam and Beijing, the appointnment of a Latin American coordinator, Santiago Jara Ramírez, the Asian Chapter meeting in Hong Kong, and the release of the Discussion Paper on Models of Government Arts Funding, the Wow Factor, numerous D'art and progress reports
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS
We are delighted to welcome in the new year with the release of a D'Art research report on cultural development in rural and remote areas. This topic was initiated by an international network of partners looking to identify good practice in facilitating the arts, creative industries and cultural development in rural and remote areas. The report, prepared by Ruth Smiles, Executive Director, Regional Arts Australia, builds on an audit of information on cultural development in rural and remote areas that was developed for a conference in Australia in August 2005. The audit is an annotated bibliography that covers a wide range of resources such as research publications, conferences and events, projects and organisations. Ms Smiles analyses these materials to identify and explore key themes and issues in rural and remote cultural development, including: financing, accessing new markets, partnership development, increasing employment opportunities for people in rural and remote communities, and improving quality of life for regional and rural communities. more >
IFACCA board meeting in Nairobi
IFACCA's board will meet in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 and 17 March. The meeting, organised by the Bomas of Kenya, will provide an opportunity to discuss new projects and financial matters, finalise plans for the next World Summit, and consider a report from the second IFACCA workshop for government researchers being held in Singapore on 9 and 10 March. The meeting will also provide board members with a chance to meet with officials, funding agencies and members of the African arts community, and to visit cultural sites in Kenya. We welcome suggestions for agenda items. more >
February 2007
REGULATING MUSIC ON RADIO: CAN YOU HELP?
Our latest D'Art question - number 30 - is from the Arts Council of Finland. The Arts Council is undertaking research into the regulation of music programming on public service broadcasting and commercial local radio and the cultural policy dimensions of such regulations. If you think you can help, or if you know of information sources, please follow the instructions in the D'Art question, which also contains more context about the research. more >
World Summit photos available on Internet
A selection of photographs of IFACCA members and colleagues at the 2006 World Summit on Arts and Culture and General Assembly, together with photos of the IFACCA board and secretariat, are now available to view on the flickr website. We will continue to add pictures to the page, from other events and meetings, so please visit the page regularly. If you have photos you want to share please send them to info@ifacca.org. more >
WELCOME TO A NEW AFFILIATE MEMBER
We are delighted to welcome Fonds Soziokultur, Germany, as our newest affiliate member. Made up of eight national federations, Fonds Soziokultur is a non-profit organisation that receives funding support from Germany's Federal Cultural Foundation. The Fonds supports short-term projects focussing on a range of socio-cultural goals, including cultural development, diversity, citizenship, education and cultural participation. more >
March 2007
South Africa wins bid to host World Summit
The eyes of the culture world will be on South Africa as the country prepares to host the fourth World Summit on Arts and Culture in 2009. The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) announced today that Johannesburg has won the bid to host one of the most significant events in the international arts calendar. The Summit, which will be held on 21-25 September 2009, will focus on the role of public arts policies in meeting the wider challenges facing the world - economic, social and cultural. South Africa is a world-leading example of achieving intercultural dialogue through the arts and IFACCA has chosen it as a stage to explore the issue in depth. Read the full text of the press release here: http://www.ifacca.org/files/IFACCAWorldSummit2009announcement.pdf more >
April 2007
ConnectCP update: more people, more countries
Containing over 400 experts from 66 countries, ConnectCP has become an essential tool for anyone seeking researchers or speakers in the field of cultural policy. If you are organising a conference or commisioning research then try the extensive range of search options provided for the ConnectCP database. If you are an expert in cultural policy, planning or research and fit the selection criteria then you can submit your profile to the coordinator, Diane Dodd. More developments with ConnectCP will be announced shortly. more >
YOUR HELP PLEASE: CULTURAL PLANNING TOOLKITS
Our latest D'Art query (number 32) comes from Professor Graeme Evans, director of the Cities Institute at London Metropolitan University. Professor Evans seeks the IFACCA network's help in uncovering 'toolkits', 'how to' and 'best practice' guides that aim to help regional and local cultural planners assess cultural infrastructure needs, plan for cultural provision and deliver cultural programs and services. For more context and to view the question, click here. Professor Evans, with Phyllida Shaw, produced the international literature review on arts and culture in regeneration, which served as background to the third World Summit on Arts and Culture in June 2006. more >
REPORT ON ARTS AGENCY APPROACHES TO RESEARCH
We are very pleased to release our latest D'Art report 'policy research by government arts agencies: a review of approaches'. The report summarises responses to a D'Art query about a number of research-related issues, such as whether research is undertaken by agencies in house or contracted externally, whether an agency has a dedicated research unit or a library, and the number of staff and financial resources dedicated to research. The report analyses responses from 19 agencies from 18 countries; most of them government arts support agencies, such as arts councils and ministries of culture. The report served as background to discussions at the second mini-summit for IFACCA researchers held in Singapore on 9-10 March 2007, a report on which will be released soon. more >
May 2007
CONNECTCP CANADA LAUNCHED
The Canadian Cultural Observatory has collaborated with IFACCA to create ConnectCP Canada, a sub-set of ConnectCP, the international who's who in cultural policy, planning and research’. ConnectCP Canada will enable visitors to Culturescope.ca, the Observatory’s website, to search for Canadian cultural policy experts in English and French. ConnectCP, an initiative of IFACCA, is an international online database of cultural policy experts. It consists of profiles that outline experts’ experience, current interests, and other information relevant to their work in cultural policy. The international database currently contains over 420 profiles of experts from 68 countries. ConnectCP Canada is expected to stimulate the interaction between Canadian cultural policy experts, mobilize human resources in Canadian cultural policy, and facilitate the flow of cultural policy information to and from Canada. An exciting development as a result of the Culturescope–ConnectCP collaboration is that both ConnectCP International and ConnectCP Canada are now available in French. So far, twenty-seven key Canadian experts are listed on ConnectCP Canada, including Serge Bernier, Jocelyn Harvey, Joyce Zemans, Sharon Jeannotte and Simon Brault. IFACCA and Culturescope.ca are looking to expand the list further in 2007. “By collaborating with ConnectCP, our national portal is more effectively able to cross boundaries: Canadian experts now have the benefits of both national and international coverage,” said Vladimir Skok, director of the e-Culture directorate at the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canadian Cultural Observatory. Organisations interested in discussing similar collaborations with ConnectCP are invited to contact the ConnectCP co-ordinator, Diane Dodd, at diane@connectcp.org. more >
Welcome new affiliate members
We are delighted to welcome two new affiliate members to IFACCA: * The International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA), a not-for-profit international organization founded in 1949 to develop, nurture, energize and educate an international network of arts leaders and professionals who are dedicated to advancing the field of the performing arts. The ISPA network is currently made up of over 600 performing arts executives and professionals from more than 50 countries. * Peter Stark, an independent consultant in both South Africa and the United Kingdom, who specialises in culture and regeneration policy, programs and projects. Mr Stark has over thirty-five years direct experience of leadership and management in the cultural sector and of the interaction of that sector with issues of economic and social regeneration. For more information on membership, please refer to the membership pages on the IFACCA website. more >
IFACCA website redevelopment underway
Over the next few months we will be (finally!) developing a new website and database. After commissioning ripeonline to undertake a scoping report for us last year and then considering a range of options, IFACCA has entered into an agreement with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to develop the new site. All three IFACCA staff are working closely on the project with Julien Phalip and the overview of Professor Ernest Edmonds from UTS's Creativity and Cognition Studios. The new site, which will be ready by late 2007, will make it easier to navigate the increasing volume of news items, research reports, links, country directories and other information resources that are being continually added to the site. By linking the IFACCA secretariat's own database with the new website, we will be able to streamline our administrative processes and meet the needs of members and network participants more easily. We also plan some exciting new website developments for 2008! more >
Gus Casely-Hayford joins IFACCA board
Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford, Executive Director of Arts Strategy at Arts Council England, has been appointed to the board of IFACCA. Dr Casely-Hayford, who joined Arts Council England in March 2007, is a curator and cultural historian. Previously the Executive Director of inIVA, he also instigated and then led the delivery of the immensely successful Africa 05 initiative, and has also directed and produced arts programmes for the BBC and Channel 4 in the UK. You can read more on Dr Casely-Hayford, and IFACCA's other board members here. more >
June 2007
Report on IFACCA's Researchers' Workshop 2007
On 9-10 March 2007, the second workshop for IFACCA researchers was held in Singapore, hosted by the National Arts Council of Singapore and IFACCA. As well as providing an update on their own research programs and priorities, delegates discussed IFACCA's program, helped prioritise future D'Art research topics, and suggested ways that IFACCA could better promote its research-related programs. Other topics discussed included statistics and indicators, and the independence of government arts funding. Delegates were treated to presentations on a number of key international initiatives, including the Compendium of Cultural Policies in Europe, the Culture 360 portal, and UNESCO's cultural statistical program. A report on the workshop's discussions and recommendations was presented to the IFACCA board at its meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in march. To read more, view a report on the workshop here more >
Support to Major Performing Arts Organisations
We are pleased to release our latest D'Art report, Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations: Preliminary Report on Definitions and Issues, a first step in our co-hosting a mini-summit on this topic with the Australia Council for the Arts in Adelaide, Australia, in early 2008. The aim of the D’Art is twofold: to identify key senior executives in national arts councils and ministries of culture to take part in the mini-summit; and to identify key themes and issues and develop information resources for the mini-summit. The report outlines preliminary information on definitions of major performing arts organisations adopted by agencies, and a prioritised list of issues identified by the 15 respondents from 14 countries. More information on the mini-summit will be announced later in the year. more >
July 2007
IFACCA appoints Research and Project Officer
After nearly five years with the same three full-time staff here in Sydney, we are delighted to welcome Natasha Eves to the IFACCA secretariat. Natasha will be researching and writing ACORNS items, coordinating IFACCA events and assisting with our varied research activities. Natasha comes to IFACCA from the Australia Council for the Arts where she was a Project Coordinator. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Languages) from the University of Sydney, part of which was undertaken at the Sorbonne University, Paris, and speaks French, Italian and some Spanish. She is currently studying toward a Master of Media Practice and is an accomplished trumpet player. Natasha will start a 12-month contract with IFACCA on 23 July and we welcome her to our team. more >
Get ready for a new ifacca.org
On 16 August we will launch the preliminary (Beta) version of our new website...and behind the scenes there will be a big new database! In the six years since our first site went live, we have added vast numbers of reports, events, news items, contacts etc. Every item ever published in ACORNS is available on the site. The new database will streamline the management and improve access to that wealth of information. However, we can’t achieve it all ‘overnight’ so please bear with us over the next three months while we make the finishing touches. We will continue to experiment with additional features in the coming year. more >
ACORNS improvements
In parallel with the website upgrade, we are also improving the production and distribution of the ACORNS e-bulletin. From 10 August, we will be producing ACORNS ‘in-house’ so from then all your suggestions for news, publications, events and jobs will need to be sent to a new email address - more details on this in coming issues. more >
Asian Chapter meets in Mongolia
Delegates from IFACCA members across six Asian countries will gather in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, this week for the fourth IFACCA Asian Chapter meeting. Hosted by Arts Council Mongolia, and chaired by Lee Suan Hiang, CEO National Arts Council of Singapore, the meeting will provide a chance for delegates to present updates on initiatives in their countries, to discuss IFACCA initiatives such as forthcoming mini summits and the World Summit in South Africa, and to consider special projects for possible development by the Asian Chapter. Other activities will include a reception to meet Mongolian arts leaders, visits to key Mongolian culture agencies, and a nomadic culture tour. more >
IFACCA at World Creativity Summit
In partnership with the The World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE), IFACCA has helped facilitate the inclusion of several government arts policymakers in the World Creativity Summit, which concluded in Hong Kong yesterday. Over 100 invited delegates attended the Summit which aimed to bring together outstanding innovators from the realms of education, arts, science, policy making, industry and journalism into intimate dialogue to design strategies and partnerships to advocate the creative pedagogies of the 21st century. The founders of the WAAE are the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA), International Society for Music Education (ISME) and International Society for Education through Art (InSEA). more >
August 2007
Farewell and thanks to Artshub
Edition 141 of ACORNS marks the end of an era. more >
ConnectCP at Cuba Congress
ConnectCP Co-ordinator Diane Dodd attended the culture.mondo network meeting held in June in Havana. more >
IFACCA launches its new (beta) website
IFACCA's new website, launched today, provides the world’s most effective tool for monitoring global developments in arts and cultural policy. more >
ConnectCP and Compendium Partnership
ConnectCP and the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe have come to an agreement. more >
Mongolia joins IFACCA
We are delighted to welcome the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia as new national member of IFACCA. more >
September 2007
IFACCA welcomes France
IFACCA welcomes the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication as IFACCA's national member for France. more >
African experts on ConnectCP
ConnectCP now contains profiles for 20 African arts and culture policy experts. more >
IFACCA attends annual ministerial meeting of INCP
Diane Dodd, IFACCA's European liaison officer, attended the Tenth Annual Ministerial Meeting of the International Network on Cultural Policy (INCP) held in Seville, Spain, on 20-21 September. more >
Database of cultural policy experts reaches 500
As ConnectCP continues to grow in size, there is also growing evidence of the database's usefulness to the international cultural policy community. As ConnectCP continues to grow in size, it has also grown in popularity with significant evidence of the database's value to the international cultural policy community. more >
Board meeting in Athens
IFACCA's board will meet in Athens, Greece, on 1 and 2 November. more >
Kathy Keele joins IFACCA board
We welcome Kathy Keele, Chief Executive Officer of the Australia Council for the Arts, who has been appointed to the board of IFACCA. We also warmly thank Ian Mcrae, a member of the Australia Council, who resigned earlier this month, having served on the IFACCA board since June 2006. more >
October 2007
Culturescope renews ConnectCP contract
The Canadian Cultural Observatory has renewed its contract with IFACCA to produce ConnectCP Canada for another year. This will enable Canadian users of Culturescope.ca (the Observatory's website) to continue searching in both English and French for Canadian cultural policy experts on ConnectCP. more >
NASAA becomes an IFACCA affiliate
We are delighted to announce our new reciprocal affiliate member, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (USA) [ http://www.nasaa-arts.org/]. Since IFACCA's founding, NASAA's CEO, Dr Jonathan Katz, has frequently provided advice on strategic planning and participated in several IFACCA events. more >
Welcome two new affiliates
We are delighted to welcome two new affiliate members to IFACCA: the Alberta Foundation for the Arts,
La FICAAC Presentará En El Primer Seminario Internacional En Educación Artística 2007: Desafíos Para Un Acceso Democrático Y De Calidad
La FICAAC ha sido invitada para participar en el panel “Cooperación Internacional y Educación Artística” de este seminario. more >
IFACCA presents at arts and education seminar
IFACCA has been invited to take part as a speaker at the panel “International Cooperation and Arts and Education”. more >
Visual Arts Associations Report
We are pleased to release our latest D'Art report on National Visual Arts and Craft Sector Associations
IFACCA Report No. 10
A report on IFACCA achievements and activities over the past 12 months. more >
European Capitals of Culture Meeting
The meeting was aimed at advancing the international discussion on the role of culture in European cultural cities. more >
CIRCLE Meeting
The annual Round Table of CIRCLE (Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe), which looked at the impact of, and government approaches to, festivals. more >
November 2007
IFACCA welcomes Ministry of Culture of Greece as full member
The meetings of European members and the IFACCA board in Athens, provided the opportunity to announce the national membership of Greece. more >
IFACCA board meeting in Athens
The board of IFACCA met on 1-2 November in Athens, hosted by the Hellenic Culture Organisation. more >
European members meet in Athens
IFACCA members from throughout Europe met in Athens on 2-3 November to share their expertise on a range of arts policy issues and consider the possibility of collaborations. more >
IFACCA Participó Recientemente En El Primer Seminario Internacional De Educación Artística: Desafíos Para Un Acceso Democrático Y De Calidad
La FICAAC presentó, como parte del panel Cooperación Internacional y Educación Artística, el reporte Acciones de la Federación Internacional de Consejos de Artes y Agencias Culturales –FICAAC– en Educación Artística. more >
International Seminar On Arts And Education 2007: Challenges For Democratic And Quality Access
IFACCA recently participated in the First International Seminar On Arts And Education 2007: Challenges For Democratic And Quality Access. more >
Foundations and Networks International Workshop
IFACCA was a key participant in the International Workshop for Networks and Foundations in Turin, Italy, on 16th-17th November 2007. more >
European Arts Policy Issues Paper
The discussion paper, Arts and Artists in Europe: New Challenges, commissioned by IFACCA from Dr Andreas Wiesand and Danielle Cliche of the Bonn-based research institute, ERICarts, for the meeting of European members. more >
IFACCA attends EFAH conference
IFACCA's Executive Director, Sarah Gardner, was one of 150 participants from 25 countries that attended the conference of the European Foundation for Arts and Heritage in Warsaw, Poland, earlier this month. The conference report is now available. more >
December 2007
La FICAAC da la bienvenida a Chile
Es un gusto para nosotros recibir al Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes de Chile como miembro nacional de la FICAAC. more >
IFACCA welcomes Chile
It is with great pleasure that we welcome the National Council of Culture and the Arts (Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes) as IFACCA's national member for Chile. more >
Americans for the Arts continues ACORNS support
We are delighted to announce that Americans for the Arts will continue its sponsorship of ACORNS, helping meet the costs of producing and distributing ACORNS to readers across the USA. more >
Supporting senior artists
Our latest D'Art research report is on policies and programs of support for senior artists. more >
Board meeting in Adelaide
IFACCA's board will meet in Adelaide, Australia, on 2 and 3 March 2008. more >
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