South Africa wins bid to host World Summit

IFACCA, 14 March 2007

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.

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