April 2012
Ministry of Culture supports cultural events with the inauguration of the Foundation Factory
Inaceremonytaking place on the fourth anniversary ofthe fire in the nightclubFactory, officials met relativesand friends ofthose killed inthe tragedyon April 19th, 2008.
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March 2012
Ecuador suma la cultura a la política de seguridad en frontera con Colombia
El Gobierno ecuatoriano emprenderá este año un proyecto de fomento a la cultura de paz en la frontera con Colombia, como parte de la política de seguridad integral en la zona, informó hoy la ministra de Cultura, Erika Sylva. more >
Ecuador adds culture to the border security policy with Colombia
The Ecuadorian Government will take up this year a project to support a culture of peace in the border with Colombia, as part of the integral security policy in the area, were the words of Erika Sylva, Minister of Culture. more >
February 2012
There is no integration without culture, says Minister
The Minister of Culture, Erika Silva, acknowledges Latin American integration at the Havana International Book Fair. more >
January 2012
A new legal act to reorganize the arts sector
The new Culture Act on the organisation of the National Culture System is currently in the Assembly, but president Rafael Correa has already issued Act No. 985 according to wchich all cultural institutions that receive funding will be under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture. more >
December 2011
UNASUR debate on culture
The Ministerial Meeting of the South American Councilof Education,Culture, Science, Technologyand Innovation (COSECCTI) was held on 6 and 7 December in Quito, Ecuador. The meeting included three working groups on cultural policy issues. more >
November 2010
Alone with Ecuador’s Minister of Culture, Érika Sylva Charvet
In this edition of the program “A Solas”, Ecuador’s Minister of Culture, Érika Sylva Charvet, talks about the meaning of culture in Ecuador’s public policy and evaluates the events that took place in Quito on the 30th of September. more >
A solas con la ministra de cultura del Ecuador, Érika Sylva Charvet
En esta edición de "A Solas" la ministra de Cultura del Ecuador, Érika Sylva Charvet, nos habla del gran significado que tiene la cultura en la política estatal ecuatoriana y comenta su evaluación de los acontecimientos del 30 de septiembre de 2010 en Quito. more >
April 2010
Érika Sylva is the New Minister of Culture
On April 22, at the premises of the Secretary of State, Érika Sylva, new Minister of Culture, met Ramiro Noriega, outgoing Minister, to be informed on actions undertaken during his administration and to coordinate the transfer of functions to further the country’s cultural development in different fields. more >
Érika Sylva nueva Ministra de Cultura
El jueves 22 de abril en las instalaciones de Secretaría de Estado, Erika Sylva, flamante Ministra de Cultura, mantuvo una reunión con Ramiro Noriega el Ministro saliente para informarse de las acciones realizadas por ex funcionarios y coordinar el proceso de transición de funciones con miras al trabajo que realizará en el Ministerio para continuar el proyecto de desarrollo cultural del país en sus distintas áreas. more >
32 nations of Latam and the Caribbean meet in Ecuador for culture
The 17th Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Culture began in the Ecuadorian capital on Monday, with representatives of 32 nations. The meeting will be opened by the Ecuadorian Minister of Culture, Ramiro Noriega, and the speech of the director of UNESCO’s Culture Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. more >
Cultural policies under debate
Today, the XVII Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Culture Ministers and Policy Makers, started with three presentations on cultural challenges the region faces. more >
Las políticas culturales en debate
La jornada del día de hoy, 13 de abril, en el XVII Foro de Ministros de Cultura y Encargados de Políticas Culturales de América Latina y el Caribe inició con una serie de 3 ponencias sobre los desafíos culturales de la región. more >
Latam Caribbean Culture Ministers to Meet in Quito
Culture ministers and 20 youths from Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in the second week of April to define and update State agendas regarding public cultural policies. more >
December 2009
Defensa de principios de interculturalidad y plurinacionalidad marcaron el debate de la Ley de Culturas
Asambleístas de diversas bancadas legislativas defendieron el carácter intercultural, plurinacional y multiétnico del Estado ecuatoriano, que debe estar amplia y debidamente desarrollado en la Ley Orgánica de Culturas, tramitada en primer debate por el Pleno. more >
Debate on the Culture Law
Assembly members from different legislative groups defended the intercultural, plurinational and multiethnic character of the Ecuadorian State, which should be strengthened and developed by the Organic Law for Culture dealt with at first debate in plenary. more >
July 2009
First Draft of the New Culture Law
Artists and cultural administrators worked for two days on a document, agreed by consensus, with proposals for the new Culture Law. more >
El primer borrador de la nueva Ley de Cultura ya está listo
240 representantes de artistas y gestores culturales trabajaron durante dos días en un documento consensuado con propuestas para el nuevo órgano legal. more >
January 2009
Ramiro Noriega, Minister of Culture, Presents his Action Plan 2009
Ramiro Noriega, Ecuador’s new Minister of Culture, presented his action plan and institutional policies for the year 2009. more >
Ministro de Cultura, Ramiro Noriega, presenta su plan de acción para el 2009
El nuevo Ministro de Cultura del Ecuador, Ramiro Noriega, presentó su plan de acción y políticas institucionales para este 2009. more >
February 2008
Galo Mora, nuevo titular de cultura en Ecuador
El Presidente de la República, Rafael Correa, posesionó a Galo Mora como Ministro de Cultura, quien se desempañaba como asesor del Primer Mandatario. El evento se realizó el 20 de febrero pasado en el Salón Amarillo del Palacio de Carondelet. more >
Galo Mora appointed Minister of Culture of Ecuador
The President of the Republic appointed Galo Mora, former advisor of the Head of State, Minister of Culture as Minister of Culture. The event took place on February 20 at the Salón Amarillo of the Palacio de Carondelet. more >
October 2007
Workshop on the Decade Plan of Culture for Ecuador
A body of international experts met on 1 October to validate the Decade Plan of Culture for Ecuador, drawn up by the Ministry of Culture and UNESCO. more >
April 2008
Urban policies and cultural development: planning as strategy
The objective of the seminar is to explore the relation between urban strategic planning and local policies for culture. more >
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