What is an IFACCA regional chapter?
Regional chapters comprise, in general, IFACCA’s national members. The purpose of regional chapters is to:
• build inter- and intra-regional networks between national and affiliate members of IFACCA, to promote understanding and enhance cooperation between arts councils, ministries of culture and other key cultural agencies
• promote a consolidated platform for the sharing and exchange of collective knowledge of arts councils and ministries of culture
• strengthen the capacity of arts councils and ministries of culture to meet the challenges and opportunities of policy-making and funding issues
• promote IFACCA at the regional level and assist in increasing membership
• undertake activities of interest to regional members that meet the objectives of the Federation.
Meetings of regional chapters are organised and hosted by members as required.
Regional chapters operate within the parameters of IFACCA’s constitution.
IFACCA AFRICAN CHAPTER
IFACCA has over 70 national members, from every continent. 17 of IFACCA's national members and a further 6 affiliate members are from Africa.
See the current members list.
An African Chapter Fact Sheet is available in English and in French.
Key areas of discussion and current projects:
Current priorities for the African Chapter include: raising independent funds; building capacity within arts councils and the creative sector; building strategic national, regional and international networks and partnerships; and advocacy. Members have also discussed current IFACCA projects including research into arts advocacy campaigns, IFACCA’s research programme, and the forthcoming 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture.
IFACCA is currently developing WorldCP, a central, web-based and continuously updated database of country-specific profiles of cultural policies, modelled on the highly regarded Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe. IFACCA will also be working with its partners in the region to develop WorldCP-Africa.
IFACCA Regional Coordinator, Africa
Regional Coordinator roles support IFACCA’s engagement with its members and stakeholders. Since April 2010, the African Arts Institute (led by Executive Director, Mike van Graan) has worked part-time for IFACCA as its Regional Coordinator for Africa.
To contact IFACCA’s Regional Coordinator in Africa, email: m.vangraan(@)ifacca.org
IFACCA events undertaken in the region, or involving African Chapter members (to date)
World Summits and associated events
• Fourth World Summit on Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2009
• Third General Assembly, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2009
• Second CEO Leadership Seminar, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2009
African Chapter meetings
• Second African Chapter meeting, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011
• First African Chapter meeting, Harare, Zimbabwe, April 2010
• Preliminary meeting of African members, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 September 2009
IFACCA Board Meetings
• 26th meeting of the board, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 September 2009
• 25th meeting of the board, Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 September 2009
• 19th meeting of the board, Nairobi, Kenya, March 2007
• 2nd meeting of the board, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2001
Networking
In addition to its relationship with its members, IFACCA works with and seeks to liaise with organisations and networks in Africa, such as:
• African Arts Institute
• African Union
• Arterial Network
• Art Moves Africa
• International Conference on African Culture and Development (ICACD)
• Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA)
• Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
IFACCA ASIAN CHAPTER
IFACCA has over 70 national members from every continent. 10 of IFACCA's national members and a further 9 affiliate members are from Asia.
See the current members list.
An Asian Chapter Fact Sheet is available here.
Key areas of discussion and current projects:
The Asian Chapter of IFACCA has recently focussed on:
• Cross Country Arts Advocacy Benchmarking – The members of the Chapter have shared examples of practices in arts advocacy to learn how various countries articulate the value of the arts to their stakeholders. At the next meeting (in October 2010), members will discuss or present case studies on arts advocacy.
• Handbook on arts funding policies – In 2009 the members of the Chapter compiled information on the structures and mechanisms for arts funding in each country in order to provide each other with a better understanding of the agencies, models and schemes that exist to support the arts as well as the challenges faced by the current systems. The handbook was published in April 2010. The full handbook is available to download here. The information gathered in this process will help to inform the development of WorldCP-Asia.
• In May 2011, IFACCA invited all members to participate in WorldCP-Asia, a major new initiative to document the cultural policies of countries in Asia. This project is a central component in the development of WorldCP, an international version of the highly regarded Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe. Initial development of WorldCP-Asia is currently in progress.
IFACCA events undertaken in the region, or involving Asian Chapter members (to date)
World Summits and associated events
• Second World Summit on Arts and Culture, Singapore, November 2003
• First General Assembly, Singapore, November 2003
Mini summits
• Second World Summit on Arts and Culture, Singapore, November 2003
• First General Assembly, Singapore, November 2003
Asian Chapter meetings
• Eighth Asian Chapter Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011
• Seventh Asian Chapter Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2009
• Sixth Asian Chapter Meeting, Seoul, South Korea, July 2008
• Fifth Asian Chapter Meeting, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 2007
• Fourth Asian Chapter Meeting, NewcastleGateshead, England, June 2006
• Third Asian Chapter Meeting, Hong Kong SAR, China, February 2006
• Second Asian Chapter Meeting, Singapore, November 2003
• First Asian Chapter Meeting, Singapore, April 2002
IFACCA Board Meetings
• 33rd meeting of the board, Hong Kong SAR, March 2012
• 28th meeting of the board, Beijing, China, October 2006
• 12th meeting of the board, Hanoi, Vietnam, October 2004
• 10th meeting of the board, Singapore, November 2003
• 5th meeting of the board, Singapore, April 2002
Networking
In addition to its relationship with its members, IFACCA works with and seeks to liaise with networks in Asia, such as:
• APRCCN – Asia-Pacific Regional Centre of the Culturelink Network
• Asialink
IFACCA EUROPEAN CHAPTER
IFACCA has over 70 national members from every continent. 26 of IFACCA's national members and a further 9 affiliate members are from Europe.
See the current members list.
A European Fact Sheet is available in English, French and Spanish.
Key areas of discussion and current projects
At its most recent meeting in Malta in May 2011, the European Chapter’s key discussions covered:
• Relationship with the European Expert Network for Culture (EENC)
• Engagement with the EU Directorate-General for Culture
• Exploring arts funding opportunities associated with crowdfunding
• Use of social media by arts councils and ministries of culture
• IFACCA’s research programme
• Indigenous arts policy meeting
• 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture
IFACCA is currently developing WorldCP, a central, web-based and continuously updated database of country-specific profiles of cultural policies, modelled on the highly regarded Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe.
IFACCA Regional Coordinator, Europe
Regional Coordinator roles support IFACCA’s engagement with its members and stakeholders. Since 2006, Diane Dodd has worked part-time for IFACCA as both its Regional Coordinator for Europe and as co-ordinator of ConnectCP. For more detail see Diane’s ConnectCP profile: www.connectcp.org/DianeDodd.
To contact IFACCA’s Regional Coordinator in Europe, and Co-ordinator of ConnectCP, email: d.dodd(@)ifacca.org
IFACCA events undertaken in the region or involving the European members group (to date)
World Summits and associated events
• Third World Summit on Arts and Culture, NewcastleGateshead, England, June 2006
• Second General Assembly, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, June 2006
• CEO Leadership Seminar, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, June 2006
Mini summits
• 3rd IFACCA Researchers Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, June 2012
• New Media Arts & Technology Mini Summit, Helsinki, Finland, August 2004
• Networking for the Arts in Europe Mini Summit, Cork, Ireland, May 2004
European members meetings
• Eighth European Chapter Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, June 2012
• Seventh European Chapter Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011
• Sixth European Chapter Meeting, Valleta, Malta, May 2011
• Fifth European Chapter Meeting, Madrid, Spain, September 2010
• Fourth European Members’ Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2009
• Third European Members’ Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2009
• Second European Members’ Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland, November 2008
• First European Members’ Meeting, Athens, Greece, November 2007
IFACCA Board Meetings
• 34th meeting of the board, London, England, November 2012
• 29th meeting of the board, Madrid, Spain, September 2010
• 22nd meeting of the board, Edinburgh, Scotland, November 2008
• 20th meeting of the board, Athens, Greece, November 2007
• 17th meeting of the board, NewcastleGateshead, England, June 2006
• 16th meeting of the board, NewcastleGateshead, England, June 2006
• 15th meeting of the board, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2006
• 13th meeting of the board, London and Newcastle, England, April 2005
• 6th meeting of the board, Barcelona, Spain, November 2002
• 3rd meeting of the board, Dublin, Ireland, September 2001
Networking
In addition to its relationship with its members, IFACCA also works with, or and seeks to liaise with networks in Europe, such as:
• Artidea
• Arts Management Network
• Asia-Europe Foundation
• Budapest Observatory
• CIRCLE – Cultural Information & Research Centres Liaison in Europe
• Commonwealth Foundation
• Council of Europe
• Culture Action Europe
• EduCult
• ENCATC – European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres
• ERICarts
• EUNIC – European Union National Institutes for Culture
• European Cultural Foundation
• European Commission
• European Festivals Association
• ELIA - European League of Institutes of the Arts
• ICOM – International Council of Museums
• IETM – International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts
• LabforCulture
• Nordisk Ministerråd – Nordic Council of Ministers
• OEI – Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos
• Salzburg Global Seminar
• Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
• UCLG – United Cities and Local Governments
• UNESCO
• World Intellectual Property Organisation
IFACCA LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN MEMBERS
IFACCA has over 70 national members from every continent. 8 of IFACCA's national members and 1 of the affiliate members is from Latin America and the Caribbean.
See the current members list
A Latin America and Caribbean Fact Sheet is available in English and in Spanish.
Key areas of discussion and current projects
The Latin American and Caribbean members are currently interested in:
• Possibility of holding a mini-summit on arts governance models and issues
• Possibility of a Latin American country bidding for the 6th World Summit
• Plans to extend the compendium of cultural policies to Latin American countries
• Translation of key IFACCA documents into Spanish
• Promotion of IFACCA in Latin America and the Caribbean
• The nomination of a Latin American board member to the IFACCA board
• Proposing connections between IFACCA and other intergovernmental networks in Ibero-America
IFACCA Regional Coordinator, Latin America
Regional Coordinator roles support IFACCA’s engagement with its members and stakeholders. Since 2007 Santiago Jara Ramírez has worked part-time for IFACCA as its Regional Coordinator for Latin America based at the Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia. For more detail see Santiago's ConnectCP profile: www.connectcp.org/SantiagoJaraRamirez.
To contact IFACCA’s Regional Coordinator in Latin America, email: s.jara(@)ifacca.org
IFACCA Events undertaken in the region (to date)
World Summits and associated events
• 6th World Summit on Arts and Culture, Santiago, Chile, January 2014
IFACCA Board Meetings
• 35th meeting of the board, Santiago, Chile, April 2013
• 23rd meeting of the board, Santiago, Chile, March 2009
• 14th meeting of the board, Medellin and Bogotá, Colombia, November 2005
Regional Meetings
• Latin America and Caribbean Members' Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011
• Latin America and Caribbean Members' Meeting, Havana, Cuba, April 2011
Networking
In addition to its relationship with its members, IFACCA also works with and seeks to liaise with networks in Latin America and the Caribbean. These include:
• AECID - Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
• IDB - Inter-American Development Bank
• Mercosur Cultural
• OAS – Organisation of American States
• OEI – Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos
• SEGIB - Secretaría General Iberoamericana
• Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
• UNESCO - Oficina en Montevideo
• UNESCO - Oficina Regional de Comunicación e Información para América Latina y el Caribe en Quito
• UNESCO - Oficina Regional de Cultura para América Latina y el Caribe - ORCALC- en Cuba
IFACCA PACIFIC MEMBERS
IFACCA has over 70 national members from every continent. 7 of IFACCA's national members and a further 12 affiliate members are from the Pacific.
See the current members list.
A Pacific Fact Sheet is available here.
Key areas of discussion and current projects
An informal meeting of IFACCA’s Pacific members took place in Sydney in July 2010, while members were attending an International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCCD) meeting on the UNESCO 2005 Convention. The next meeting will take place at the conclusion of the 5th World Summit on Arts and Culture, to be held in Melbourne, Australia, on 3 – 6 October 2011.
IFACCA is currently developing WorldCP, a central, web-based and continuously updated database of country-specific profiles of cultural policies, modelled on the highly regarded Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe. IFACCA will also be working with its partners in the region to develop WorldCP-Pacific.
IFACCA Events undertaken in the region (to date)
World Summits
• Fifth World Summit on Arts and Culture, Melbourne, Australia (forthcoming: 3-6 October 2011)
Mini summits
• Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations, Adelaide, Australia, February 2008
• Education and the Arts, Melbourne, Australia, September 2005
IFACCA Board Meetings
• 21st meeting of the board, Adelaide, Australia, March 2008
• 7th meeting of the board, Sydney, Australia, April 2003
Networking
In addition to its relationship with its members, IFACCA works with and seeks to liaise with networks in the Pacific, such as:
• Council of Pacific Arts
• Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community
• UNESCO Apia Office
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