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January 2010
NEA Jazz Masters [1982-2010]
Profiles NEA Jazz Masters from 1982 to 2010 with brief biographies and selected discographies for all 114 honorees. Includes a brief history of NEA's creation of the Jazz Masters program and an overview of the newly expanded program. more >
The Republic of Korea at the Center of the World
New book marks Korea's hosting of G20 summit next year. more >
Mapping report: a window on dance
The report maps the dance ecology, economy and environment in the country and looks at the various market segments and identifies trends and patters, challenges and opportunities for dance. more >
Public attitudes towards the Scots language
This latest study is intended to provide a broad overview of perceptions of the Scots language and attitudes towards it, and to measure behaviours and expectations of its use in Scotland today. more >
The demand for and supply of skills in library and information management, archival services and records management
Draft report available in PDF format. more >
Changing Attitudes & Behaviours in the 'Non-Internet' Digital World and their Implications for Intellectual Property
The report concludes that: Policy makers urgently need a better understanding of how consumers behave in both the online and offline digital environment in order to provide an enabling environment for business and consumers. more >
The Arts Ripple Effect
Supporters of the arts have struggled to develop a national conversation that makes the case for robust, ongoing public support for the arts. more >
Options for the disposal of redundant churches and other places of worship
Guidance has been jointly produced by English Heritage and DCMS, with the support of the Charity Commission, for faith groups considering disposing of redundant places of worship. more >
The New Museum Community
In a series of authoritative essays, this important new book examines in depth how museums globally are succeeding – in many different ways – in reaching and involving social groups traditionally overlooked or excluded from the museum experience. more >
Launch of the 2009 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics
The newly released 2009 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics (FCS) proposes concepts and definitions to guide the collection of comparable data in the area of culture. It also supports the development of indicators and analytical research in the field. more >
Arts Council response to CAL report on its inquiry into arts funding in Northern Ireland
The Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee opened its ‘Inquiry into the Funding of the Arts in Northern Ireland’ in January 2009. The Arts Council's response to the findings are now available. more >
Strategic Plan Review 2010-2013 Public Consultation
The Strategic Plan 2010-2013 will take effect from 1 July 2010. It will present long and short term arts development outcomes that Creative New Zealand aims to contribute to over 2010-2013. These outcomes will set out how Creative New Zealand will contribute to a flourishing arts environment in New Zealand. more >
National Arts Index 2009
The National Arts Index is a highly distilled annual measure of the health and vitality of arts in the United States by using 76 equal weighted, national-level indicators of arts activity. This report covers an 11-year period, from 1998 to 2008. more >
Funding Cultural Projects
The printed version of g+c administration and culture review, the first Spanish magazine on cultural administration launches its third edition. more >
Financiación de proyectos culturales
La edición impresa de g+c revista de gestión y cultura, la primera revista de gestión cultural que se publica a nivel nacional en España, lanza su nº 3. en la web: www.gestionycultura.com more >
Art and culture for well-being
The aim of the Art and culture for well-being programme is to promote well-being and health by means of art and culture and to enhance inclusion at the individual, community and societal levels. more >
Live Music: an analysis of the sector
This article sets out to explain how three sources of DCMS statistics provide details of changes in the live music sector between 2005 and 2009 and set these in context of wider industry data. more >
Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact of Jobs in 2008
The National Endowment for the Arts' Office of Research & Analysis would like to share with you our most recent publication, Artist Unemployment Rates for 2008 and 2009, which updates NEA Research Note #97, Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact of Jobs in 2008. more >
Traditional Arts Working Group Report
Final report of the traditional arts working group. more >
February 2010
Cultural Diplomacy - Interarts' resource list
In the framework of preparations for the international seminar 'Cultural Diplomacy: a Perspective from Catalonia', which took place in Barcelona on 2-4 December 2009, a series of documents related to this topic was collected. more >
Networks: the evolving aspects of culture in the 21st century
The Third World Culturelink Conference Reader featuring the Conference programme, speakers' biographies and selected literature. more >
Arts and Older People
ACNI’s central aim in developing this arts and older people strategy is to assist older people overcome barriers and increase access and participation in arts-related projects that address both their creative and social needs. more >
The place of culture in tomorrow's Europe
On 17 December the Association for European and International Cultural Development (ADCEI), together with some of its European partners delivered final recommendations on the role culture should have in the future of Europe to the European Commission. more >
Research into New Zealand’s documentary sector
As long-standing partners of the Screen Innovation Production Fund, Creative New Zealand and the New Zealand Film Commission value the significant role that documentary filmmakers and their work play in this country. more >
Public attitudes towards broadcasting in Scotland 2009
This report provides the latest information on public attitudes to broadcasting in Scotland, following a survey carried out 18 months before, and reports on any changes in attitudes, views on a proposed new digital channel in Scotland, and views of the Scottish population towards radio broadcasting. more >
El Sector Cultural Hoy: oportunidades, desafíos y respuestas
El Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia publica las memorias del Seminario Internacional, El Sector Cultural Hoy: oportunidades, desafíos y respuestas. more >
The Cultural Sector Today: Opportunities, challenges and answers
Colombia’s Ministry of Culture published the findings of the International Seminar, El Sector Cultural Hoy (The Culture Sector Today). more >
2010 International Year of the Rapprochement of Culture
The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of the Rapprochement of Cultures, in order to introduce this concept in each of the policies implemented, from local to international level. An open-ended list of activities to be carried out throughout the year is now available. more >
A Textbook of Cultural Economics
What determines the price of a pop concert or an opera? Why does Hollywood dominate the film industry? Does illegal downloading damage the record industry? Does free entry to museums bring in more visitors? In A Textbook of Cultural Economics, one of the world’s leading cultural economists shows how we can use the theories and methods of economics to answer these and a host of other questions concerning the arts, heritage, and creative industries. more >
Report by the Literature Working Group
A strong future for Scottish literature has been mapped out in this web-based report. more >
Creative New Zealand Review
The review recommends the creation of a single board responsible for policy, strategy and funding allocation, replacing the current more unwieldy division of responsibilities between four separate councils and committees including the Arts Council, the Arts Board, Te Waka Toi and the Pacific Arts Committee. more >
NEA Guide
The 2010 Guide provides details on the programs and activities that the NEA supports, as well as funding deadlines for our various grants. more >
March 2010
IMLS and SGS Issue Report on the Preservation of World Cultural Heritage
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Salzburg Global Seminar announce release of the report, “Connecting to the World’s Collections: Making the Case for Conservation and Preservation of Our Cultural Heritage” based on a seminar held in Salzburg, Austria, October 28-November 1, 2009. more >
CultureMap
Study on the mapping and evaluating of existing platforms (websites) within the cultural sector aimed
at stimulating debate and cross-border exchange of matters concerning European culture. IFACCA and ConnectCP, contributed to the research findings.
more >
Journal article: The state of arts and health in Australia
The paper concludes by suggesting that under the current federal labor government arts and health may benefit from increasing recognition of the intrinsic benefits of arts participation and cultural rights. more >
Cultural policies in Africa : compendium of reference documents
This publication contributes institutional references and thoughts from the cultural agents of member countries exchanging and strengthening cultural cooperation between Spain and Africa. more >
Cultural Observatories: Mapping Infrastructure and Events
The appearance of cultural observatories is a recent phenomenon that originated within a society in which information and knowledge are key driving forces for a country’s social, cultural, economic, and political development. more >
The ABC of Copyright
This booklet is intended to provide to all, both near and far, who are concerned with the creation, circulation and transfer of knowledge replies to certain questions they may have on the subject of copyright. It has no other objective than to clarify a complicated subject by translating legal language into language that can be easily understood by everyone. more >
Observatorios Culturales: creación de mapas de infraestructuras y eventos
La aparición de Observatorios Culturales es un fenómeno reciente que nace en una sociedad en que la información y el conocimiento se erigen como principal motor del desarrollo social, cultural, económico y político de un país. more >
Arts Funding: A new approach
Government support for the arts is currently provided as a subsidy to producers. This system suffers from four major problems: it relies on an expensive bureaucracy; it distributes subsidies unequally between regions and income groups; it distorts producers’ incentives through corruption, politicisation and arbitrary criteria; and it reduces competition, innovation and efficiency. more >
Intellectual Property Issues and Arts Festivals: Preparing for the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts Solomon Islands 2012
In consultation with local legal experts in the Solomon Islands, Ms. Terri Janke, WIPO consultant, drafted a Study on IP Management for the Festival of Pacific Arts, with a specific focus on the 2012 Festival of Pacific Arts, which will take place in the Solomon Islands. more >
Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Volume 40, Number 1
Volume 40 Number 1 / January-March 2010 of The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society is now available on the heldref.metapress.com web site. more >
International cultural policies and power
Political scientists by and large ignore cultural industries and technologies whereas they are prominent in other disciplines. more >
Celebrating excellence
Celebrating Excellence : a joint issue with ICCROM looks at the work of ICCROM over the past fifty years. more >
Dutch Mountains Magazine
Dutch Mountains focuses on the cultural interaction between the Netherlands and the rest of the world. more >
Celebrity Studies
Routledge are pleased to announce that the inaugural issue of Celebrity Studies is now free to download online. more >
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 1
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 1 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Encouraging Digital Access to Culture
This document is intended as best practice advice for the culture sector, a stimulus and a catalyst for change. more >
April 2010
A Place for Culture: Developing a local culture offer for all children and young people
This document sets out a vision that all children, no matter where they live or what their background, should have the opportunity to enjoy high-quality cultural experiences in and out of school. more >
Intercultural Dialogue in the Framework of European Human Rights Protection (White Paper Series - Volume 1)
This report analyses the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in terms of the promotion of cultural diversity, as championed by the Council of Europe particularly through its "White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue" (2008). The Court's views on the governance principles and preconditions of intercultural dialogue - and particularly the case law on freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression and freedom of association and assembly - provide guidelines for politicians, academics and practitioners alike.more >
Marketing smarter through effective branding.
The Australia Council Speaker Series, 8 April 2010
Marketing smarter through effective branding
Presented by David Snead, Vice President of Marketing for the New York Philharmonic and Kate Prescott, President of Prescott & Associates.
This presentation shows the benefits of a multi-year program of research, giving guidance on a number of aspects of ‘brand’ when it comes strategic and tactical marketing, communications, and programming - where each component builds on the other to produce dramatic cumulative results.
more >
Excited Atoms
On-the-Move presents its exploration of virtual mobility in the contemporary performing arts 'Excited Atoms' by Judith Staines. more >
Sector Report - Challenges and Opportunities
Report highlighting key challenges and opportunities facing the sector following consultation with MGS members in Febuary and March 2010. more >
Intercultural Dialogue in the Framework of European Human Rights Protection
This report analyses the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in terms of the promotion of cultural diversity, as championed by the Council of Europe particularly through its "White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue" (2008). more >
Public policies for Culture in France
Les politiques publiques de la culture en France is among the most recent additions to Les Presses universitaires de France’s Que sais-je? series. more >
Les politiques publiques de la culture en France (Que sais-je?)
Les Presses universitaires de France publient, dans la collection Que sais-je?, le livre Les politiques publiques de la culture en France. more >
Culture as a Tool for Development: Challenges of Analysis and Action
Drafted according to a project logical framework, this publication presets some reflections and case studies related to the cultural component in the development process. more >
The Europeana Public Domain Charter
The Europeana Foundation has published a policy statement, the Public Domain Charter, to highlight the value of public domain content in the knowledge economy. more >
Converging Pathways to New Knowledge
Converging Pathways to New Knowledge is a LabforCulture initiative considering the future of knowledge building and knowledge sharing within a new digital paradigm. more >
Cultural Planning Toolkit
The Cultural Planning Toolkit is a guide for the process of cultural planning in a community. It includes an adaptable model and practical checklists for navigating and charting progress. more >
New Media Mentoring Scheme: first report published
Arts Audiences has published the first in a series of reports on the outcomes of the New Media Mentoring Scheme on its website http://artsaudiences.ie/. more >
Regularly funded organisations: key data from the 2008/09 annual submission
Each year organisations that receive regular funding from Arts Council England complete an annual submission. The annual submission collects information on organisational profile, financial statements, activity, learning and skills, engagement and participation, and touring activity. more >
Green Paper - Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries
The objective of this consultation is to gather views on various issues impacting the cultural and creative industries in Europe, from business environment to the need to open up a common European space for culture, from capacity building to skills development and promotion of European creators on the world stage. more >
Marketing the arts: a fresh approach
In recent years, there have been significant shifts in arts marketing, both as a practice and an academic discipline. more >
Cultural Policy Catalonia 2010
A report on cultural policy in Catalonia drawn up within the framework of the Council of Europe/ERICarts' guidelines for cultural policy reports. It is the first time that such a report has been produced about a national culture which is sustained without a state government. more >
May 2010
A guide to marketing your production on tour
The first report from the Arts Audiences' Build Your Audience scheme is available online. This report, A guide to marketing your production on tour, has been produced by Coisceim Dance Theatre with Heather Maitland. more >
Supporting Australia's Live Music Industry: suggested principles for best practice 2010
The document looks at issues to do with live performance which are affected by regulation and highlights a number of best practice principles which could be considered by government agencies in their own regulatory environments. more >
Culture Programme 2007-2013 - Programme Guide
The Guide, focusing on most parts of the Culture Programme, contains all the essential conditions to apply for funding. It introduces a fixed Calendar 2008-2013 until 2013 and provides cultural operators with the whole set of funding opportunities under this Programme until 2013. more >
Making culture accessible
Published by the Council of Europe, the study asserts that the enjoyment and fulfilment of the right to participate in culture requires an enabling environment and a legal framework that offers a solid basis for the protection of rights related to cultural actions. more >
Dossier on cultural events
Culture Europe International, the online magazine on cultural practices and policies in Europe published by France's Institute of European Studies, dedicates its spring issue 2010 to the cultural “events” playing increasingly important role in public policy strategies. more >
White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue “Living together as equals in dignity”
The White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue – “Living together as equals in dignity”, responds to an increasing demand to clarify how intercultural dialogue can enhance diversity while sustaining social cohesion. more >
Dutch Mountains Magazine
SICA, the Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities, publishes the first issue of the Dutch Mountains magazine. It focuses on the cultural interaction between the Netherlands and the rest of the world. more >
Council conclusions on the contribution of culture to local and regional development
At the 3013th EDUCATION, YOUTH AND CULTURE meeting of the Council Meeting held in Brussels, 10 May 2010 the council adopted a number of conclusions supporting the contribution of culture to local and regional development. more >
Cultural Policy Review of Books
The last issue of the International Journal on Cultural Policy gathers some important international researchers of the cultural policy field. more >
Designing social media policy for government: Eight essential elements
Government agencies are increasingly looking to leverage social media to improve the quality of government services and enable greater citizen engagement. Publicly available social media sites, such as Facebook or Twitter, are providing governments with attractive options for meeting these new objectives. more >
Evaluating your digital strategy: a mentoring report from the Youth Council
There’s no doubt about it, digital and social media hold great potential for those looking to increase the engagement with their audiences. For those with little experience of the area, the promise is great, and yet without significant experience in the area, it can be difficult to envisage what is involved in building momentum around a blog, or a social media campaign, using Facebook or Twitter. more >
Plugged in: remote Australian Indigenous youth and digital culture
Even in the most remote Indigenous communities, global influences pervade everyday life and new forms of media and communications are reshaping youth culture. more >
Museum International Nº 244: What Can Art Still Do?
MUSEUM International, published by UNESCO since 1948, is a major forum for the exchange of scientific and technical information concerning museums and cultural heritage at an international level. more >
UNESCO World Report 2: Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue
At the crossroads of intellectual, scientific and political thinking, this 2nd UNESCO World Report aims to take stock of all that is being said, thought and done in the name of cultural diversity, and tease out the necessary conditions for diversity to become an asset and not a threat, a source of renewal for public policies in service to development, social cohesion and peace. more >
Priority sector report: Creative and Cultural Industries
The European Cluster Observatory presents the 2nd in a series of priority sector reports, which analysing clusters in sectors of especial importance to the future of the European economy. This report covers Creative and Cultural Industries. The study details the industries’ status in 250 regions and shows where the industries’ 6.5 million employees are clustered. more >
What’s the right relationship between philanthropy and government?
It’s practically a given these days that philanthropy and government ought to work together. But what should the relationship look like? How can grantmakers collaborate formally or informally with partners in government to advance the common good? And does everyone think this is such a good idea? more >
Arts Audiences publishes a guide to developing a brief for a website: a mentoring report from TBG&S
Considering a new website? Want to optimise the outcome, and keep costs as low as possible? Under Arts Audiences’ New Media Mentoring Scheme, Aoife Flynn of asquared mentored Rayne Booth of Temple Bar Gallery & Studios as she prepared a brief for the organisation’s new website. more >
Funding Culture, Managing the Risk
The UNESCO symposium held on 16-17 April brought together leading experts in development, cultural financing, decision makers and cultural entrepreneurs for a dynamic two days of discussion on the challenges and opportunities of investing in culture in developed and developing countries. more >
Narratives of community: museums and ethnicity
This groundbreaking book brings together a collection of essays on the revolution taking place in museums around the world as they look anew at the ways communities are represented. more >
Arts Audiences' publishes reports from the Build your Audience Scheme and the New Media Mentoring Scheme
Arts Audiences' New Media Mentoring Scheme continues to progress well, with the publication of three reports from the recipients of the scheme. The reports may be of interest to arts organisations seeking to capitalise on digital media to connect with and build their audiences. more >
June 2010
Through the political glass ceiling
The Race to Prime Ministership by Trinidad & Tobago’s first female, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Speeches, compiled, with introduction, contexts and analyses by Dr Kris Rampersad more >
Visual artists’ workspaces in Ireland
Following discussion with visual artists' studio groups and residential facilities as part of the Partnership for the Arts consultation process, the need for a clear Arts Council policy in support of artists’ workspaces was identified. more >
The Economics of Cultural Policy (Paperback) by David Throsby
Cultural policy is changing. Traditionally, cultural policies have been concerned with providing financial support for the arts, for cultural heritage and for institutions such as museums and galleries. In recent years, around the world, interest has grown in the creative industries as a source of innovation and economic dynamism. more >
Measuring Creativity: the book
The International Conference "Can creativity be measured?" offered an overview of the different ways of measuring creativity at national, regional and individual levels. As a first step towards tackling this challenge, Measuring Creativity looks at all these perspectives and provides a wide analysis of measuring specific aspects related to creativity. more >
Culture of Innovation
Seemingly a paradox exists in the arts: creativity and novelty lie at the heart of all artistic endeavour, yet funders call on arts and cultural organisations to be more innovative. more >
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 2
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 2 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Cultural Trends: Volume 19 Issue 1 & 2
Cultural Trends: Volume 19 Issue 1 & 2 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Volume 40, Number 2
Volume 40 Number 2 / April-June 2010 of The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society is now available on the heldref.metapress.com web site. more >
Hawaii's Creative Industries: Update Report 2010
Assisting development of Hawaii’s key creative activities has become an important economic development strategy. more >
New models, new money: a foundation for the artist
The arts, creativity and culture are central to social and economic life, highly valued and greatly enjoyed by almost all Australians. The creative economy contributes as much to the national economy as agriculture, and the importance of these activities is set to increase in the twenty-first century. more >
Disability Equality Scheme 2010-13
Arts Council England has established a new framework for achieving disability equality in the arts, which builds on the knowledge and experience gained while delivering our first Disability Equality Scheme. more >
Language vital to retaining Pacific heritage arts
Fluency in Pacific languages is critical to maintaining healthy Pacific heritage arts in New Zealand, according to research published today by Creative New Zealand. more >
Audience 2.0: How Technology Influences Arts Participation
Next on deck was Research director Sunil Iyengar who presented on our most recent report: Audience 2.0: How Technology Influences Arts Participation. (Not only are we very excited about the findings but we’re excited because this is our first truly “online” research report. Check it out here.) Here are some of the key points from Sunil’s presentation: More than half of U.S. adults (approx 118 million) participated in the arts through electronic and digital media. For many Americans—primarily older Americans, rural residents, and racial/ethnic minority groups— electronic media is the only way they participate in “benchmark” arts events. Media-based arts participation appears to encourage—rather than replace—other types of arts participation more >
Arts Audiences publishes key reports from the Build Your Audience Scheme
Arts Audiences has published two key reports of interest to arts organisations looking to explore better ways to connect with and engage audiences. more >
Public Art Toolkit
The Public Art Toolkit is intended as a guide when planning a public art program or evaluating an existing one, and contains resources for the management of public art projects. more >
The Arts Council announces new policy on visual artists' workspaces
The Arts Council has announced a new policy on visual artists’ workspaces - Visual Artists’ Workspaces in Ireland: A New Approach. This policy follows on from the Review of Visual Artists’ Workspaces in Ireland, completed in 2009. more >
July 2010
Arts in Education and Creativity: A Literature Review
Mike Flaming of Durham University offers an historical and theoretical overview of arts education and its place in the English curriculum. more >
Making adaptive resilience real
This publication focuses on developing understanding and debate about adaptive resilience, and increasing sectoral understanding of its importance through experimentation and sharing of best practice. more >
The Performing Arts in Lean Times: Opportunities for Reinvention
What questions should performing arts leaders be asking themselves right now? Economic shifts, global and individual reach in technologies, the pursuit of strong and delineated national identities and the appetite for a voice from younger people are all changing how the performing arts are viewed, created and consumed. Fifty performing arts leaders from around the world gathered in February 2010 for a Salzburg Global Seminar focused on opportunities for reinventing the performing arts at a time when many factors are contributing towards a large-scale disruption of the arts. This report, written by the co-chairs of of the event, NAS President and CEO Russell Willis Taylor and Adrian Ellis, Executive Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, summarizes the discussions that took place. more >
Mapping Asia-Europe Cultural Cooperation: report launched
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and On-the-Move.org announce the publication of a new report Mapping Asia-Europe Cultural Cooperation. This study was carried out by Judith Staines and maps the Asia-Europe government-to-government bilateral cultural agreements between ASEM country partners. more >
Self-evaluation framework
The Arts Council has published its self-evaluation framework to provide arts organisations with a flexible, development tool to support them in evaluating their own performance and to help inform their future planning. more >
European Commission 2008-2010 Workplan for Culture Reports
The four Member State expert working groups established in the 2008-2010 Workplan for Culture have published their final reports. These groups have worked through the "Open Method of Coordination", exchanging good practices, comparing policies and making recommendations for action at national or European level. Their work is feeding into Member State discussion of the next Workplan from 2011. more >
Culture: what is development missing?
Governments, development organisations and donors are failing to engage with a crucial component of development by ignoring culture. more >
The cultural dimensions of the fight against poverty and social exclusion: A European perspective
In the framework of the preparations for the EU Belgian Presidency conference on culture and social inclusion, Culture Action Europe drafted a short position paper on the European perspective on the subject. more >
ICACD-09 Report
Conference report on The 2nd International Conference on African Culture and Developement (ICACD) 2009. more >
Creative Rural Communities: Proposal for a Rural Cultural Strategy
The main purpose of this report is to stimulate and inform wider public debate around the proposal for a national rural cultural strategy. In this context it presents in basic outline what some elements of a possible future rural cultural strategy might look like, nd how they might be implemented in practical terms. more >
Compendium Newsletter No. 16
This newsletter highlights some of the latest additions and features that have been developed and provides selected highlights on policy news and developments for 5 updated or new country profiles. more >
Pacific Heritage Arts Report 2009
The Pacific heritage arts research project provides a broad overview of the health of heritage arts amongst the seven main Pacific communities in New Zealand. The communities are Samoan, Tongan, Fijian, Cook Island, Niuean, Tuvaluan and Tokelauan. more >
How People Live their Lives in an Intercultural Society
The report is the result of conversations between people living in Ireland who have different roots. It becomes apparent that many aspects of an individual’s life – such as being a parent or playing a sport or being a member of a religion – have special effects on one’s attitudes to the cultural environment. more >
Access of young people to culture
Access to culture goes beyond accessing cultural products, attending spaces and receiving information, it is also about an experience of personal development and enjoyment. Apart from classic channels and institutions, youth culture channels are dynamic and often informal, and many times do not enjoy official recognition. more >
Management and the Arts, 4th Edition
Management and the Arts, Fourth Edition provides you with theory and practical applications from all management perspectives including planning, marketing, finance, economics, organizational, staffing, and group dynamics ALL related to an arts organization. Whether you are a manager in a theatre, museum, dance company, or opera, you will gain useful insights into management. more >
Working with Government: Guidance for Grantmakers
Foundation-government collaborations seem to be on the rise as each sector looks to pool resources with new partners. more >
Creating growth: a blueprint for the creative industries
The report calls on the government to set a clear strategy to ensure the UK’s creative industries can flourish. It argues that they can play a key role in rebalancing the economy and delivering growth, but that the government should help deliver the right business conditions for the sector to fulfil its potential. more >
The Asialink Essays
Ignorance is Not Bliss; Art and its place in Australia-Asia Relations [pdf, 348kb, 9 pages]
Vol. 1, No. 10, 2009
Alison Carroll reveals how the Arts are a microcosm of our Australia-Asia engagement. Unless we are proactive in Asia, the burgeoning Arts community in Asia will continue to grow in complexity and internal goodwill, and Australia will remain forever on the edge. Australia must make some harder decisions, including re-looking at the Australia Council’s quota of half its international funding being for Asian projects. That quota, set in the early 1990s, was never met. It reached 35 per cent around 1993, and has since quietly fallen away.
Media Coverage: "An art for blurring borders", Gabriella Coslovich, cover story, The Age, Holiday Edition [pdf, 540kb, 2 pages], also available online
more >
Why culture attracts and resists economic analysis
The realm of arts and culture can be seen as ephemeral and ill-suited to the ‘intrusion’ of quantitative analysis. Yet, demand amongst end-users for economic research into cultural and creative industries is stronger today than ever it has been in the past. Oddly, culture seems to both attract and resist economic analysis. Drawing on an analysis of recent research findings related to multi-platform strategies in the television industry, this article examines what is distinctive about economics of culture, and it assesses the appeals but also the challenges associated with conducting scholarly research work in this particular area. more >
Achieving great art for everyone
Arts Council England has today published the findings from Achieving great art for everyone - a consultation on its 10 year strategic framework for the arts. more >
An international framework of good practice in research and delivery of the European Capital of Cultural programme
The document is the result of the international group – made up of representatives from Liverpool, Stavanger, Turku, Marseille, Essen for the Ruhr and Kosice – working together for one year to produce a research framework, including recommendations for future European Capitals of Culture. more >
New report confirms arts as Ireland's most popular pursuit
The majority of people in Ireland go to an arts event at least once a year, with plays, art exhibitions and classical music concerts most popular in every part of the country, according to research published this month. more >
Arts indicators for local government
This paper presents a set of arts indicators for local government, developed particularly for Australia. It includes a brief overview of the emerging international literature around arts and ‘cultural’ indicators, focussing particularly on work that has informed the current project, especially that of Maria Jackson and colleagues from the USA. more >
August 2010
Raw Law booklet & DVD
Barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside AO QC launched Raw Law, an essential guide for artists with disabilities. The Raw Law booklet and DVD package can be ordered from the Arts Access Victoria website. more >
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010 - Participant Papers
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2010: Culture, Globalization, and International Relations over the next Two Decades - participant papers and interviews. more >
Arts, access, excellence 2010 - conference papers
The second Arts Activated National Conference bought together leading thinkers, artists, advocates, practitioners and producers from across Australia and overseas, to create dialogue about and showcase examples of excellence in arts and disability. more >
The Living and Working Conditions of Artists in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
The average professional artist living in the Republic of Ireland earns just €14,500 a year from his or her art, despite having a higher level of formal education than the wider labour force, new research shows. more >
An arts guide to philanthropic gifts and tax: the dry stuff
This guide will help not-for-profit cultural organisations and individual artists understand the formalities associated with receiving philanthropic gifts. This is your one-stop-shop for tax and legal information about philanthropic fundraising. more >
Createquity Arts Policy Library
An online hub for next-generation ideas about the role of the arts in a creative society. This virtual library of blogs and opinions on diverse resources aims to bring greater attention to important ongoing work in the field of arts research, as well as synthesising some of the resources for a general audience. more >
Arts Council Study reveals poor living and working conditions of artists
New research published today by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, reveals how many artists are now working on the island, the level of state support provided to artists in other countries, and the challenges they face as they pursue their chosen professions. more >
Why should Government support the arts?
State governments today face monumental challenges: record-breaking budget shortfalls, rising unemployment, widespread home foreclosures and escalating needs for public assistance. Designed for public arts leaders and advocates to excerpt and adapt, this material can be used to support your state’s case for the arts. more >
Foundation Support Declined in 2008 for Half of Major Funding Areas
In the first year of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, foundation funding declined across five of 10 major subject areas, among a matched set of funders. more >
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 3
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 3 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Picture This: Increasing the cultural participation of people with a disability in Victoria
These reports provide a unique snapshot of a dynamic and burgeoning Victorian arts and disability sector, and identify some of the barriers that we need to continue to work to remove. more >
Making adaptive resilience real
This publication focuses on developing understanding and debate about adaptive resilience, and increasing sectoral understanding of its importance through experimentation and sharing of best practice. more >
Contemporary Inuit Art in Canada
This 12-page fact sheet highlights some key statistical findings from a combination of research reports and statistical information. more >
Building health through arts and new media VicHealth Action Plan 2010-13
To promote health in our population we need improvements to social, economic, cultural and physical
environments in addition to developing skills and knowledge for individuals and the community. The role of the arts and new media in contributing to improving these conditions is clear.
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Economic impact studies for the arts – where to find advice
Many arts organisations are gathering evidence to demonstrate the value of the arts to local economies. Here are some sign posts to examples of economic impact studies. more >
Artist Careers
Artist Careers, two research projects released today by the Australia Council for the Arts, paints a comprehensive picture of the working lives of Australia’s 44,000 professional artists. more >
Arts Council Stakeholder Focus Research
The Arts Council's ongoing Stakeholder Focus research has been running since 2009. The findings from the 2009/10 research highlight areas where we are performing well: 87 per cent of respondents stated that they have a good working relationship with us and many see the Arts Council as a useful and supportive partner with high calibre and committed staff; as well as areas for us to improve: we need to work more responsively, flexibly and collaboratively, and be more straightforward and transparent. more >
Report sets out bold ambitions to grow Scottish broadcast sector by 60%
A new report outlining ambitious aims for the Scottish television broadcast and production sector was launched yesterday evening. Growing the Television Broadcast and Production Sector in Scotland outlines a vision for sector growth of 60% over the next three years. more >
Implementing the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions in the European Union
This study provides a summary of the state of implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of 2005. more >
Arts Audiences publishes findings from organisations mentored by Google Ireland
Under the Arts Audiences New Media Mentoring Scheme, Google Ireland provided mentoring to four arts organisations across the country. A series of insightful reports from organisations have now been published on the Arts Audiences website. more >
Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Volume 40, Number 3
Volume 40 Number 3 / July-September 2010 of The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society is now available on the heldref.metapress.com web site. more >
September 2010
International visas and taxation: a guide for performing arts organisations in Australia and New Zealand
Each year hundreds of Australian and New Zealand artists perform overseas. This guide helps navigate the sometimes complex processes surrounding visas, work permits and taxes when preparing to tour internationally. more >
External evaluation of Artist Links England-Brazil
The Artists Links England - Brazil programme aimed to achieve an improvement in international opportunities and connections for artists living and working in England as well as increased resources for international exchanges, collaborations and co-productions and strengthened relationships with other national and international agencies. more >
The Qualities of Quality: Understanding Excellence in Arts Education
This report from Harvard University’s “Project Zero” explores the “complex factors, actors, and settings that must be aligned to achieve quality in arts education”. The report argues that, while “access to arts learning experiences remains a critical national challenge”, there is also a significant challenge in ensuring that arts education opportunities are of high quality. more >
Developing Progression Routes for Young South Asian (Kathak and Bharatanatyam) Dancers
The Centre for Advanced Training in South Asian and Contemporary Dance (CAT) was recently resourced by the Government’s Department for Children Schools and Families Music and Dance Scheme to commission research into the development of progression routes for young Kathak and Bharatanatyam dancers. more >
Music & Copyright
This book provides a more in-depth analysis of key copyright issues that those in the music industry face in their day-to-day operations. It contains lots of practical information, references to other useful resources and relevant examples. more >
Cultural Bloggers Interviewed
Cultural blogging is not (yet) a well-known category within the blogosphere and LabforCulture wanted to find out more. Who blogs? What are they blogging about? Which audiences and communities are being engaged? What are the economic models and how sustainable are they? These are some of the questions that are explored in the new Cultural Bloggers Interviewed publication. more >
The future of cultural policy – a future for the EU?
Representatives from the cultural sector, whether working for NGOs, public institutions or creative and cultural industries are commonly interested in the potential of culture to contribute to cross cultural understanding, to a new economic dynamic, to socially responsible societies which value imagination and creativity. more >
What's special? Opera, dance and music education for and with people with special needs across Europe
Integration of people with special needs- a key issue for our societies, and an inspiring challenge for opera and dance! more >
Strengthening the system of governance for culture in developing countries (EU/UNESCO) : fact sheet
This factsheet provides details of the two-year joint EU/UNESCO programme aiming to strengthen the system of governance for culture in the beneficiary countries through specific technical assistance missions. more >
Culture & Creative Industries Germany, Monitoring Report 2010
New Monitoring Report commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. more >
Study on the contribution of culture to local and regional development – Evidence from the Structural Funds
Culture is recognised as an important factor for economic development and the attractiveness of European regions and cities. However, the many other ways that culture is contributing to EU cohesion and regional policy are still largely unknown. more >
Status of the Artist in Canada, an Update on the 30th Anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist
Status of the Artist was first used in a process launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that culminated in 1980 in Belgrade, when the General Conference adopted the Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist. The 2010 Update was written by Garry Neil and published by the Canadian Conference of the Arts. more >
Cultural Trends: Volume 19 Issue 3
Cultural Trends: Volume 19 Issue 3 is now available online at informaworld. more >
World Giving Index
The “World Giving Index” is the first report of its kind looking at charitable behaviour across the world. Using data from Gallup’s Worldview World Poll CAF looked at three different types of charitable behaviour – giving money, giving time and helping a stranger and used the results to produce the “World Giving Index”. more >
Making Culture Accessible
This study is a general overview of existing legal and policy frameworks in Europe, covering access to and participation in cultural life, cultural provision and cultural rights. more >
The Creative Economy and Culture at the Heart of Innovation Policy
The creative economy and culture have emerged as an important element in regional competitiveness and innovation activities. This can be seen in the strategies and programmes of the European Union as well as Finland’s national strategies and programmes and as practical measures. more >
The Arts Council announces new policy on Cultural Diversity
The Arts Council today announced a new policy and strategy for Cultural Diversity and the Arts, and launched a pamphlet, Cultural Diversity and the Arts: Language and Meanings. more >
Canada Council for the Arts Annual Report 2009-10
Ottawa, September 29, 2010 – The Canada Council for the Arts awarded over $158 million in grants, payments, fellowships and prizes last year, it announced today in its 2009-10 Annual Report. The funds supported the creation, production and dissemination of art that instills a sense of identity and inspiration for Canadians. more >
Cultural Diversity and the Arts: Language and Meanings
The Arts Council today announced a new policy and strategy for Cultural Diversity and the Arts, and launched a pamphlet, Cultural Diversity and the Arts: Language and Meanings. more >
October 2010
Outcome document for the Summit
UNESCO has long advocated that sustainable development strategies sensitive to cultural assets are the key to addressing the interlinked economic, social and environmental problems confronting all societies today. Seizing the opportunity to revisit the international development paradigm, UNESCO has decided to spearhead a high-level round table on Culture for Development during the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals. more >
Redefining Places for Art. Exploring the dynamics of performance and location
Observing an apparent shift in the relationship between place and performance, this book explores whether, how, why and to what extent artists, administrators and audiences see place as an essential part of the twenty-first century performance experience. more >
Revolution or Renaissance: Making the Transition from an Economic Age to a Cultural Age
In Revolution or Renaissance: Making the Transition from an Economic Age to a Cultural Age, D. Paul Schafer subjects two of the most powerful forces in the world – economics and culture – to a detailed and historically sensitive analysis. more >
Beyond the craft ghetto: Harnessing creative industries to support development
Creative industries and the creative economy are relatively new fields in terms of study and analysis. Understanding of their relationship to international development is even more embryonic. Using a crossdisciplinary approach, this paper attempts to summarise some of the key areas of thought, highlighting why this is an important area for additional research. more >
Creativity as emergence : policy issues for creative cities
The creative industries concept was born in the UK, nurtured in Australia (among other countries), but is now being implemented most vigorously in China. more >
Methodology and indicators for valuing culture, including traditional knowledge, in Oceania
Culture has always been an integral component of development. The idea that ‘culture matters’ in development processes is not a new one, but the central role it plays in achieving sustainable development has only recently been recognised by development planners and incorporated into development policy. more >
Live from Your Neighborhood: A National Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals, Vol 1: Summary Report
This report combines key results from two investigative efforts—an online, national survey of outdoor arts festivals and seven case studies—to examine the range and variety of arts festivals in the U.S., the artists they employ, the communities they serve, and the roles they play in our cities, towns, and neighborhoods. The survey collected, for the first time, comprehensive data on a large cross-section of U.S. arts festivals, including information about audiences, arts programming, budgets, and operating structure. more >
Greening the Arts
Think pieces for a zero carbon future and a survey of sustainable arts practices. more >
Community Museums Pilot Project
A pilot project was initiated to test a model for supporting the diverse community museum sector. A Community Museums Officer 'broker' was employed in Victoria's Goldfields region to work with different community collecting organisations. The purpose was to explore opportunities for improved collections management and community engagement outcomes. more >
Artist Visa Applications: Arguments for Success
How do you argue when visa issuing offices and embassies continue to violate international recommendations and conventions? This Freemuse “Quick Guide” tackles various points set out in international conventions and recommendations to help you argue for smooth visa handling. more >
Informe anual sobre el estado de la Cultura y las Artes de Cataluña 2010
El primer informe anual elaborado por Conca. El informe se centra en el primer año de actividades y también proporciona un contexto para cada aspecto del análisis debe ser entendido. more >
Annual Report on the state of Culture and the Arts in Catalonia 2010
The first annual report prepared by CoNCA. The report focusses on the first year of activities and also provides context for each aspect of analyses to be understood. more >
Creative neighbourhoods and their social and economic benefits
Four reports and presentations that examine artistic neighbourhoods, spaces and districts, including the intersection of culture, economy and place. more >
Cultural Policies in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia
Interesting dynamics are at play on the cultural scene in Arab countries. An independent sector is emerging, which opens up space for contemporary artists and has an impact on the role and accountability of governments in cultural life. more >
Smaller cities show how arts can transform society
Can the arts stimulate the economy and regeneration in our smaller towns and cities? A new discussion paper argues they can. more >
Arts Audiences publishes customer service manual
As part of its ongoing work to publish resource material for arts organisations, Arts Audiences has made available a simple manual aimed at assisting arts organisations to assess and improve customer service to the public and users. more >
National Endowment for the Arts Announces First-Ever National Survey of Outdoor Arts Festivals
In a first-of-its-kind report, Live from Your Neighborhood: A National Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals finds outdoor artsfestivals attract a range of audiences, they enhance their communities as creative placemakers, and they are a gateway to arts attendance. more >
Art-Youth-Culture: FYI Report and Arts Council Response
The Arts Council’s Young People, Children, and Education team is pleased to announce the publication of a report detailing the findings from Art-Youth-Culture: FYI. more >
November 2010
Whole school change: a literature review
This literature review teases out some of the issues that sit beneath the term ‘whole school change’. It is not a comprehensive review of the ‘evidence’, but a focused synthesis of material judged to be relevant to all those involved and interested in the Creative Partnerships programme and its approach. more >
Advocacy Guide: Making the case for the Arts
This guide can help you to indicate how the arts are of value to society and the wider economy. more >
Consulting young people: a literature review
This review introduces readers to the field of consultation work with young people. It discusses why the views of young people should be sought, listened to and acted upon, citing a number of factors that make this an increasingly commonsense step to take. more >
A Delicate Balance: Music Education in Canadian Schools
While there has been extensive international research on the benefits of music education for young people, there has been only limited research on the state of music education in Canada. more >
The situation and needs of Canadian senior artists
In 2006, a group of artists’ associations and individuals came together in response to the growing awareness of the serious challenges facing Canada’s professional senior artists. With the intention of developing programs and services to respond to these challenges, they launched the Senior Artists Research Project (SARP) in 2009 to investigate the circumstances, situation, needs and interests of senior artists. more >
Craft & Environmental Sustainability
Craft has an essential role to play in building a more sustainable future, and in this briefing note we explore how makers are trailblazing the use of recycled and sustainably-sourced materials and pioneering new, low-impact alternatives. more >
The Artist as Philanthropist: Strengthening the Next Generation of Artist-Endowed Foundations
The National Study of Artist-Endowed Foundations, conducted for the Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, is the first effort to define and describe the artist-endowed foundation field in the US. more >
Consumer Spending on Culture in 2008
This report shows that Canadian consumers spent over $27 billion on cultural goods and services in 2008. The $27.4 billion in consumer spending on culture in Canada represents $841 for every Canadian resident. Consumer spending on culture is three times larger than the $9.2 billion spent on culture by all levels of government in 2007/08. more >
Creative Placemaking
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman, U.S. Conference of Mayors Executive Director and CEO Tom Cochran, and American Architectural Foundation President and CEO Ron Bogle are pleased to announce the Mayors' Institute on City Design's (MICD) most recent publication, Creative Placemaking by Dr. Ann Markusen, principal of Markusen Economic Research Services, and Anne Gadwa, principal with Metris Arts Consulting. more >
Anuario de estadísticas culturales 2010
El Ministerio de Cultura elabora el Anuario de Estadísticas Culturales 2010. more >
Cultural Statistics Yearbook 2010
The Ministry of Culture prepares the Cultural Statistics Yearbook 2010. more >
Work Plan for Culture 2011-2014
Conclusions of the Council and of the representatives of the governments of the member states, meeting within the Council. more >
Council conclusions on the role of culture in combating poverty and social exclusion
3046th Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council meeting, Brussels, 18 and 19 November 2010. more >
Culture and Class
Culture and Class, by John Holden, uses the UK as a case study to set out a democratic definition of culture for the coming times. Encouraging a culture that isn’t just available to everyone, but is produced by everyone is, the author argues, a crucial first step towards a more egalitarian society. more >
UNESCO: Creating Norms for a Complex World
This book traces the history of UNESCO from its foundational idealism to its current stature as the preeminent international organization for science, education, and culture, building a well rounded understanding of this important organization. more >
Mapping Cultural Diversity – Good Practices from Around the Globe
The German Commission for UNESCO and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) have launched the publication, Mapping Cultural Diversity – Good Practices from Around the Globe, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 29 November 2010. more >
The cultural and creative industries: a literature review
This literature review takes a sixty year trip from ‘The Culture Industry’, through the ‘cultural industries’, ending at the ‘creative industries’. Its main theme is the tension between culture and economics which lies at the heart of this terminology. more >
December 2010
Teachers - formation, training and identity: a literature review
This literature review provides an overview of how teachers have been trained since the late 19th century up to the present day. It considers connections between creativity and teacher identity. more >
Childhood, culture and creativity: a literature review
In this review, Jackie Marsh offers an overview of the literature surrounding the culture of childhood, looking at the debates surrounding how young children (defined here up to age 8) now grow up in complex, commercialised and media-saturated social worlds. more >
“Culture: Fourth Pillar of Sustainable Development” - Policy Statement
The members of United Cities and Local Governments share the vision that culture is the fourth pillar of sustainable development. more >
Endowments in the arts
The Arts Council's report contextualises the use of endowments in the wider landscape of philanthropy and fundraising on the one hand, and an organisation's capital structure on the other. more >
Arts Management Newsletter - Issue 100
We have decided to focus this jubilee issue on one continent that unfortunately receives too little attention: Africa. more >
Company support for the arts and culture in Finland in 2008 and the changes in the support 1999-2008. Summary
Since 1987 the development in company support for the arts and culture has been monitored at regular intervals by examining how much different sectors support the arts and culture, and how the support is allocated. more >
Measuring the value of culture: a report to the Department for Culture Media and Sport
There has been recognition, both within central government and in parts of the publically funded cultural sector, of the need to more clearly articulate the value of culture. As a result DCMS has established a partnership to co-ordinate a programme of work on measuring cultural value, and to provide leadership. more >
Intellectual Property and the Safeguarding of Traditional Cultures: Legal Issues and Practical Options for Museums, Libraries and Archives
Museums, libraries and archives carry collections of photographs, sound-recordings, films and manuscripts that document indigenous peoples’ and traditional communities’ lives, cultural expressions and knowledge systems. A new awareness has emerged of indigenous peoples’ and traditional communities’ interests in owning, controlling and accessing this documentation. more >
State and Culture: Studies of Contemporary Cultural Policy
The book is an original scientific contribution to the investigation of the contemporary cultural policy, particularly in the sections that are concerned with the comparative analysis of key words and contemporary strategies and instruments of cultural policy in Europe. more >
Creative Economy: A Feasible Development Option
A new development paradigm is emerging that links the economy and culture, embracing economic, cultural, technological and social aspects of development at both the macro and micro levels. more >
Culture and Development: Evolution and Prospects
This working paper aims to provide a useful instrument for those who wish to find out more about the relationship between culture and development. more >
Culture and development: action and impact
The compilation of projects presented in this brochure, although non exhaustive, illustrates the contribution and positive impact of culture in the development process, notably in terms of improving living conditions and the quality of life of beneficiaries, initiating dialogue and preventing conflicts. more >
Culture and the Policies of Change: Conference Reader
This report is a digest of the discussions that took place during the conference “Culture and the Policies of Change” that was held in Brussels on 6-7 September 2010. more >
Shift in Perspective: An arts and disability resource pack
This resource pack is the result of a partnership between the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Arts & Disability Ireland (ADI), Mayo County Council, the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and South Tipperary County Council. It grew out of the partner organisations’ work to develop innovative approaches in highquality
contemporary arts and disability practice, and to make arts venues more accessible to artists and audiences with disabilities.
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International Symposium on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources: Towards Sustainable Development for Indigenous Communities
The International Symposium took place from October 31 to November 4, 2010, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. The meeting was organized by the Ministry for Regional Development of the Russian Federation, in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). more >
65 Ways UNESCO Benefits Countries All Over the World
UNESCO turns 65 this year. The world has changed beyond recognition since the UNESCO Constitution was adopted in London in 1945. This anniversary brochure reflects the most important areas of UNESCO's work, and lists sixty five ways by which UNESCO makes a difference – today and every day, in countries all over the world. more >
The international who's who in cultural policy, planning and research >