Research: Coordination of arts policy research by national governments
Description
D'Art Report: Policy research by government arts agencies: a review of approaches
D'Art Topics in Arts Policy no.26, 2007
IFACCA
According to the report, the majority of national agencies undertake some sort of research activity, with all but four respondents undertaking research 'in house' and all bar one agency contracting research externally. Three of the four agencies that do not undertake research 'in house' contract research externally and the majority of agencies (11 out of 15) have a dedicated research unit, with units having staff sizes of between 1 and 15, with an average of 5 staff.
The report states that research budgets range from 0.28% to 7% of the organisation's total budget, with an average of 1.4%. Most agencies have a dedicated library (11 out of 15). Of these libraries, 7 are open to the public or have their catalogues online. Two agencies stated that they purchased library services externally while one agency received external library services free of charge.
There were four responses from other agencies representing a cross-section of other types of arts support/cultural policy agencies. All of thsoe agencies undertake research 'in house', one does not contract research externally and two have their own dedicated library.
Publications
Arts Inc. How Greed and Neglect have destroyed our cultural rights
A book written by Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assessing the current state of the arts in America. more >
D'Art report: Policy research by government arts agencies: a review of approaches
According to the report, the majority of national agencies undertake some sort of research activity, with all but four respondents undertaking research 'in house' and all bar one agency contracting research externally. more >
News
Appointment of National Arts Council Members
The Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts has appointed 11 new members to the National Arts Council for a 2 year term from 1 September 2008 to 31 August 2010. more >
New Arts RiPPA released
The Australia Council for the Arts has released the 20th edition of Arts RiPPA: Arts Research in Progress or Planned Across Australia. This digest profiles over 90 arts and cultural research projects currently underway across Australia. more >
Events
3rd Euroregional Cultural Conference
The event, entitled 'Innovation, research and culture', will particularly focus on the challenges brought about by the evolution from a Society of Information to a Society of Knowledge and its implications for cultural managers. more >
The big question
This interactive session will look at the participants experience of commissioning and using research to bid for and evaluate big events, ask questions of others with more (or different) experience, and look at ways in which our use of research in this context is changing. more >
Second IFACCA Researchers' Workshop
On 9-10 March 2007, the second workshop for IFACCA researchers was held in Singapore, hosted by the National Arts Council of Singapore (NAC) and IFACCA. Fifteen delegates from seven countries attended the workshop.
The international who's who in cultural policy, planning and research >