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Culture and development.ppt
1. •
• 2016 European Culture Forum
Brussels 20 April 2016
Aida Liha Matejicek, PhD
Head of Unit
DG DEVCO
B4, Education, Health, Culture
International
Cooperation and
Development
DEVCO
XIII Flash Session Culture and Development
2. Structure of the presentation
- - Culture and Development: Intro to the EU policy framework
and commitments
- - ACPCultures +
- - What role for culture in development?
- - Examples: UNESCO Expert Facility; Sri Lanka; Niger, Ivory
Coast
- - Culture and development: Future perspectives
- - Useful links
3. International
Cooperation and
Development
DEVCO
Culture and development:
EU policy framework and commitments
• International commitments
(Agenda 2030; 2005 UNESCO Convention)
• EU level agreements (Cotonou Agreement; European
Consensus for Development (2006), Council Conclusions
on culture in the EU's external relations with a focus on
culture in development cooperation, 11/2015)
• European Commission documents (Communication EU
Strategy for International Cultural Relations)
4. International
Cooperation and
Development
DEVCO
The role of culture in development
• Culture as the tool to achieve inclusive, equitable and
sustainable society
• Culture as vector for economic growth and jobs
• Culture as a tool for building of social cohesion
• Culture particularly effective (sometimes the only available
tool) in development efforts in a broad spectrum of difficult
contexts
6. ACPCultures +: Spécific objectives
Culture is an integral component of the ACP-EU Development
cooperation Strategy defined in the Cotonou Agreement (particularly
Article 27).
Following this agreement, 3 meetings of ACP Ministers of Culture
have defined the main political and strategic priorities for the sector:
- The Dakar Declaration and its Action Plan (2003)
- The Santo Domingo Resolution (2006)
- The Brussels Resolution (2012)
ACPCultures + is the 3rd intra-ACP support program for the sector.
7. - Highlight ACP diversity of cultural expressions;
- Support and strengthen access to local, regional,
intra-ACP and international markets for cultural
services and goods in ACP States;
- Reinforce ACP cultural operators’ skills;
- Promote intra-ACP and ACP-EU partnerships;
- Contribute to improve the regulatory environment in
ACP cultural sectors
ACPCultures +: Specific objectives
8. Activities carried out in over 60 ACP countries and
involving more than 200 cultural operators working in
partnership
ACPCultures +: Key figures
9. ACPCultures +: Component of cultural policy
Besides financing and following-up projects, the
Programme aims to improve the regulatory framework
and cultural policies of the ACP Group of States.
Studies, tools, recommendations for cultural decision
makers in ACP countries:
10. Documentation Center on the Website
- The Library gives access to a search engine which allows to consult
more than 400 reference documents on cultural industries policies in
ACP countries and in the world.
ACPCultures +: Component of cultural policy
11. International
Cooperation and
Development
DEVCO
What role for culture in development?
Example: UNESCO/EU Expert Facility
Project: UNESCO/EU Expert Facility
(EUR 1,5 M - DCI)
Results:
• Set up of global TA facility to support
cultural governance; missions to 13
countries (on demand).
• Training & capacity building
methodologies.
• Development of national policies,
strategies and recommendations in 4
countries
e.g. National Strategy for
the Creative Industries in
Vietnam
Photo from High-Level Seminar: The
inclusion of Culture in Development
Programmes, Brussels, 5 June 2015
12. International
Cooperation and
Development
DEVCO
What role for culture in development?
Example: Sri Lanka
Project Results:
• North-South exchange programmes
for cultural actors and universities
(785 participants).
• Small grants for cultural productions
and local initiatives (1400
participants).
• Facilitated cultural festivals to
establish networks for social
integration and reconciliation (6025
participants).
• Mobile theatre campaign promoting
bi-lingualism and multiculturalism
(11000 participants).
Photo: Bilingual multi-ethnic theatre group: performance
from a mobile theatre festival in Badulla, Sri Lanka,
2015
13. International
Cooperation and
Development
DEVCO
What role for Culture in Development?
Example: Niger
The project enables:
• Identification and preservation of
earthen architecture in West Africa;
Awareness raising; public-private
partnership in culture.
Project Results:
• Trained 116 people trained
(technical and entrepreneurial
capacities)
• Created 50 jobs
• Constructed 1 pavilion for earthen
architecture
• Established Network for promotion
of eco-materials in Niamey
• Series of conferences :The morning
of earthen architecture'
Photo: Restaurant «Le Pilier», Niamey,
Niger, 2015
14. What role for Culture in Development?
Example: 'Run', Ivory Coast
- 'Run', directed by Philippe Lacôte, 2014
- Participated actively in the national reconciliation debate.
15. International
Cooperation and
Development
DEVCO
Culture and development:
future perspectives
• Global Public Goods and Challenges (GPGC):
Intercultural dialogue & local authorities – 2016 (EUR 30
million for the period 2014-2020).
• Intra ACP (11th EDF): Cultural and creative industries
(EUR 40 million for the period 2014-2020).
16. GPGC Culture
Culture as enabler of intercultural dialogue
Areas of cooperation:
• Promotion of inter-cultural dialogue, cultural diversity and
respect for the equal dignity of all cultures, and
• Supporting culture as a promising economic sector for
development and growth.
17. Intercultural dialogue and local authorities –
Specific objectives
- to contribute to the emergence of a social, political and
economic environment where all members of the community
can fully participate in and benefit from the development
process;
- to contribute to more socio-economic equality, social
cohesion, increased opportunities for all and better
representation in the democratic and decision making process;
- to promote the inclusion of the intercultural dialogue
dimension in local authorities’ development strategies;
- to protect cultural heritage
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