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November 2012: Fostering regional cooperation
TOP STORY
Landmark study reveals Latin America’s “invisible cinema”
While much has been written about community radio, community cinema in Latin America and the Caribbean “is almost as invisible, as the communities that it represents,” says leading expert Alfonso Gumucio Dagron. He was the coordinator and one of seven researchers who recently completed the first-ever study into the region’s growing community cinema sector.
With advances in technology making it easier for people to create their own audio-visual products, Latin America and the Caribbean has seen community cinema sprout up everywhere. These are driven by groups such as indigenous peoples, women, young people, Afro descendants, migrant workers, the people with disability and many others who are far too often overlooked by mainstream media.
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IMPACT STORIES
Forum inspires Asia-Pacific cultural cooperation
More and more countries in Asia-Pacific are investing in cultural industries as a key part of their socioeconomic progress. A timely three-day forum in May, organized by the Bangladesh Ministry of Cultural Affairs, brought representatives of 33 countries together in Dhaka. The focus was on exchanging experiences and exploring how UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions can further boost cultural industries and international cooperation in the region. The Forum concluded with the adoption of the Dhaka Ministerial Declaration on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. This landmark statement provides a foundation for future collaboration among participating countries. Read more...
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YAKAAR graduates boost West African performing arts sector
West Africa boasts one of the world’s most stunning arrays of music production. Based in Senegal – a capital for world music fans – Optimiste Produktions is among the leading producers of audiovisual products, live shows and festivals in the region. Recently the Organization used support from UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity to help establish a much-needed training center to assist young industry professionals across West Africa to gain specialist skills. Following a student selection processes, in 2011 the YAKAAR Centre for the Performing Arts opened its doors to scores of trainees from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. Read
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HIGHLIGHTS
Explore our projects funded in 2011
Exporting Caribbean music, highlighting the economic potential of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s film industry, introducing indigenous video content across Brazilian classrooms and combatting tackling the problem of youth unemployment through cultural industries are among the 17 exciting projects supported under IFCD’s 2011 funding cycle. Now you can explore all of these on our website. Each project has a detailed profile page. Check them out here.
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Public platform launched
We invite you to visit our new online public platform. Launched at the beginning of November, the platform is all about our commitment to transparency. The online documents include applications for the 2012 funding cycle and project evaluations that the Intergovernmental Committee will examine during their annual meeting in December. Ultimately it is the Committee’s job to decide which projects will go ahead, but now you can also see what is on offer.
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Young African experts gain new skills
A training workshop aiming at building the knowledge of young African experts about the 2005 Convention got underway last month with in Cape Town, South Africa. The African Arts Institute and UNESCO worked with 17 experts over five days. A French-language workshop is planned for a further 15 experts from 26 to 30 November in Dakar, Senegal in partnership with Culture et Développement. This Pilot Programme is funded by the UNESCO Emergency Fund. For more, visit our website.
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