Cultural Policy and Management Conferences-9: Cultural Heritage and Post-War Recovery
Professor. Sultan Barakat (Founding Director of the Doha Institute, Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies) will be our guest for the ninth annual Cultural Policy and Management Conferences organised Cultural Policy and Management Research Center (KPY). Professor Barakat will share with us his ideas and work on the new dynamics in the process of protection and improvement of the cultural heritage, which has been destroyed in different geographies of the world with the reason of armed conflicts in recent years.
20 Apr, 2018
International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) has launched its 9th call for applications. Since Turkey officially became a party to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 on February 2, 2018, the fund now accepts applications from Turkey as well. Applications should be in English or in French. The implementation process of the projects is going to take 12 to 24 months and will start earliest on March 2019.
11 Apr, 2018
In accordance with the agreement signed between Istanbul Bilgi University and the UNESCO Director General, a UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Cultural Diplomacy was established within the University.
11 Apr, 2018
There are many examples of courageous citizens drawing on culture and creativity as a way of contributing to better ways of living together. These individuals or collectives work with their communities, peers, policy-makers or institutions, and include unheard or dissenting voices.
11 Apr, 2018
The Camargo Foundation, based in Cassis, France, recently announced their new Residency Program. This new program is initiated as a collaboration with LabexMed. The Camargo Foundation and the LabexMed Program are keen to stimulate relations and cultural exchanges between researchers and artists of the Mediterranean Basin, in order to support the development of projects at the interface of HSS and the arts with the aim of a common production. Deadline to apply is April 25th, 2018.
22 Mar, 2018
The international and interdisciplinary conference “Do It Together. Participatory Governance in Culture: Exploring Practices, Theories and Policies” took place November 22-24, 2017 in Rijeka, as a culmination of the partnership between Kultura Nova Foundation and Rijeka 2020 LLC, with the collaboration of European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA). The conference was organized as the final activity of the “Approaches to Participatory Governance of Cultural Institutions” project, supported by UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity.
22 Mar, 2018
“A shared European future is only possible with substantial and sustainable funding for culture both across policy fields as well as in the framework of a specific cultural programme.”
22 Mar, 2018
Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) is a research group from University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy & Practice in Philadelphia, one of the most important educational institutions in the USA.
22 Mar, 2018
On the occasion of 2018 becoming European Year of Cultural Heritage, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee will organize a range of initiatives and events which will provide greater engagement with and involvement in cultural heritage throughout the year. European Year of Cultural Heritage, celebrated with thousands of events till the end of 2018, aims to guide people towards an appreciation of the importance of cultural heritage as a universal value for individuals, communities and societies in building the future; the search for ways of conservation and maintenance of heritage and the 4 different kinds of cultural heritage (tangible, intangible, natural, digital).
10 Feb, 2018
Marking a new beginning for civil society participation in the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, the questionnaire study, initiated for monitoring CSOs’ awareness and implementation of the Convention, has been completed. A civil society activity report has been published in the context of results to the questionnaire, conducted by the cultural diversity coalitions that carry out the advocacy of the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in different countries of the world.
10 Feb, 2018