The Arterial network to Facilitate Participation of African Journalists at the Highway Africa Conference
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2010 Cultural Policy Themes
Up one levelCulture and Development
Placing culture at the heart of development policy constitutes an essential investment in the world's future and a pre-condition to successful globalisation processes that take into account the principles of cultural diversity. By Mike van Graan.
Understanding Creative Industries
Throughout the world creative industries possess a natural economic potential and an implicit capacity to foster cultural diversity in the global market. In the transition towards modern knowledge-based economies, creative industries have become increasingly important components of national economies and global trade. This has made it imperative for us to explore this theme in the African context. By Avril Joffe.
The Nairobi Plan of Action on Cultural Industries: A civil society response
The 2005 Nairobi Plan of action on African cultural industries was prepared as a review of The Dakar Plan of Action (1992) which was prepared in the spirit of World Decade for Cultural Development (1988-1997) and the Treaty of Abuja (June 1991) establishing the African Economic Community (Protocol on Culture and African Cultural Common Market: Article 70, Chapter XII: Education, Training and Culture). This review was done in preparation for the First Edition of the Pan-African Congress and Fifth Session of the Conference of African Ministers of Culture 2005. It was readopted at the second conference of African Ministers of Culture held in Algiers in 2008. Having realised how important the civil society is in the implementation of the policy document, the Arterial Network organised its second conference under the theme “Advancing the rights and status of African artists through the Nairobi Plan of Action on Cultural Industries”. We are convinced that indeed the Nairobi Plan represents an opportunity for civil society organisations to promote their interests and better conditions for artists working and living in African countries. By Mulenga Kapwepwe.
Culture, Cultural Diversity and Climate Change
This paper seeks to tackle the topic of culture and climate change. Its purpose is to introduce the topic, to consider how it might be relevant to African conditions (if at all) and to encourage debate and in order to work towards a civil society response to the topic. It does not reflect the views of Arterial Network on climate change but it is an introductory paper that will be developed through seminars, reading groups and discussion over the course of the year. By Florence Makanga.
