Our partner Action for Hope is inviting for their Fa’ael Forum. The 2022 edition aims to present a realistic image of the economic, political, and social challenges facing art and cultural practitioners in the Arab region, specifically those who are on the margins of the central and elitist art circles, and it will also attempt to probe into some of the strategies used to address these challenges.

This forum will bring together over 20 former participants in the Fa’ael programme from several Arab countries, who also proposed the discussion topics in the program. We also added to the program brief focus sessions to shed light on the reality of cultural work in Yemen, Libya and Sudan, since very little information is available to art and culture practitioners beyond these countries’ borders.

We hope that the Forum will provide an opportunity, both for participants and for the general public, to get acquainted with the work of art and culture activists and directors outside of elitist circles. This is the second edition of the Forum, following last years’ first edition which took place online and was streamed on social media platforms. (The invitation text of Action for Hope)

Thursday 1 September to Saturday 3 of September 2022
At Al Madina Theatre, Beirut - Lebanon

See program for the event
Download the Fa´ael Guide

PostedSeptember 1, 2022

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesCultural policy, Artistic Rights

TagsAction For Hope, Fa’ael Forum 2022, Lebanon

#Culture2030goal Statement on UNESCO Mondiacult 2022

As a contribution to the UNESCO Mondiacult Conference, to be held from 28 to 30 September 2022 in Mexico City, the #Culture2030Goal campaign issued a Declaration on 28 April. The Declaration calls for concrete, bold and engaging actions to accelerate the transition to a world where culture is at the heart of decision-making. It also calls for a stand-alone Goal on Culture. The campaign is organized by International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity and partners.

PostedJune 16, 2022

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesCultural policy

TagsUNESCO, #CULTURE2030GOAL

Det fjortende i rekken av det internasjonale Møtet mellom partnere for utvikling av kulturelle rettigheter i arabisk kulturliv vil i år arrangeres på Lillehammer i tilknytning til World Expression Forum (wexfo.no). Møtet samler et trettitalls representanter, fra fra krigsherjede land, fra land med autoritære regimer og land som har en betinget frihet for sektoren. Kunstnerisk frihet, tilgang til deltakelse i kunstproduksjon, ytrings- og forsamlingsfrihet er del av tematikken.

PostedMay 12, 2022

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights, Cultural policy

TagsWEXFO, Arab Arts and Culture

Nobel Laureates, worldwide organisations and brave voices meet at the World Expression Forum in Lillehammer on 30 and 31 May. (see wexfo.no). In the morning of the 31st - Mimeta and IRIS, The International Coalition of Artist at Risk and International Cities of Refuge (ICORN) welcome you to take part in our side-event, Landscapes of protection for artists at risk. The event will focus on the efforts and challenges in the structures that are set up to protect artists globally.

PostedApril 26, 2022

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights, Cultural policy

TagsWEXFO, artists at risk, ICORN

Norway officially announced its candidacy for the Executive Board of UNESCO for the period 2025-2029. The campaign has the support from all the other Nordic countries, including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden.

PostedMarch 31, 2022

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesFreedom of Expression, Cultural policy

TagsUNESCO

Arendalsbaserte Mimeta deltar i eiergruppen til i World Expression Forum (WEXFO.no), som nå etableres på Lillehammer. Ambisjonen er at forumet skal bli like viktig for ytringsfriheten som World Economic Forum er for verdensøkonomien.

PostedNovember 16, 2021

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights, Cultural expressions, Cultural policy

TagsWorld Expression Forum, WEXFO, Ytringsfrihetsstrategien i norsk utenriks- og utviklingspolitikk

Mimeta har i femten år arbeidet med kulturelle rettigheter, som inkluderer ytringsrettigheten for kunstnere. I norsk utenrikspolitikk har dette nå fått en prioritet ved fremleggelsen av ytringsfrihetsstrategien for norsk utenrikspolitikk. Denne ble lansert av Eriksen Søreide i sommer.

PostedJune 30, 2021

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights, Cultural policy, Cultural expressions

Tagskunstnerisk ytringsfrihet

Insights into Cultural Policies in Lebanon is a compilation of three studies that offers cultural researchers and workers, as well as others interested in cultural policies, an in-depth look at (1) the Legal Frameworks regulating the Lebanese Cultural Sector, (2) the public financing of culture, and (3) heritage and policymaking in the country. It is groundbreaking in its significant updates on research into cultural legislation, its exploration of essential details needed to understand the operational and budgetary mechanisms of the Ministry of Culture, and its highlight on threatened heritage, especially after the Beirut port explosion of 4 August 2020. The studies are introduced and edited by Hanane Hajj Ali and Nadia von Maltzahn, and were published in February 2021 after a long journey of research, drafting, and updating that began in 2017 by the Lebanese National Cultural Policy Group, with funding from Culture Resource and the Orient Institut.

See more!

PostedMarch 19, 2021

AuthorCato Litangen

CategoriesCultural policy, Human Rights

TagsHanane Hajj Ali, Nadia von Maltzah, Lebanon

Bobi Wine i FB melding 6. januar: "- After imprisoning our entire campaign team, today they blocked the new medical and security teams and also impounded the media cars. They said I must go to the campaign alone. They thought that would affect the s… — Bobi Wine i FB melding 6. januar: "- After imprisoning our entire campaign team, today they blocked the new medical and security teams and also impounded the media cars. They said I must go to the campaign alone. They thought that would affect the support we have from the people. This is us going through Iganga on our way to Namisindwa. This is a revolution. #WeAreRemovingADictator

Opptakten til presidentvalget i Uganda minner mest om et folkeopprør. Valgdagen 14. januar utfordrer Ghetto-musikeren Bobi Wine landets regime. Bak seg har Wine stjernestatus og millioner av landsmenn. En etter en tar seg nå over den høye muren av frykt som president Museveni har bygget gjennom 35 år ved makten. Valget trenger internasjonal oppmerksomhet.

PostedJanuary 7, 2021

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights, Cultural policy

TagsUganda, Bobi Wine, election

A first of its kind in the Arab region, the Master’s in Cultural Policy and Cultural Management is a two-year program taught in both Arabic and English. It is hosted by the Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ben M’sik, at the Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco. Culture Resource established this program with Hassan II University and the University of Hildesheim in Germany and its UNESCO Chair for Cultural Policies for Arts in Development as a cooperating partner. The program is supported by the Ford Foundation and the British Council.

PostedMay 5, 2019

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesInfrastructure, Human Rights, Cultural policy

TagsMarocco, mawred

Cultural Policy in the Arab Region has just published "Part Three of “The State of the Arts - Current Issues in Artistic and Literary Creativity in the Arab Region” first published at Jadaliyya website - 15/02/2018. Author of the article, Basma Al-Husseiny, will be part of the panel at The International Culture Seminar in Arendal, Norway, on 13th August 2018.

PostedApril 4, 2018

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesHuman Rights, Cultural policy

TagsArendalsuka, Action for Hope, Basma Al-Husseiny

Suggestions from Mimeta for the white paper on human rights in the Norwegian foreign- and development policy.

PostedFebruary 27, 2014

AuthorCato Litangen

CategoriesCultural policy, Human Rights

At a time when Mali lives an unprecedented political and identity crisis, we need more than ever to promote some of our values to get out of this abyss created by this situation. Today more than ever, Malians need to gather around what unites them. Today more than ever, the sons of this country must talk to each other, understand each other, and forgive each other. Because, dialogue is the best way to peace. Yes, dialogue to appease hearts; dialogue to learn from the past; dialogue to know and recognize each other; dialogue to accept each other despite our differences; dialogue to define the basic elements that will form the basis of the new Mali; dialogue to promote cultural diversity. Mali is characterized by the wealth of its artistic and cultural expressions. From Kidal to Kayes, each population has its particularity. And it is this mosaic that has always made the charm of this country.

PostedApril 10, 2013

AuthorCato Litangen

CategoriesMali, Platforms, Social Mobilization, Cultural policy

TagsMali

The purpose of the conference was to redefine what independence means to this sector, to identify its aspirations and its available resources and potential, and to revise its strategies and its current and prospective roles with respect to the social and political changes that are now unfolding.

PostedDecember 24, 2012

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesCultural policy, Cultural expressions

TagsCairo, mawred

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Ettijahat. Independent Culture and the Syrian Association for Culture and Knowledge, launch an open call for proposals within the framework of "Researches. To Strengthen Culture of Knowledge" project. This project is aimed at building the capacities of young researchers and granting them the opportunity to produce Researches linked to the Syrian Culture.

Application and all needed information are available on: www.ettijahat.org

PostedDecember 17, 2012

AuthorLitangen

CategoriesCultural policy

TagsSyria, Culture Research

The national cultural policy group (civil sector initiative) in Egypt presented to the parliament on Monday 19th March an outline of a proposed cultural policy and a plan for restructuring the ministry of culture.

PostedMarch 22, 2012

AuthorCato Litangen

CategoriesCultural policy, Egypt

TagsCulture policy, Egypt, Mawred, Mimeta

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