Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA)

CDEA’s work  is aligned to the  2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity Cultural Expressions and the African Union Plan of Action for the Cultural and Creative Industries as well as the 1972 UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Our programming is focused around research, incubation and acceleration of the creative industries, support of creative writers through our Writers’ Lounge and implementation of projects around preserving natural heritage,  climate justice,  peace and social cohesion, sustainable cities and tourism.

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AuthorLitangen
CategoriesPARTNERS, Culture Sector Dev, former Grantee
TagsCulture and Development East Africa (CDEA), Tanzania

The Centre for the Creative Arts (CCA)

The Centre for the Creative Arts (CCA) is an inter-disciplinary hub in the School of the Arts in the College of Humanities at the University of Kwazulu-Natal. The Centre plays host to four festivals which over many years have built a strong international profile for artistic excellence and for how the arts are engaged to advance social change and to strengthen South Africa’s constitutional democracy.

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AuthorLitangen
Categoriesformer Grantee, PARTNERS, Culture Sector Dev
TagsSouthern Africa, The Centre for the Creative Arts (CCA)

Africulturban, Hip Hop and Urban Culture

In Senegal and in urban areas more generally, urban culture generates diverse and dynamic forms of expression without, however, the appropriate frameworks to best promote and contribute to the successful structuring of a sector that can generate substantial income and professionalize the chain of creation, production, distribution and export,  but also to optimize the networking and partnerships for urban culture to be truly taken into account by national and regional sectoral policie

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AuthorLitangen
CategoriesCulture Sector Dev, Narratives, PARTNERS, former Grantee
TagsAfriculturban

The Asociación Pro Arte y Cultura (APAC), Bolivia

APAC provides opportunities for artistic training, preserving and disseminating cultural heritage through promotion and cultural tourism, so that all the historical wealth and living culture existing in this region is valued so that it generates also an economic income for the population, allowing them to remain in their places of origin and preserve their cultural heritage.

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AuthorLitangen
Categoriesformer Grantee, Culture Sector Dev, PARTNERS
TagsThe Asociación Pro Arte y Cultura (APAC), Bolivia

Joint Call with Prince Claus Fund for projects in Africa

The Prince Claus Fund (NL) and Mimeta joined forces in an attempt to develop synergies by publishing a joint call for proposals. The call had a special focus on freedom of speech, censorship, marginalised groups and culture and conflict. 18 projects were selected from the call that covered countries in Arica that were underrepresented in our portfolios.

Former Grantees / See Notices / See the projects

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AuthorLitangen
CategoriesPARTNERS, former Grantee, Culture Sector Dev
TagsPrince Claus Fund