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FOMECC at the 4th Cultural Industries Forum

FOMECC at the 4th Cultural Industries Forum

On 20 November, Madrid hosted the fourth edition of the Cultural Industries Forum, organized by the Santillana Foundation and the Alternativas Foundation through their Observatory of Culture and Communication. The...

FOMECC Senegal at the 2nd African Creative Economy Conference

FOMECC Senegal at the 2nd African Creative Economy Conference

Organised by ARTerial from 14 to 16 November, in Dakar, Senegal, the conference brought together around 200 professionals from the creative field from over 40 African countries and served as...

FOMECC Colombia: Progress of the Cultural and Creative Industries Project in Urabá

FOMECC Colombia: Progress of the Cultural and Creative Industries Project in Urabá

The project "Promotion of the commercial network of the cultural sector in the Antioquia region, Uraba sub-region, Colombia" which is part of the Promotion of Cultural and Creative Industries Programme...

Haitian Cultural Industries Benefit from UNESCO Technical Assistance

Haitian Cultural Industries Benefit from UNESCO Technical Assistance

Funded by the European Union, UNESCO undertook the first of two technical assistance missions from 25 October to 4 November. The aim of the assistance is to support the Haitian...

Book on Strategic Management in the Arts

Book on Strategic Management in the Arts

'Strategic Management in the Arts' is the title of a recently-published book (Routledge) in which researcher, consultant and lecturer Lidia Varbanova has reviewed the existing theories and models of strategic...

New European Commission's Strategy to Boost Growth and Jobs in the Cultural and Creative Sectors

New European Commission's Strategy to Boost Growth and Jobs in the Cultural and Creative Sectors

The European Commission has recently presented a strategy to unlock the full potential of the cultural and creative sectors in the EU to boost jobs and growth. These sectors already...

"Resetting the Stage'': Dragan Klaić's Posthumous Book

"Resetting the Stage'': Dragan Klaić's Posthumous Book

The last work by Dr. Dragan Klaić, an expert in contemporary performing arts and European cultural policies, among other fields, who passed away in 2011, has been published. "Resetting the...

ARTerial: 2nd Conference on African Creative Economy (Dakar, Senegal, 14-16 November 2012)

ARTerial: 2nd Conference on African Creative Economy (Dakar, Senegal, 14-16 November 2012)

ARTerial: Conference on African Creative Economy. The second edition of this event will take place in Dakar, Senegal, with the aim to share research done until now on the creative...

FOMECC Senegal: Study on the Cultural Industries in Dakar, Thies and Louga

FOMECC Senegal: Study on the Cultural Industries in Dakar, Thies and Louga

In the framework of the FOMECC Senegal project, developed by Interarts and the Association des Métiers de la Musique du Sénégal, with the support of AECID, a report that analyses...

Study on Performing Arts Venues Networks and Circuits in Spain

Study on Performing Arts Venues Networks and Circuits in Spain

The Spanish Network of Public Theatres, Auditoriums, Circuits and Festivals has carried out an exhaustive research on networks and circuits bringing together performing arts venues in Spain for the period...