Browsing by discipline: Cultural Policy

Discipline:Contemporary Arts, Cultural Management, Cultural Policy

Arts Access Australia (AAA) is the peak national body for arts and disability. They work to increase opportunities and access for people with disability as artists, arts-workers, participants and audiences. Read More

Victorian College of the Arts

Discipline:Cultural Education, Cultural Policy, Design, Music, New Media, Performing Arts, Photography, Theatre, Visual Arts

The Victorian College of the Arts brings together an extensive range of creative disciplines including Art, Dance, Theatre, Film and Television, Contemporary Music, Music Theatre, Production, Community Cultural Development and Indigenous Arts Management. Read More

Regional Arts Australia

Discipline:Cultural Management, Cultural Policy, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

Regional Arts Australia is the key national body representing the broad and complex interests and concerns of those working with and for the arts in regional, rural and remote Australia. Read More

National Association for the Visual Arts

Discipline:Cultural Policy, Design, Visual Arts

The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is the national peak body for the visual and media arts, craft and design sector working through advocacy and service provision, to achieve a flourishing Australian visual arts sector and a more vibrant, distinctive and ethical cultural environment. Read More

Kultour

Discipline:Contemporary Arts, Cultural Policy, Intercultural Dialogue, Performing Arts, Theatre

Kultour is the national network that advocates for cultural diversity in the arts as a service provider, facilitator and supporter of high quality mobile programs across Australia. Read More

Design Institute of Australia

Discipline:Cultural Policy, Design

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) is Australia’s professional membership body for designers and design businesses. Read More

Cultural Development Network

Discipline:Cultural Policy, Cultural Research, Intercultural Dialogue

The Cultural Development Network is an independent non-profit organisation that links individual practitioners, community organisations and government across Victoria around issues of cultural vitality. Read More

Asialink

Discipline:Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Management, Cultural Policy, Dance, Intercultural Dialogue, Literature, Performing Arts

Asialink is Australia’s leading centre for the promotion of public understanding of the countries of Asia and of Australia’s role in the region. The organisation is a key provider of information, training and professional networks. Read More

Australian Council for the Arts

Luxembourg, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Policy, Cultural Research, Dance, Intercultural Dialogue, Literature, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body. They support Australia’s arts through funding, strengthening and developing the arts sector. They collaborate… Read More

Australian National Commission for UNESCO

Australia, International, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Management, Cultural Policy, Cultural Research, Heritage

The Australian National Commission for UNESCO International Organisations Branch is the Australian Government focal point for UNESCO. The National Commission provides expert analysis and policy advice to the Australian Government on UNESCO matters and acts as a point of liaison between government, the community and UNESCO in Australia. Read More

Indonesia Kreatif

Asia, Indonesia, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Policy

Indonesia Kreatif Portal is an official government information portal dedicated to the creative industries in Indonesia. Its aim is to gather the creative players, businesses, and policymakers in Indonesia to… Read More

European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies

Austria, Europe, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Policy, Cultural Research

The European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies is concerned with intensifying networking among actors in the cultural field. It participates in their transversal practices of cooperation and develops their processual discourses on the arts and on the instruments of cultural policies. Read More

Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research (Luxembourg)

Discipline:Cultural Policy

In the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, the Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research is implementing the cultural policy, culture being understood as a vast factor shaping all societies, integrating at the same time the arts, literature, customs and habits, fundamental human rights, creativity and acceptance of the other. More than 33% of those who live in Luxembourg are not “nationals”. Therefore, the Ministry of Culture is conscious that culture needs to appeal to the country’s many component communities. Read More

Italian Ministry for Heritage and Cultural Activities

Italy, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Policy

Since 2000, the Ministry for Heritage and Cultural Activities / MiBAC has been entrusted with the full range of core cultural functions: heritage, museums, libraries and archives, visual arts, performing arts and cinema, cultural institutions, copyright, with the only exception being communications (radio television and the press). Read More

German Ministry of Education, Science and Culture

Germany, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Policy

The ministry is responsible for the state’s educational institutions – from all its kindergartens and schools to further training programmes for its teachers. University and research policy is the second focus of the ministry’s activities. The third focal point is promoting the state’s culture in all of its diversity. The division also includes the State Centre for Political Education and the office of the State Commissioner for the Files of the State Security Service of the Former GDR. Read More

Ministry of Education and Culture Finland

Finland, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Policy

Within the Government, the Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for developing education, science, cultural, sport and youth policies, and international cooperation in these fields. There are two ministers at the Ministry of Education and Culture: the Minister of Education and Science, Mr Jukka Gustafsson, is responsible for matters relating to education and research and the Minister of Culture and Sport, Mr Paavo Arhinmäki, for matters relating to culture, sports, youth, copyright and student financial aid. Read More

Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Policy

Culture can be viewed as a „ticket to the future“ ; once again the Czech Republic wants to become a cultural crossroad, it wants to utilize its natural position in a free, open and creative way in the creation of its own culture, in the preservation of cultural heritage and its application in every realm of social life. Read More

Austrian Foreign Ministry

Austria, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Policy

A proactive and innovative international cultural policy is a quality benchmark of Austria’s foreign policy. Its tasks and objectives are precisely formulated in the NEW International Cultural Policy Concept, which has been in force since 2001. In a nutshell, it aims at creating international moments of attention for the creative side of Austria using culture as a medium. Read More

Ministry of Culture (Spain)

Spain, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Policy

The action of the Ministry of Culture revolves around three central themes: the acknowledgement of cultural diversity, the strengthening of co-operation and the consideration of culture as a tool for economic development and social cohesion. Read More

Aga Khan Foundation

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is a private, not-for-profit, non-denominational, international development agency established in 1967 by His Highness the Aga Khan.
Its mission is to develop and promote creative solutions to problems that impede social development,
primarily in South and Central Asia and East Africa. Read More

International Intelligence on Culture

International Intelligence on Culture, led by Rod Fisher, is an independent company specialising in consultancy, research, analysis and training on cultural policy with an international dimension. It can draw on collective experience in more than 40 countries worldwide. It works on the belief that international perspectives can enrich solutions to local and national issues. Read More

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

Discipline:Cultural Policy

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is responsible for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and helps drive the Digital Economy. Its aim is to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries. The DCMS is responsible for policies in the arts, creative industries, and museum and galleries, among others. Read More

Equity

Netherlands, Organisations

Discipline:Cultural Management, Cultural Policy, Performing Arts

Equity is the UK trade union for professional performers and creative practitioners. Equity members form a cultural community that is of major importance to the UK in artistic, social and economic terms and Equity works to support them by negotiating their terms and conditions including fee structures with all kinds of employers and employer’s groups. Read More

Boekman Foundation

Discipline:Cultural Policy, Cultural Research

The Boekman Foundation collects and disseminates knowlegde and information about the arts and culture in both policy and practice. It stimulates research and the development of opinion on the production, distribution and take-up of the arts and on national and international policy on the arts and culture. Read More

Arts Council England

Netherlands, Organisations

Arts Council England is the national development and promotion agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from government and the National Lottery. At the international level, the Council aims to empower the arts community to work internationally, to develop international knowledge and capacity, and to help internationalise England culturally at a wider and deeper level. Read More

DOD

Discipline:Cultural Management, Cultural Policy, Dance

DOD, the industry organisation for dance, is the employer’s association and lobby group for dance companies with long-term subsidies in the Netherlands. The association is the industry organisation for the Dutch professional theatre dance sector and functions as an employer organisation that also represents the interests of the dance sector in general. Read More

Council of National Cultural Institutions (CNCI)

Ireland, Organisations