Third InterAmerican Meeting of Ministers of Culture

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• Third Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of
  Culture
• and Highest Appropriate Authorities

Report of activities carried out by the OAS
Technical Secretariat in support of the
Inter-American Committee on Culture (CIC) Work
Plan
Lenore Yaffee García Director, Department of
Education and Culture Organization of American
States
November 14, 2006 Montreal (Quebec), Canada
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Education and Culture
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Activities carried out by the OAS Technical
Secretariat in support of the CIC Work Plan

• Overview of the Presentation
• OAS Technical Secretariat and Culture Ministerial
  process
• Mechanisms for Cooperation
• Accomplishments 2005-2006/ Horizontal cooperation

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The OAS Technical Secretariat responsibilities
within the Culture Ministerial Process
SUMMITS OF THE AMERICAS
Set hemispheric priorities and mandates
Fosters political dialogue, serves as Technical
Secretariat. Assist member States to implement
and monitor the CIC Work Plan.

• Provide opportunities for policy dialogue and
  decisions

MINISTERIAL MEETINGS ON CULTURE
OAS

• Follow up on Summit and Ministerial mandates
• Infuse technical knowledge
• Help translate the informed dialogue into
  concrete cooperation strategies, with the
  assistance of the OAS Technical Secretariat.

INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON CULTURE (CIC) CIC
Authorities
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Summary Inter-American Cooperation in Culture

•   We recognize the important link between
  development and culture and we agree that support
  for culture in its many dimensions contributes
  to, among other things, the preservation and
  protection of national heritage, the enhancement
  of the dignity and identity of our people, the
  creation of decent jobs, and the overcoming of
  poverty.
• Declaration of the IV Summit of the Americas
• Mar del Plata, Argentina, November 2005

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OAS Secretariat and Development

• Executive Secretariat for Integral Development
  (SEDI)
• CIDI Strategic Partnership for Development
• building human capacity,
• strengthening institutions,
• contributing to the development of sound policies
  in the sectors in which we work.
• Priorities in culture draw from Summits of the
  Americas and Ministerial meetings of culture

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Main functions - OAS Technical Secretariat
Department of Education and Culture, SEDI

• POLITICAL DIALOGUE
• Maintain institutional memory, informs the
  appropriate bodies (CEPCIDI, OAS Missions, SIRG)
• Support CIC Authorities in developing CIC Work
  Plan and other substantive documents to
  facilitate CIC decision making and coordinate
  activities.
• HORIZONTAL COOPERATION
• Support horizontal cooperation by developing
  knowledge-sharing activities in cooperation with
  host countries. Compile the Permanent Portfolio
  of Promising Programs to share best practices.

• INTRA AND INTERINSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION
• Facilitate dialogue and coordination, within OAS
  and with other international, regional and
  sub-regional institutions identify opportunities
  for collaboration with civil society
• 5. Contribute to mobilizing additional
  resources through the elaboration of project
  proposals.

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Support to the Inter-American Committee on
Culture (CIC)

• POLITICAL DIALOGUE
• CIC MEETINGS
• Second CIC Meeting, August 2005. CIC Work Plan in
  light of the mandates from the Mexico
  Ministerial.
• Special CIC Meeting, March 2006. Present project
  proposals, approve CIC Work Plan and look ahead
  to the Third Ministerial of Culture.
• Ministerial Preparatory Meeting (August 2006)
• AUTHORITIES PLANNING MEETINGS
• Constant communication and periodic meetings to
  plan and monitor work plan (5 meetings during
  2006)

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Mechanisms for constant communication and
coordination

• Constant coordination and communication with CIC
  Authorities
• CIC Meetings
• Reports to OAS member States, through Missions
  and other appropriate forums (CEPCIDI)
• CIC Web site (bilingual)
• CIC Virtual Forum

CIC Web page www.oas.org/udse/cic
CIC Authorities Virtual Forum www.oas.org/udse/
cic
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Horizontal cooperation efforts Promising
Programs in Culture

• Countries identify their successful and cutting
  edge programs taking into account
• Criteria
• Sustainability (more than 5 years)
• Effectiveness (evaluations)
• Adaptability (flexibility to be shared and
  adapted to other environments)
• Generated useful materials (reports, lessons
  plans, training courses)
• Innovation (cutting edge)

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Horizontal cooperation efforts Promising
Programs in Culture

• Portfolio of Promising Programs in Culture
  (Ministerial Edition)
• Organized following 4 Ministerial themes
• The Preservation and Presentation of Cultural
  Heritage
• Culture and the Enhancement of Dignity and
  Identity
• Culture and the Creation of Decent Jobs and
  Overcoming of Poverty
• Culture and the Role of Indigenous Peoples.
• Contains 45 programs (25 new or updated
  programs, 20 from previous editions) from 14
  countries and 3 non-governmental organizations

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Horizontal cooperation efforts Knowledge-sharing
workshops

• Member States, through the CIC, identify programs
  of interest to determine the workshops and other
  collaborative activities.
• Host country determines its capacity and sets
  dates to hold a knowledge-sharing activity
• Identification of resources (Past activities have
  included funds from OAS/CIC, OAS Human
  Development Fund, other international
  organization support, and host country funds)
• Selection of participants (Usually technical
  personnel from the Ministries and Appropriate
  Authorities in the member States, or, through the
  OAS Human Development Fund, through an open
  competition)
• Mixed group, with equitable regional
  representation

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Knowledge-sharing workshops Portfolio of
Promising Programs in Culture

• Resources from
• OAS Reserve Subfund in Culture
• A one-time contribution (seed funds). US190,000
  
• All resources have been expended or committed in
  support of CIC- programmed activities.
• OAS member State support and leadership
• 2004-2006 Canada, Mexico, Chile, Trinidad
  Tobago, Honduras
• Other international organizations and OAS
  Departments
• Convenio Andres Bello, OAS Department of
  Education and Culture, Fund for Human
  Development, Department for Development Programs
  and Policies

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Knowledge sharing workshops 2005-2006
Community-based cultural preservation Mexico,
September 2005
Cultural Information Systems Three Subregional
Workshops - Caribbean, Trinidad, March 2006 -
Central America, Mexico, July 2006 - South
America, Chile, Sept. 2006
Rescue and promotion of indigenous and popular
crafts Honduras, December 2006
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Knowledge-sharing Workshop Community based
cultural preservation

• Hosted by CONACULTA and the National Institute
  for Anthropology and History of Mexico (September
  2005)

• Shared Mexicos experience with its Proyectos
  Integrales de Conservación del Patrimonio.
• Participants from 10 countries selected
  through a competitive selection process.
• Mexicos methodology, sharing experiences and
  existing approaches, application to own contexts.
  
• Outcomes Jamaica, involvement of local
  communities in proposal to recover historical
  downtown Kingston. Costa Rica, working sessions
  to explore use of methodology

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Knowledge-sharing Workshops Cultural Information
Systems

• Cultural Information Systems (Trinidad, March
  Mexico, July and Chile, September)

• Sub regional workshops to share experience
  of Canada, Mexico and Chile in the development
  and maintenance of their Cultural Information
  Systems
• Participation OAS member States and sub
  regional and international organizations
  (CARICOM, Convenio Andres Bello, UNESCO, OEI,
  UNDP)
• Outcomes
• Built new working relationships among
  technical officials in countries
• Identified specific needs for each region
• Included international organizations,
  facilitating future coordination.
• Next Steps Colombia offered to host a
  synthesis and programming meeting. January 2007.

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Knowledge-sharing Workshop Rescue and Promotion
of Indigenous and Popular Crafts

• Honduras, December 4-8, 2006

• To share Honduras experience with its
  Programa de Rescate y Promoción de la Producción
  Artesanal, Indígena y Tradicional de Honduras
  (PROPAITH) aimed at rescuing the indigenous
  artisan tradition and developing mechanisms to
  support craftspeople in the production and
  marketing of their products.
• 12 participants from all regions have been
  selected through a competitive process.

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Road ahead Third Ministerial of Culture and
List of Priority Activities

• Four main topics in CIC Work Plan derived from IV
  Summit of the Americas
• Preservation and presentation of cultural
  heritage
• Culture and the creation of decent jobs and
  overcoming poverty
• Culture and the enhancement of dignity and
  identity
• Culture and the role of indigenous peoples
• List of Priority Activities 2007-2008 emerging
  from the Third Ministerial

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• The OAS Technical Secretariat looks forward to
  continuing to support the culture agenda of the
  OAS member States through its support for the
  Inter-American Committee on Culture (CIC) and its
  authorities.
• THANK YOU!
• Department of Education and Culture
• Organization of American States

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