IFACCA celebrates its fifth anniversary
IFACCA, 02 March 2006, Australia
On 5 March 2001, Sarah Gardner started work on creating an 'international federation of arts support agencies' voted into existence by delegates to the 2000 World Summit of Arts and Culture in Ottawa, Canada. Now, with members and affiliates in over 50 countries on five continents, five international meetings staged, 25 D'Art research questions distributed and 15 reports released, over 5,000 ACORNS stories published, nearly 200 entries in the country directory, the 'Wow Factor' released, two World Summits and three websites (IFACCA, artsummit and connectCP) created (and still only three staff), IFACCA's mission 'to create an international resource and meeting ground for all those whose public responsibility it is to support excellence and diversity in artistic endeavour' is firmly established. In reaching the milestone, Ms Gardner thanked members for their financial support, the board members for their wise counsel and the secretariat team for their hard work and unwavering commitment. 'We all look forward to the challenges of the next five years,' she said.