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Culture Minister Trond Giske will use NOK 1 million (USD 151,600) to find out exactly what kind of living conditions artists have in modern Norway.

The Memory of the World Committee of the Barbados National Commission for UNESCO has organised training for 30 local librarians in digitisation.

IFACCA's website contains a wealth of research information on arts policy topics as broad as: funding, dance, indicators, disability, artist mobility and copyright. And there are always new reports underway. For the full list, visit the IFACCA website: www.ifacca.org These topics are part of our D'Art program, which aims to consolidate our collective knowledge on contemporary issues in arts support, and to uncover information that would be difficult or impossible to find. If you have a topic you would like to suggest for D'Art, please contact us at [email protected] Topics for which we have completed reports: Defining artists for tax and benefit purposes International comparisons of arts participation data National Copyright Management Systems Conflict of Interest Policies in Arts and Culture Funding Agencies Musical Instrument Schemes Arts and Disability Policies Successful Dance Policies and Programs Artists’ International Mobility Programs Statistical Indicators for Arts Policy (and don't forget our paper for the Australia Council, Making Cross-country Comparisons of Cultural Statistics: Problems and Solutions) Assistance to Arts and Culture Festivals We have also done brief notes on the following topics with a view to developing information further: Encouraging Arts Philanthropy Inter-country comparisons of government arts expenditure Arts Advocacy Arguments Topics we are currently seeking information on: Independence of arts funding from government Associations of Arts Managers Indigenous arts contacts Cultural development in rural and remote regions Ethics in Cultural Policy Audience Development Initiatives Legal Services for the Creative Sector Status of the Artist legislation and policies If you have information on any of these topics - completed or in progress - please do not hesitate to contact us at: [email protected]

La FICAAC ofrece una ‘puerta’ a los consejos de las artes y agencias culturales de financiación culturales del mundo. La página web de la FICAAC es una fuente internacional de creciente importancia y centro de información para todos aquellos interesados en las políticas y estrategias para el fomento del desarrollo de las artes y la cultura.

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand will have distributed $1.1 million to local artists using income generated from its endowment fund by the end of this year.