El 8 de septiembre es el día Internacional de la Alfabetización. La Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI), participa de esta celebración para reconocer los esfuerzos desarrollados en Iberoamérica en esta materia, una región que ha avanzado significativamente para erradicar el analfabetismo en su población de más de 625 millones de personas.

After a ten-year renovation, the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi has reopened with a programme that places arts education at its core.

The Programme - The goal of the Social Development Programme (SDP) is to ‘advance gender equality and equal development outcomes in the Pacific region’. SDP works with governments, regional organisations, civil society and other SPC divisions to build capacity, collaboration, knowledge and practice around social development.

Donations to Singapore's arts and cultural scene rose for the first time in three years, with in-kind giving at an all-time high of $24.5 million.

This evening’s Patron of the Arts Awards ceremony and dinner honoured 383 patrons who gave to the arts in 2018 – one of the highest in the history of the Awards. At the annual event organised by the National Arts Council (NAC), Minister for Culture, Community & Youth, Ms Grace Fu, conferred awards to 101 organisations and 282 individuals.

The Private Investment in Culture Survey, commissioned from research consultancy MTM, investigates the role individual giving, business investment and trusts and foundations play in funding arts and culture in England. The report uses latest available figures from 2015-18.