As we head towards the end of a very strange year for international working in the arts, we are thankful that we have been able to stay connected virtually to our international partners. We’re hopeful and looking forward to a time in 2021 when we are able to connect and meet physically.

The Arts Council Korea announced on the 21st that it held the launching ceremony of the'Social Value Steering Committee', an advisory body for realising social values, in the conference room on the 3rd floor of the main building in Naju.

UNESCO has assessed the measures taken by governments to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on culture professionals and on the sector as a whole, an impact which appears to be more severe than previously assumed, according to data collected by the Organization and contained in a new policy guide.

The culture sector, which employs more than 30 million people globally, has been hit much harder than expected by the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said, urging targeted policies and actions to help it weather the crisis.

El Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, a través de la Secretaría de Desarrollo Cultural, la Dirección Nacional de Integración Federal y Cooperación Internacional y su Dirección de Coordinación Federal, convocó el jueves 17 de diciembre a la tercera y última Asamblea General del Consejo Federal de Cultura del año 2020.

Con la finalidad de brindar información a la comunidad cinematográfica y audiovisual del país sobre la continuidad en los apoyos al cine nacional, la Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México, a través del Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (Imcine), llevó a cabo la charla informativa “Apoyos al cine mexicano en 2021”, transmitida en vivo a través de Facebook.