As a federation of government institutions, how governments can adapt – and indeed are adapting – to the changing environments and contexts in which they work is an ongoing priority being tackled by our members (which our World Summit and Americas Cultural Summit both clearly demonstrated).

The future of policy and public support for arts and culture is at the fore of our thinking this month. At the end of June, delegates gathered in Buenos Aires for the Americas Cultural Summit 2019, hosted by the Secretary of Culture of the Nation of Argentina in partnership with IFACCA.

This month our attention is focussed on UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

Intellectual property and copyright are back in the spotlight this month. In April, the Council of the European Union approved the Directive on Copyright in the Single Digital Market, which will soon require Member States to start legislating at a national level.

This month we are pleased to release the 8th World Summit Report, which offers insight into the knowledge, experience and perspectives shared by participants and details the conversations that took place. It also presents the issues that participants identified as key areas that require action from the international arts and culture community.

In two short weeks, we will welcome delegates to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the 8th World Summit on Arts and Culture. In anticipation of the conversations that will take place, this week we are pleased to release our 8th World Summit Discussion Paper; as well as a public version of Artists, Displacement and Belonging, our recent report for National Members of the Federation.