IFACCA's Executive Director, Sarah Gardner, was an official observer at the Second Meeting of the Interamerican Committee on Culture (la Comisión Interamericana de Cultura, or CIC) in Washington DC, USA, last week. Convened by the Organisation of American States (OAS), the committee comprises representatives of the ministries of culture and highest appropriate authorities from the 34 OAS member states. Its role is to coordinate the work of the interamerican ministerial dialogue on the theme of culture. One of 11 agreed outcomes from the meeting was the consideration of forming an interamerican chapter of IFACCA with the aim of sharing information and comparative research. Ms Gardner also participated in the Meeting of the Network of Cultural Observatories of the Americas held immediately prior to the CIC meeting.