IFACCA is pleased to announce that a new edition of Cultural Policy Quick Facts is now available incorporating revised and updated information received from arts agencies.

Cultural Policy Quick Facts is a collection of basic data and comparative analysis that was first presented at the IFACCA CEO Leadership Seminar and the World Summit on Arts and Culture in Santiago, Chile, in January 2014.  

This larger Cultural Policy Database project, on which Cultural Policy Quick Facts is based, collects  information on the cultural policies and policy structures in 215 countries and regions around the world. A draft version of each country’s profile information was sent in November to key contacts in each country, and feedback received has been incorporated in this new version. This information will be used to create the IFACCA Cultural Policy Database which will be launched later this year.  The database lists, for each country the names of and, where available, the URL for:

• a written cultural policy and related public consultation process (when available) 
• the main elements of national cultural policies, cultural policy planning, national strategies and policy guidelines 
• the highest government authority in relation to national cultural policies and related arm's length agencies 
• the main legal documents relating to culture
• national policies related to private and individual support for the culture sector
• policies related to creative and cultural industries, and   
• observations and documents of interest

The IFACCA Cultural Policy Database complements WorldCP (www.worldcp.org), the growing collection of analytical cultural policy profiles that describe all policies relating to or having an impact of culture in a given country. WorldCP is based on the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe, which includes profiles for 42 countries.

It also complements IFACCA’s National Directory, the most comprehensive international listing of news and contacts for arts councils and ministries of culture. The Directory is available via the map on the right-hand-side of the IFACCA website, www.ifacca.org. The Directory contains detailed information for the main national government arts support agency, including, where possible:

• contact 
• key personnel  
• country information - news, publications and events for that country 
• inks to other key information

The Directory is generated directly from IFACCA’s database, so the information is updated as soon as IFACCA becomes aware of any changes.

http://media.ifacca.org/files/CulturalPolicyQuickFacts01Feb2015.pdf