The 51st Meeting of the Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA 51) and 12th Conference of the Pacific Community (SPC) concluded this week with the adoption of the organisation’s new 10-year strategic plan and the return of the United Kingdom as a full SPC member. CRGA 51 was chaired by French Polynesia, while Vanuatu was host for the 12th Conference.

From 27 November to 2 December 2021, the Angolan capital will host the second edition of the Luanda Biennale – the Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace. Organised in partnership between UNESCO, the Angolan government and the African Union, the Biennale aims to promote the prevention of violence and the resolution of conflicts, by encouraging cultural exchanges in Africa, dialogue between generations and the promotion of gender equality.

This month, recent headlines focus on arts, culture and climate change as the international community continues to confront the climate emergency.

Original es un espacio de encuentro entre maestras y maestros artesanos, diseñadores tradicionales y no tradicionales con empresas internacionales para exhibir el trabajo artístico de los pueblos y comunidades creativas de México y para que, desde el respeto y la ética, se establezcan colaboraciones justas.

Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, Chairman of Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), welcomed Eldevina Materula, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Mozambique, at the SBA headquarters, to explore new opportunities to facilitate cultural and creative exchange between Sharjah and Mozambique.

En el marco del Mercado de las Industrias Culturales Argentinas (MICA), el Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, a través de la Secretaría de Desarrollo Cultural, desarrolló Nodos MICA, una serie de actividades y acciones que buscan promover, visibilizar y poner en valor a las industrias culturales regionales de Argentina, federalizado y descentralizando los alcances del MICA y convirtiéndolo, a su vez, en un mercado itinerante que se mueve y traslada por distintos puntos del país.