Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 14 May 2026

This month our focus is on the creative economy and investment in the cultural and creative sectors (CCS). In April, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published its report Growth in the New Economy: Towards a Blueprint, which offers a timely assessment of the global economic landscape, and how major structural shifts – accelerating AI, geopolitics, record levels of debt, demographic change and evolv…

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 16 April 2026, International

This month we highlight two key stakeholders in the cultural ecology: cultural workers and the public at large, reflecting on the dimensions of culture (from our Dossier for Mondiacult) as a sector and as an essential dimension of any liveable society.

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 20 March 2026, International

In the last month, UNESCO launched its fourth edition of the 2026 UNESCO Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity report marking 20 years since the adoption of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The report draws on 133 quadrennial reports by its Member States. As an active partner of UNESCO and champion of the 2005 Convention, IFACCA shares som…

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 19 February 2026

Welcome to February’s edition of ACORNS, your international news round-up for arts and culture policy. As the year gets underway, governments are setting new initiatives in motion in digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) as well as in culture and education. This month we also share developments on upcoming new cultural strategies and policies around the world.

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 22 January 2026

Welcome to your first ACORNS for 2026 where we share a brief international news round-up. In the last few weeks, we witnessed various actions to launch us into the new year, with a focus on the creative economy, intellectual property protection, recognition of cultural workers and the role of culture in other and broader policy agendas

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 11 December 2025, International

As 2025 draws to a close, we reflect on a milestone year that marks one quarter century since the genesis of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies and since the assembly of our first World Summit on Arts and Culture. It also marks 20 years since the adoption of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the pri…