04 May 2021

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Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 16 April 2021, International

In recent weeks, the headlines have shown continued focus on collective long-term thinking for the cultural and creative sectors beyond the pandemic.

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 12 March 2021, International

The March 2020 issue of ACORNS was our first to address global responses to COVID-19 in the arts and culture sector. One year later, the headlines reflect the ongoing efforts of national governments and international actors worldwide to support and revive the arts and culture sector in the context of the pandemic, and to gauge and communicate its effects.

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 12 February 2021, International

Over the last twelve months, the headlines have been understandably dominated by responses to crises, both within and beyond our sectors. In recent weeks, however, they reveal a shift as leaders worldwide begin to find space to carve out strategies for improved futures, with many looking across sectors to ensure public investment in arts and culture yields the greatest possible social benefit.

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 21 January 2021, International

This month marks the start of the UN International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, delivering on a resolution adopted in November 2019 which has redoubled significance in the wake of the pandemic.

Co-hosted by IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies, 10 December 2020, International

Thursday 10 December marks UN Human Rights Day which this year has the theme Recover Better, focussing on the essential role of human rights to recovery efforts that can tackle entrenched, systematic, and intergenerational inequalities, exclusion and discrimination.