Co-hosted by Canada Council for the Arts, 01 June 2003, International

This interim report provides a brief introduction to issues involved in making cross-country comparisons of government expenditures on arts and culture. After reviewing some well-known comparisons, the paper discusses problems inherent in such comparisons, drawing particular attention to an inability to account for indirect expenditures (such as tax foregone) due to lack of data.

Co-hosted by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, 01 February 2003, Australia

This report presents the interim results from IFACCA’s seventh D'Art question on how governments encourage greater philanthropy for the charitable sector through enhanced income tax provisions.

01 December 2002, International

Investigates how national arts support agencies manage conflict of interest policies and provides examples of policies.

Co-hosted by Australian Bureau of Statistics, 01 November 2002, International

International data comparisons are fraught with difficulty. After looking at cultural statistics programs internationally, this report reviews seven cross-country comparisons of cultural participation data.

Co-hosted by NAVA - National Association for the Visual Arts, 01 March 2002, Australia

Most countries need some way of determining whether or not a person is a ‘professional’ artist for tax and benefit purposes. There is, however, little consistency in approach to definition. Some countries even have different definitions within their own jurisdictions. Moreover, there appears to be no comprehensive analysis of the impacts of different definitions.

01 March 2002, International

The D’Art process was used by Professor Margaret Wyszomirski to uncover information for a paper that was presented to the American assembly for the Arts. Professor Wyszomirski’s paper reviews copyright agencies and systems in the USA, Australia, the UK, Ireland, Canada, and internationally. Wyszomirski finds that the digital era has increased both the complexity of and the necessity for effective…