AGENDA
SUBJECT
TO CHANGE
Hotel Ambassador
10:00-4:00 INCD Steering Committee meeting
Excursions (optional)
5:00-7:00 Registration
7:00-10:00
Opening reception
Ministry of Culture, Croatia
Ranko Vlatkovic, Mayor of Opatija, Croatia
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:00 am
Opening Keynotes
Nina Obuljen, Institute for International
Relations, Culturelink Network/INCD Steering Committee and Conference Chair,
Croatia – Introductions
Hrvoje Hribar, Film director, Croatia– Welcome
Ludwig Laher, Writer, European Council of Artists, Austria –
Perspective of the artist
10:00-11:00 am
Background to the Debate
Zrinjka Peruško, Chair of the Department for Culture and
Communication, Institute for International Relations, Croatia – Chair
Garry Neil, Coordinator, INCD, Canada – INCD and the Convention
Mike van Graan, General Secretary, Performing Arts Network of
South Africa/ INCD Regional Coordinator-South Africa – Different Perspectives
North/South
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-1:00
State of the Debate – Other Civil Society Movements
Speakers from the wider
globalization movement discuss the challenges of globalization and their perspective
of where the cultural diversity movement fits.
James Early, Director, Cultural Heritage Policy, Center for
Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution/INCD Steering
Committee, United States – Chair
Julie Ann
Delos Reyes, Focus on the
Global South, Philippines
Fiona Dove, Executive Director,
Transnational Institute, Netherlands
Dr. Jane
Kelsey, University
of Auckland, New Zealand
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30
State of the Debate – A Diversity of Coalitions
Mireille Gagné, Director, Canadian Music Centre (Quebec)/INCD
Steering Committee – Chair
Jim McKee, Coalition for Cultural Diversity, International
Liaison Committee for the Coalitions for Cultural Diversity, Canada
Ndiawar Mboup, General Secretary, Senegalese Coalition for
Cultural Diversity, Senegal
Jean Tardif, Planetagora, France/Canada
3:30-4:00 Coffee break
4:00-6:00
Workshop Sessions – State of the Debate on:
Dr.
Richard Letts, Executive Director, Music
Council of Australia/INCD Steering Committee, Australia – Chair
Burama Sagnia, Coordinator, African Itinerant College for Culture and Development,
Senegal – Chair
3. Culture and Trade – The WTO/Cancun, Bilateral and regional negotiations
Yvon Thiec, General Secretary,
Eurocinema/INCD Steering Committee, Belgium/France – Chair
9:00-10:30
Cultural Diversity is more than a fight for audiovisual market share
While
the initial impetus for the global cultural diversity movement is the urgent
need to protect cultural industries from trade agreements, globalization has
wide implications for cultural diversity. Workshops sessions
will discuss other dimensions of the debate and develop practical suggestions
and concrete strategies.
1. Media diversity in an era of economic integration – Garry Neil, INCD Coordinator, Canada, Zrinjka Peruško, Chair of the Department for Culture and Communication, Institute for International Relations, Croatia, Workshop leader: Leonardo Brant, Director, Instituto Pensarte /INCD Steering Committee, Brazil
2. Cultural diversity and perspectives on war and peace – Neshe Yashin, Artist to Artist Centre, Cyprus; Workshop leader: Peter Curman, President, Swedish Joint Committee of Literary and Artistic Professionals (KLYS)/INCD Steering Committee, Sweden
3. Developing cultural capacity – Ole Reitov, Danish Centre for Culture and Development, Denmark, Workshop leader - Leah Enkiwe-Abayao, Researcher, Tebtebba Foundation, Indigenous People’s International Centre for Policy Research and Education/INCD Steering Committee, Philippines
4. Technology as a tool of diversity – Alexandra Uzelac, Institute for International Relations, Croatia; Workshop leader: Megan Williams, National Director, Canadian Conference of the Arts/INCD Steering Committee, Canada
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:00
Plenary Session
Through reports from the workshops and general discussion,
this session will explore all of the dimensions of the cultural diversity
discussion, develop ideas and establish priorities for action.
Nicky du Plessis, Cultural Radius, South Africa; Lidia Varbanova,
Program Director, Arts and Culture Program, Open Society Institute - Chairs
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:15
Regional Caucuses
The
delegates will meet on a regional basis to discuss the implementation of these
priorities in their regions. It will
include a country-by-country assessment of the state of the movement.
Chairs
Africa: Dr. Augustine Hatar, Head, Dept. of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Americas: Rafael Segovia, General Coordinator, Civic Council for the Arts and Culture of Morelos/INCD Steering Committee, Mexico
Asia/Oceania: Arshia Sattar, Professor, Cultural History, Mahindra World United College, India
Europe: Frédérique Chabaud, Executive Director, Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, Belgium
2:15-2:30 Coffee break
2:30-4:00
Workshop Sessions – The INCD’s Role in the Debate
Katerina
Marinaki, President, Federation of
Scriptwriters in Europe/INCD Steering Committee, Greece – Chair
Mike
van Graan, General Secretary, Performing
Arts Network of South Africa/ INCD Regional Coordinator-South Africa - Chair
Nina Obuljen, Institute for International Relations, Culturelink
Network/INCD Steering Committee and Conference Chair, Croatia – Chair
4:00-5:00
Plenary Session
Through reports from the workshops and general discussion,
delegates will make decisions about how to build the INCD and about its
relationship with critical partners.
May Fung, Project Director, Hong Kong Institute of
Contemporary Culture, Hong Kong - Chair
8:30-9:30
Round table breakfast discussions
Subjects to be proposed by
participants
10:00-12:00
INCD Business meeting
Megan Williams, National Director, Canadian
Conference of the Arts/INCD Steering Committee, Canada - Chair
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00
State of the Debate – The Convention on Cultural Diversity
One
of the most crucial areas to be explored is the relationship between the
Convention on Cultural Diversity and other agreements and who will be
ultimately responsible for ensuring it is effective.
Rafael Segovia, General Coordinator, Civic Council for the Arts and
Culture of Morelos/INCD Steering Committee, Mexico
Josée Arbique, Director, Liaison Bureau,
International Network on Cultural Policy
Dr. Zeljka
Kozul-Wright, Economic
Affairs Officer, Special Program for Least Developed Countries, United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
UNESCO
3:00-3:30 Coffee break
3:30-4:30
Final Declaration/Preparation for joint meeting with INCP
Garry Neil, INCD Coordinator - Chair
4:30-5:30
Closing Remarks
Catherine
Tasca, Special
Representative for Cultural Diversity, La Francophonie/Former Minister of
Culture, France
Dr. Antun
Vujic, Minister of
Culture, Croatia/International Network on Cultural Policy
Conference Rapporteur
Ken Wiwa, Writer and journalist, Canada/Nigeria
Concert and reception
Excursions (optional)
INCD Incoming Steering
Committee meeting
Cultural Impact Assessment
Committee meeting
7:30 Dinner with INCP Ministers of Culture
9:30-11:00
INCD Steering Committee presentation to the International Network on Cultural Policy 6th Ministerial Meeting