The International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD) is a worldwide network of artists and cultural groups dedicated to countering the homogenizing effects of globalization on culture. About the INCD ...

CURRENT NEWS

• Current Newsletter - May 2008
  
  
• IINCD Convention proposals - May 2008
  
  
• Report on the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of the UNESCO Convention - December 2007
  
  
• INCD Comments and Recommendations on the Implementation of the UNESCO Convention - September 2007
  
  
• Press Release on Launch of INCD Africa - March 16, 2007
  
  
• Declaration of Seville/Report to Minister - September 2007
  
  
• In this article, INCD Executive Director Garry Neil reviews the background to the Convention and analyzes the outcome against the objectives of its key proponents. The article appears in the book Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions: Making it work, edited by Nina Obuljen and Joost Smiers and published in 2006 by the CultureLink. Network. Information is available at: www.culturelink.org
  
  
• INCD submission to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, March 2006



• To obtain a copy of the UNESCO Convention and for more information, visit the Convention homepage.
  
  
• The International Music Council has released an authoritative and comprehensive study, The Protection and Promotion of Musical Diversity . The study can be found at the IMC website.
  
  
• Culture and Poverty Alleviation in Africa: A Review of the Cultural Effectiveness of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers in West and Central Africa: Study prepared for INCD by Burama Sagnia, a cultural development specialist based in Senegal.
  
  
• Strengthening Local Creative Industries and Developing Cultural Capacity for Poverty Alleviation, November, 2005
  
  
• Roadmap for the INCD: Strengthening Local Creative Industries and Poverty Alleviation, November, 2005
  
  
• The INCD is cooperating with Free Press and the CRIS Campaign to create the Media Trade Monitor website. Please click on the text below to link to the site.
  Media Trade Monitor
  
  

INCD gratefully acknowledges the financial support it receives from its members and all other collaborators.