Theme Papers

Meeting Objectives

The International Network on Cultural Policy (INCP) brings national Ministers responsible for culture together every year to exchange views on world cultural policy issues.This year, the Fourth Annual Ministerial Meeting of the INCP was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in September 2001. The meeting’s main objective was to advance the dialogue and work started in Ottawa, Canada (June 1998) and continued in Oaxaca, Mexico (September 1999) and in Santorini, Greece (September 2000) and to build awareness around three main cultural policy issues:

Integrating Cultural Diversity (theme 1)

To explore the impact of global trends on the role of cultural policies: issues of strategic policy approach and management of cultural diversity at the national and international levels.

Cultural Diversity and Globalization: Consideration of an International Instrument on Cultural Diversity – IICD (theme 2)

To advance priority work begun last year on the idea of an International Instrument on Cultural Diversity.

Cultural Policy and the Changing Role of Government: Opportunity for Exchange and Dialogue (theme 3)

To discuss emerging cultural policy issues, the role of national governments in making cultural policy and the effectiveness of existing policies and policy tools with respect to cultural policy.

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