Official Agenda
Fifth Annual Ministerial Meeting of the International Network
on Cultural Policy
Saturday October 12, 2002
All Day:
- Ministers and delegates will be greeted at the airport by representatives
of the Department of Arts and Culture of South Africa and taken
to the Radisson Hotel Waterfront in Cape Town.
- There are no activities or meetings planned for this day. Ministers
and delegates can rest, use the hotel's amenities and services
or choose to visit Cape Town. If you would like to obtain more
information on the hotel facilities or tourist attractions in
Cape Town, please contact the hotel or speak to a clerk at reception
upon your arrival.
- There is a fine dining restaurant on-site and 24-hour room service.
Please also note that breakfast is included with your stay.
- Ministers and delegates will be staying at:
The Radisson Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town
Beach Road, Granger Bay, P.O Box 50041, Waterfront 8002
Tel: +27 21 418 5729
Fax: +27 21 418 5717
Email: info.capetown@radissonsas.co.za
www.radissonsas.com
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Sunday October 13, 2002
All Day:
- Ministers and delegates will be greeted at the airport by representatives
of the Department of Arts and Culture of South Africa and taken
to the Radisson Hotel Waterfront in Cape Town.
12:00 - 14:00: Harbour View Restaurant, Radisson Hotel
Networking Luncheon:
- INCP Ministers and delegates will be joined by the NGO representatives
of the International Network on Cultural Diversity (INCD) meeting
at a luncheon offered by the Department of Arts and Culture of
South Africa. This event offers participants an excellent opportunity
to meet and discuss common areas of interest between the two networks.
14:30 - 17:00: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Ministerial Contact Group Meeting:
- INCP Contact Group Ministers will meet to discuss INCP management
issue papers and review the Annual Ministerial Meeting Agenda.
Contact Group members will find the agenda for this meeting in
their registration package.
17:30 Departure from Radisson Hotel for Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
18:30 Arrival at the Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosh
19:00- 22:00: Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
Official Opening Ceremony:
- South Africa will host the official opening ceremony of the
Fifth Annual Ministerial Meeting of the INCP. The keynote speech
will be delivered by Dr. B.S. Ngubane of South Africa's Department
of Arts and Culture.
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Monday October 14, 2002
9:00 - 9:15: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Opening of the 5th INCP Annual Ministerial Meeting:
- Opening performance by the singer and musical bow player Madosini.
- Opening remarks by Dr. B.S. Ngubane, South Africa's Department
of Arts and Culture.
9:15 - 10:30 : Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Plenary Session 1: Cultural Diversity in Developing Countries:
the Challenges of Globalization
The purpose of this session is to discuss cultural policy in developing
countries. The focus of the discussion will be on the needs and
priorities of developing countries as well as the status of their
cultural sectors and infrastructure and how these interact.
Cultural diversity is a strategic resource in developing countries.
It can strengthen the country's cultural industries by encouraging
local artistic production, creating local employment opportunities,
enriching a country's national cultural heritage, national identify
and social cohesion and increasing revenues from the tourism industry.
Developing countries are increasingly striving to develop the role
of their cultural sector in their development strategies in order
to fully benefit from the opportunities presented by globalization.
South Africa has looked at these dynamics from a developing country
perspective. Their discussion paper looks at the impact of globalization
on developing countries' cultural policy and infrastructure as well
as government capacity and support to achieve long-term cultural
policy objectives. The study also makes the link between cultural
policies, sustainable development and the INCP's work in developing
an International Instrument on Cultural Diversity (IICD).
Key Issues for Discussion:
How has globalization impacted the range of tools that developing
countries use to promote and preserve cultural diversity?
- How can the IICD help to strengthen cultural industries in
developing countries in order for them to be considered as an
important factor in policy as well as social and economic development?
What measures or instruments should be used to accomplish this
goal?
- What would be the implications for developing countries that
have not yet adopted measures to ensure the development of domestic
cultural expression? How can these countries be encouraged to
do so?
Presentation:
- The host of the 2002 Annual Ministerial Meeting will present
their study.
Discussion Document:
- Executive Summary of "Cultural Diversity in Developing
Countries: the Challenges of Globalization"
Background Document:
- Cultural Diversity in Developing Countries: the Challenges of
Globalization
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10:30 - 11:00: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Plenary Session 2: Cultural Diversity and Globalization:
Draft text of an
International Instrument including where it could be housed:
At the Fourth Annual Ministerial meeting, held in Lucerne in September
2001, the Working Group on Cultural Diversity and Globalization,
chaired by Canada, was given a two-year mandate to draft an International
Instrument on Cultural Diversity (IICD) that would focus on the
promotion and preservation of cultural diversity in the face of
globalization. The Working Group, through the Special Policy Research
Team (SPRT), led by Switzerland, was also mandated to undertake
a study that would examine governance issues relating to an Instrument,
including location and institutional context, dispute settlement
and monitoring mechanisms and strategic implementation advice. Having
completed the first year of its mandate, the Working Group is presenting
three documents for consideration by Ministers at the Fifth Annual
meeting of the INCP in Cape Town.
An International Instrument on Cultural Diversity
The report for Ministerial Consideration is an introductory piece
which gives the background and context for the IICD. The draft document
begins with an explanation of the purpose of each section of the
actual Instrument text, which follows it. The draft Instrument is
presented as a work in progress by the Working Group on Cultural
Diversity and Globalization. Its purpose is to provide a framework
for all States that consider the preservation of distinct cultural
expressions and cultural diversity an essential component of globalization.
The Instrument gives special consideration to the needs of developing
countries including the need to develop a capacity for cultural
expression.
Strategic Options for the Governance Study
The purpose of the Strategic Options paper is to highlight the
short, medium and long-term policy issues associated with IICD governance.
All the issues examined here relate to where the IICD will eventually
be located. The Governance Study recommendations are found in the
Strategic Options for a New International Instrument on Cultural
Diversity document, which was based on the research in the Executive
Summary and in the four chapters.
Key Issues for Discussion:
- In what respects does the draft Instrument meet expectations?
In what substantive areas does more work need to be done?
- One of the goals of an instrument is to go beyond declarations
to create binding obligations. How close is the draft Instrument
to ensuring the preservation and promotion of cultural diversity
in its obligations? Do the obligations in this draft provide appropriate
and sufficient basis to proceed?
- Should the development of the Instrument, in the short term,
continue as a stand-alone approach?
- The draft is based on the proposition of a stand-alone agreement,
but has references to other international organisations and obligations
in such areas as human rights, cultural rights, intellectual property,
and international trade. Is the relationship between the obligations
of the instrument and those of other international obligations
handled effectively?
- Given the draft's references to broad international obligations
outside the purview of Department's of culture participating in
INCP discussions, should efforts be made to broaden the range
of participants in discussion about the Instrument?
Presentation:
- The Chair of the Working Group on Cultural Diversity and Globalization
will present the draft text of the International Instrument on
Cultural Diversity.
Discussion Documents:
- Report for Ministerial Consideration: An International Instrument
on Cultural Diversity from the Working Group on Cultural Diversity
and Globalization 2001-2002
- An International Instrument on Cultural Diversity
- Strategic Options For a New International Instrument on Cultural
Diversity
Background Document:
- Options and Issues for the Implementation of an Instrument:
Depositary, Mechanism and Strategy
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11:00 - 11:30: Hotel Hall
Tea Break
11:30 - 13:00: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Report from the Third Annual Meeting of the NGO International
Network on Cultural Diversity, October 11-13, 2002:
- Representatives of the INCD, the INCP's parallel NGO network,
will present their meeting conclusions. Ministers will have an
opportunity to ask the presenters questions.
13:00 - 15:00: Harbour View Restaurant, Radisson Hotel
Lunch
15:00 - 17:00 Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Plenary Session 2: Cont'd
19:00: Castle Banquet Hall, Cape Town
- Dinner will be served at the Castle Banquet Hall in Cape Town.
Tuesday October 15, 2002
9:00 - 10:30: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Plenary Session 3: Other Cultural Priorities
In this session, Ministers are invited to share their strategies
for the preservation and promotion of tangible and intangible cultural
heritage and their experience in dealing with the increasing concentration
of media ownership in their countries. The session will conclude
with a brief discussion on emerging trends in the cultural policy
environment.
The Working Group on Cultural Heritage, chaired by Mexico, surveyed
the existing laws and programs for the preservation and promotion
of cultural heritage in order to identify the most effective tools,
instruments and methodologies in this field. Mexico also looked
at the increase in cultural tourism and the role of this industry
in a country's socio-economic development. Their findings will be
the focus of the first part of this session.
The Special Policy Research Team on Media Issues, chaired by Sweden,
looked at the increasing concentration in media ownership and the
threat it poses to cultural diversity. The important economic and
socio-cultural role of the media brings us to look at the issues
surrounding this phenomenon and to consider ways of preventing a
concentration of media sources and cultural products. Policies for
the effective management of this issue and strategies to ensure
a diversity of choices in this field will be the focal point of
the second part of this session.
Finally, Ministers are invited to ponder new and emerging trends
in the field of cultural policy. The creation of observatories on
cultural policy and the increasing reference to the concept of interculturality
in cultural fora are two trends that merit the INCP's attention.
Observatories monitor, gather and disseminate information to the
cultural sector to create links and facilitate communication between
different players in the cultural milieu. Interculturalism on the
other hand, refers to the interaction and communication between
cultures as well as the increasing mutual respect of cultural differences.
These trends point to the importance of exchanges among cultures,
between cultures and within the cultural sector as a whole.
Key Issues for Discussions:
- How can we encourage countries to continue to include the preservation
and the promotion of cultural heritage in their national priorities?
- What measures can governments take to promote cultural diversity
while facing the concentration of media?
- How can international observatories on cultural policies contribute
to the development of national cultural policies?
- How can governments promote positive intercultural relations
that ensure long-term social cohesion?
Presentation:
- Presentation by Chair of the Working Group on Cultural Heritage
- Presentation by Chair of the Special Policy Research Team on
Media Issues
- Presentation by Director of the Liaison Bureau on New and Emerging
Issues
Discussion Documents:
- Executive Summary of the Final Report of the Working Group on
Cultural Heritage - Comparative Study: Similarities and Differences
- Final Report of the Special Policy Research Team on Media Issues
- Cultural Diversity and the Media
- New and Emerging Issues: Concept of Interculturality and the
Creation of Cultural Observatories
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Background Documents:
- Final Report of the Working Group on Cultural Heritage - Comparative
Study: Similarities and Differences
- Summary Report of International Events/Meetings of Interest
to the INCP for 2001-2002
10:30 - 11:00: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Presentation of the Final Report from the 4th INCP Annual
Ministerial Meeting held in Lucerne, Switzerland, September 2001
by the Swiss Minister of Culture.
11:00 - 11:30: Hotel Hall
Tea Break
11:30 - 12:30: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
INCP Management Issues:
- Presentation of the Annual Ministerial Contact Group Meeting
conclusions.
12:30 - 13:00: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
INCP Future Hosts:
- The 2003 INCP Annual Ministerial Meeting host, Croatia, will
make a presentation on the preparations for the Sixth Annual Ministerial
Meeting of the INCP.
- Future INCP Annual Ministerial Meeting hosts.
13:00 - 15:00: Lunch, Gold of Africa Museum
- Ministers and delegates will be served lunched at the museum
and will be able to tour the exhibition.
15:00 - 16:00: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Review of the draft Cape Town Statement
16:00 - 17:00: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Conclusion of the Fifth INCP Annual Ministerial Meeting
17:00 - 17:30: Hotel Hall
Tea Break
17:30 - 18:30: Granger 1 & 2, Radisson Hotel
Press Conference
19:00: Harbour View Restaurant, Radisson Hotel
- Dinner will be served in the hotel restaurant.
20:30: Evening Performance at the Baxter Theatre
- INCP Ministers and delegates will leave the hotel for an evening
of entertainment at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town.
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Wednesday October 16, 2002
Excursion day:
- Ministers and INCP delegates are invited to participate in the
excursion day offered by the Department of Arts and Culture:
9:00 - 12:00 - Tour of Langa Township
- Ministers and INCP delegates will be given a tour of Langa Township
where they will have lunch.
13:00 - 16:00 - Tour of Robben Island
- Ministers and INCP delegates will be taken by ferry to Robben
Island for a tour of its Museum.
Thursday October 17, 2002
All Day:
- Departures of Ministers and INCP delegates.
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