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 It was launched at a conference on Goree Island, Senegal in March 2007, with the theme ''Vitalising African Cultural Assets''.  The Conference took place against the backdrop of the adoption of UNESCO’s ''Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions''; the challenge was to position African artists, creative practice and cultural industries so that they could benefit from the recommendations of the Convention and assert their place on the global stage and in the global creative economy.
-From 2014 to 2016 the Secretariat of Arterial Network  was based at Harrington House, 37 Barrack Street, Cape Town, 8001, and from  the 1st of February 2017 the network’s Secretariat will also be based in Abidjan, after an agreement was signed with MASA Côte d'Ivoire, the Market for African Performing Arts, for a co-working space in the city known as "the Paris of West Africa."
+From 2014 to 2016 the Secretariat of the [[Arterial Network]]  was based at Harrington House, 37 Barrack Street, Cape Town, 8001, moving to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on the 1st of February 2017.
 [[Mike van Graan]] is the Secretary General of [[Arterial Network]].
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 It was launched at a conference on Goree Island, Senegal in March 2007, with the theme ''Vitalising African Cultural Assets''.  The Conference took place against the backdrop of the adoption of UNESCO’s ''Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions''; the challenge was to position African artists, creative practice and cultural industries so that they could benefit from the recommendations of the Convention and assert their place on the global stage and in the global creative economy.
-From 2014 onwards the Secretariat of Arterial Network  was based at Harrington House, 37 Barrack Street, Cape Town, 8001.
+From 2014 to 2016 the Secretariat of Arterial Network  was based at Harrington House, 37 Barrack Street, Cape Town, 8001, and from  the 1st of February 2017 the network’s Secretariat will also be based in Abidjan, after an agreement was signed with MASA Côte d'Ivoire, the Market for African Performing Arts, for a co-working space in the city known as "the Paris of West Africa."
 [[Mike van Graan]] is the Secretary General of [[Arterial Network]].
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 The Arterial Network Bulletin March 2014 (info@arterialnetwork.org]
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-The [[Arterial Network]] is an informal, dynamic network of individuals, institutions and funding partners, linked through a website,  working to support the effectiveness and growth of African arts and culture in civil society and to enhance the sustainability of creative industries in Africa.
+The [[Arterial Network]] is an informal, dynamic network of individuals, institutions and funding partners, linked through a website,  working to support the effectiveness and growth of African arts and culture in civil society and to enhance the sustainability of creative industries in Africa. It is a continent-wide network of artists, activists and creative enterprises active in the African creative sector and its contribution to development, human rights and democracy on the continent. He is also the Executive Director of the African Arts Institute (AFAI), a South African NGO based in Cape Town that harnesses expertise, resources and markets in the service of Africa’s creative sector. He is considered to be one of his country’s leading contemporary playwrights.
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 From 2014 onwards the Secretariat of Arterial Network  was based at Harrington House, 37 Barrack Street, Cape Town, 8001.
 == African Creative Economy Conference ==
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 The aim of these meetings is to enable dialogue, information exchange and the strengthening of partnerships between creative communities, government, business, NGOs and academia. Its purpose is to develop theory from within Africa to feed the international discourse on the strategic contribution that the creative sector can make in advancing human rights, asserting fundamental freedoms, and alleviating poverty.
 The [[Arterial Network Bulletin]]
 This is a newsletter sent to subscribers free of charge, detailing arts and culture activities in Africa.

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-An informal, dynamic network of individuals, institutions and funding partners, linked through a website,  working to support the effectiveness and growth of African arts and culture in civil society and to enhance the sustainability of creative industries in Africa.
+The [[Arterial Network]] is an informal, dynamic network of individuals, institutions and funding partners, linked through a website,  working to support the effectiveness and growth of African arts and culture in civil society and to enhance the sustainability of creative industries in Africa.
 == The organization ==
-It was launched at a conference on Goree Island, Senegal in March 2007, with the theme Vitalising African Cultural Assets.  The Conference took place against the backdrop of the adoption of UNESCO’s Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; the challenge was to position African artists, creative practice and cultural industries so that they could benefit from the recommendations of the Convention and assert their place on the global stage and in the global creative economy.
+It was launched at a conference on Goree Island, Senegal in March 2007, with the theme ''Vitalising African Cultural Assets''.  The Conference took place against the backdrop of the adoption of UNESCO’s ''Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions''; the challenge was to position African artists, creative practice and cultural industries so that they could benefit from the recommendations of the Convention and assert their place on the global stage and in the global creative economy.
 From 2014 onwards the Secretariat of Arterial Network  was based at Harrington House, 37 Barrack Street, Cape Town, 8001.
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-The [[Arterial Network]]'s Second Biannual Conference took place at at the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg from 19-21 September 2009.
+The [[Arterial Network]]'s Second Biannual Conference took place at the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg from 19-21 September 2009.
 Since 2011 they have hosted an annual itinerant meeting, called the ''African Creative Economy Conference''[https://www.facebook.com/AfricanCreativeEconomyConference] (ACEC).
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 The aim of these meetings is to enable dialogue, information exchange and the strengthening of partnerships between creative communities, government, business, NGOs and academia. Its purpose is to develop theory from within Africa to feed the international discourse on the strategic contribution that the creative sector can make in advancing human rights, asserting fundamental freedoms, and alleviating poverty.
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 The Arterial Network website: http://www.arterialnetwork.org
-The Arterial Network Bulletin March 2014[info@arterialnetwork.org]
+The Arterial Network Bulletin March 2014 (info@arterialnetwork.org]
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	The Arterial Network website: http://www.arterialnetwork.org		The Arterial Network website: http://www.arterialnetwork.org
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 The [[Arterial Network]]'s Second Biannual Conference took place at at the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg from 19-21 September 2009.
-Since 2011 the Arterial Network has hosted an annual itinerant meeting, called the ''African Creative Economy Conference''[https://www.facebook.com/AfricanCreativeEconomyConference] (ACEC).
+Since 2011 they have hosted an annual itinerant meeting, called the ''African Creative Economy Conference''[https://www.facebook.com/AfricanCreativeEconomyConference] (ACEC).
-The first in  Nairobi (2011), then Dakar (2012), Cape Town (2013). The Cape Town meeting took place in the City Hall,  from 6 to 9 October, 2013. The aim is to enable dialogue, information exchange and the strengthening of partnerships between creative communities, government, business, NGOs and academia. Its purpose is to develop theory from within Africa to feed the international discourse on the strategic contribution that the creative sector can make in advancing human rights, asserting fundamental freedoms, and alleviating poverty.
+The first took place in  Nairobi (2011), followed by Dakar (2012), Cape Town (2013) and Rabat (Morocco, 2014).
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−	~~Since 2011 the~~ Arterial Network ~~has hosted an annual itinerant meeting, called the~~ '~~'African Creative Economy~~ Conference~~''[https://www.facebook.com/AfricanCreativeEconomyConference] (ACEC). The first in Nairobi (2011), then Dakar (2012), Cape Town (2013). The Cape Town meeting~~ took place in the City Hall, from 6 to 9 October, 2013. The aim is to enable dialogue, information exchange and the strengthening of partnerships between creative communities, government, business, NGOs and academia. Its purpose is to develop theory from ~~within Africa to feed the international discourse on the strategic contribution that the creative sector can make in advancing human rights, asserting fundamental freedoms, and alleviating poverty~~.	+	The [[Arterial Network]]'s Second Biannual Conference took place at at the Goethe Institute in Johannesburg from 19-21 September 2009.

		+	Since 2011 the Arterial Network has hosted an annual itinerant meeting, called the ''African Creative Economy Conference''[https://www.facebook.com/AfricanCreativeEconomyConference] (ACEC).
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		+	The first in Nairobi (2011), then Dakar (2012), Cape Town (2013). The Cape Town meeting took place in the City Hall, from 6 to 9 October, 2013. The aim is to enable dialogue, information exchange and the strengthening of partnerships between creative communities, government, business, NGOs and academia. Its purpose is to develop theory from within Africa to feed the international discourse on the strategic contribution that the creative sector can make in advancing human rights, asserting fundamental freedoms, and alleviating poverty.

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