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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. | + | 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. |
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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 == | == African Creative Economy Conference == | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 1 April 2014
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.
From 2014 onwards the Secretariat of Arterial Network was based at Harrington House, 37 Barrack Street, Cape Town, 8001.
African Creative Economy Conference
Since 2011 the Arterial Network has hosted an annual itinerant meeting, called the African Creative Economy Conference[1] (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.
Sources
Arterial Network Information at info@arterialnetwork.org
To find out more, go to the Arterial Network website: http://www.arterialnetwork.org
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