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X Forum of Ministers of Culture and Officials in Charge of Cultural Policies of Latin America and the Caribbean Bridgetown-Barbados, December 4-5, 1998 ACTION PLAN 1998 | X FORUM OF MINISTERS OF CULTURE AND OFFICIALS IN CHARGE OF CULTURAL POLICIES ACTION PLAN 1998 | | STRATEGIC AREA | ACTION TO BE TAKEN | COUNTRY/AGENCY RESPONSIBLE | DATE | | Cultural Integration | Cultural Information System for Latin America and the Caribbean (SICLAC) - Each country should develop its own National Cultural Information System
- Venezuela to create a SICLaC Home Page and template (dictionary) of the categories of information to be included in each National System
Home Page to have links to National Home Pages - Cuba to host the first meeting of the National Coordinators to coincide with the First International Conference on Culture and Development in Havana, in June, 1998.
- Domain name to be registered.
- Workshop to train persons working with SICLaC on the creation of Home Pages
Creation of Post of Technical Secretariat for the Forum - Memorandum of Understanding to be drawn up between UNESCO, the Forum and the Technical Secretary
- Job description/terms of reference to be drawn up for Technical Secretary
- Technical Secretary to be assigned to the Forum based in Office of UNESCO/ORCALC in Havana
- Arrangements to be reviewed in two years, a part of the evaluation of the Forum and its operations
Language Project - Meeting between relevant educational institutions from Barbados, Venezuela and Trinidad & Tobago to structure and to coordinate reciprocal language programs.
- Immersion courses in Spanish and English to be offereded - to be extended beyond Cultural Administrators.
- Course for Spanish teachers offered by Chili
- Bilateral projects to be pursued – to promote sharing of information.
Information to be supplied to the Pro Tempore Secretariat by Jamaica - Exchange Program for Haiti to be developed
| Venezuela Cuba/OTS Venezuela/PTS Venezuela Pro Tempore Secretariat and UNESCO Pro Tempore Secretariat Pro Tempore Secretariat Venezuela will hound Jamaica will coordinate Venezuela, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Chili | By mid December October, 1999 By March, 1999 October, 1999 | | Heritage Preservation and Protection Protection of the Culture of the Region | Sub-Committees on Heritage Preservation - Cultural Inventory
Details of standards to be circulated to all Member Countries for cataloguing. Information to disseminate through SICLaC Brochure to be published on standards Sensitization meetings to be organized for law enforcement agencies and others - Mexico to develop mechanism to be used to give effect to Cartagena decisions. - Cultural Heritage Tourism
Funding to be sought for training - Education for Cultural Heritage – Working Group to be reactivated.
- Underwater Cultural Heritage
Technical Planning Committee set up and is scheduled to meet in the Dominican Republic to analyze the situation and to propose a common strategy 4a) Emergency Preparedness for Cultural Heritage Institutions – Information from this area should be disseminated through SICLaC. Publication of a collection of books on Great Persons and Thinkers of the Region Promotion of an Association of Artists | Mexico (as Chair the Sub-Committee of this subject) Mexico Chair – Guatemala Chair Dominican Republic Chair – Colombia Chair – Dom. Republic Also so comprise Barbados, Haiti, Argentina and Colombia Museums Association of the Caribbean To be coordinated by Cuba Cuba | | | The Development of Cultural Industries | Culture and Trade Working Group to be established to study and report to Forum on issues raised by WTO/GATT/GATS Terms of Reference: To make proposals of deeping of ALADI Agreement; To provide technical analysis of possibilities of widening ALADI Agreement; To examine the way rules of origin affect trade in cultural products. To articulate Forum’s Position on Culture and Trade – Report by July 1999; To make proposals regarding training of professionals for strengthening regional events – festivals, film, books, etc. - analyze existing problems and identify means of involving public and private sector. Workshop on Culture and Trade | To comprise: Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad, Colombia, UNCTAD, ALADI, CARICOM, UNESCO | | |
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