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Culture must be excluded from general trade agreements

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Pascal Rogard, President of the French coalition for cultural diversity, wrote to Catherine Aston, External Trade Commissioner and to Viviane Reding, Information and Media Society Commissioner to express its concern about the advancing negotiations of a cultural trade agreement with Korea which could threaten the European audiovisual industry. Read Catherine Ashton’s reply, dated January 21, …

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Publication of a brochure “Cultural policies in France”

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The French coalition for cultural diversity has published “Cultural policies in France” which provides a non exhaustive inventory of the main policies set up in France in support of the various cultural sectors (visual arts, audiovisual and cinema, books, music and performing arts). This brochure can also be downloaded in French and in Spanish.

Creation of the International Federation of Coalitions for cultural diversity

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Coalitions for Cultural Diversity from 37 countries on all continents and representing organizations from the cultural and the arts sectors gathered in Seville, Spain from September 18-19, 2007 and declared the official creation of the International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCD). The Federation recognized the 42 existing coalitions as its founding members. Read …

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Europe ratifies the UNESCO Convention for cultural diversity

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On December 18th 2006, 13 European States (Austria, Bulgaria,  Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden) ratified, together with the European Community, the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. This significant deed sees a number of 35 countries having now formally ratified the …

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