THE SECOND WORLD CULTURELINK CONFERENCE

By: Vid Mesaric, Croatian Radio

„Dynamics of Communication: New Ways and New Actors“

Zagreb, Croatia, 9-12 June 2005, Mimara Museum

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The capital of Croatia Zagreb is hosting an important international
conference that brings together more than 200 experts on cultural policies, international networks and communication from all over the world. The goal of the meeting is to search for and analyze new ways, new instruments and new actors in cultural communication, and research the role of networks in creating and strengthening a global context for sustainable development and dialogue among cultures.
The second objective is to discuss the new public cultural policies, and particularly their role in creating partnerships among public sectors and civil society. Public policy, developed in partnership with civil society and the private sector, is of vital importance to ensuring democratic access to the means of cultural communication. Investing in public cultural policy research is becoming a sine qua non of global cultural development.
The conference also aims to examine aspects of international mobility, primarily based on networking and information exchange. New actors (e.g. regions, local communities) have appeared in this area. The networking of
heterogeneous actors offers a multiplicity of new types and areas of cooperation and initiatives in the globalized world.
Owing to the fact that founders of the Culturelink Network – UNESCO and Council of Europe – decided to set up the headquarters of this project in
Institute for International Relations in Zagreb, Croatia is hosting the
conference for the second time. The first had been held 10 years ago, and
taking into account the velocity of technological and political changes, the participants will have a broad spectrum of themes to discuss. Among more than 60 speakers there are many experts and professionals with a world-wide renowned career and influence such as Cees Hamelink from Amsterdam School of Communication Research, Goeffrey Brown from UK’s EUKLID project or Erica Block from New York University.
Another important aspect of the conference is the discussion and preparation for passing the Convention on Protection of Cultural Content Diversity and Artistic Expression that is announced for autumn General Conference of Unesco.
The Second World Culturelink Conference shall be broadcasted through the
live stream at http://www.culturelink.org/clinkconf.html

• Cultural Linkage Conference by: hatto fischer - 11.06.05 02:53

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