Main aims:
(a) Actively raising awareness among important stakeholders of the concept of preferential treatment in line with the 2005 UNESCO Convention; researching good practice examples from Germany and abroad and making them visible
(b) Developing the concept of Fair Culture as a driver for German cultural policy and development cooperation, as well as at European and international level, in order to strongly promote a balanced flow of cultural goods and services as well as fair working conditions for artists and cultural professionals
Target groups:
Domestic and international stakeholders and experts; decision-makers involved in Fair Trade in policymaking, the cultural sector, academia, business and civil society; artists, cultural professionals and producers around the world, with a focus on the Global South
Expected results:
Identifying and making visible good examples from practice (incl. joint study with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); developing a "60 minutes for Fair Culture" format for film, books and music; creating a platform for networking and cooperation between international actors from the Fair Trade movement and the cultural and creative sectors; in the medium term: producing an analysis of the cultural value chain in the digital context with consideration for Fair Culture and developing recommendations for action
Five expert discussions and workshops held at the national and international level with experts from policymaking, civil society, business and academia, including within the framework of the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 Convention in Paris (2018), with the Berlinale Talents initiative (2019), at the Frankfurt Buchmesse book fair (2019) and the WOMEX music fair in Tampere, Finland, under the auspices of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2019; results of the expert discussions and workshops documented in policy papers by international experts Balta Portoles and Dr Keith Nurse on the German Commission for UNESCO's website; BMZ-funded study designed with international partners to analyse the cultural value chain from a Fair Culture perspective to clarify options for action (cf. Section 3.2.1.)
| Name of partner | Type of entity |
|---|---|
Mannheim UNESCO City of Music
| Public Sector
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Berlinale Talents
| Private Sector
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Frankfurter Buchmesse
| Private Sector
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WOMEX
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
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Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture
| Public Sector
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Institute of Culture and Media Management, Hamburg University of Music and Theatre (HfMT)
| Public Sector
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UNESCO Chair on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at Laval University, Canada
| Public Sector
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Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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