Main aims:
Establishing culture, the creative industries, media and sport as an independent action area within German development cooperation
Target groups:
Partners (esp. young people and entrepreneurs) in selected countries of the Global South
Expected results:
Making use of the potential that media, culture, the creative industries and sport have for achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda, i.e. (inter alia): enabling political participation and good governance through free media; creating more jobs and raising incomes in the future-oriented cultural sector; education, employment, health and integration through sport; developing and establishing new strategic programme priorities, particularly regarding education, training, income and employment potential of young people
General: Division at the Ministry established with three desk officers.
Culture/creative industries: Global project "Culture and Creative Industries - Drivers of Development" started in Africa (Senegal, Kenya, South Africa) and the Near East (Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq), to run from 2018 to 2020 (planned continuation till at least 2023; cf. Section 3.2.2.); 2017-2021 pilot project "Culture for Development" with UNESCO to promote the value chain in the music industry in Morocco, funding via BMZ funds-in-trust (see below), expansion to Tunisia planned; study on promoting the creative industries in Africa through Germany development cooperation carried out in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth; since May 2020: study on "Fair Culture as a contribution to sustainable development" with the German Commission for UNESCO, focusing on sustainable and fair value chains in the cultural and creative industries (incl. options for German development cooperation), cf. Section 2.2.
Media: "Future. Market. Film." initiative started in cooperation with, inter alia, Tom Tykwer (Kenya) and Volker Schlondorff (Rwanda), to improve training and distribution (incl. high-level events with the Minister and Deutsche Welle on "African Film on the Rise"); market survey of the earnings potential of African film productions on the international market in cooperation with Rushlake Media distribution company
EU8 million for the global project by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2018 to 2020); EU905,000 in funds-in-trust transferred to UNESCO (2017 to 2021); studies amounting to approx. EU140,000
| Name of partner | Type of entity |
|---|---|
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
| Public Sector
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UNESCO
| Public Sector
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
| Public Sector
|
University of Bayreuth
| Public Sector
|
Rushlake Media
| Private Sector
|
One Fine Day Films
| Private Sector
|
European Film Center Babelsberg
| Public Sector
|
German Commission for UNESCO
| Public Sector
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