Civil Society, Cultural Governance and Creative Economy in Panama Reunited
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The Ministry of Culture promotes exchange cycles to promote civil society participation in cultural policies through Crea in Panama, a technical assistance platform, with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that will support the country in developing a participatory and transparent system of governance for culture.
Meeting: Civil Society, Cultural Governance and Creative Economics in Panama, aims to share about UNESCO's tools to promote civil society's participation in cultural policies in Panama because this new challenge will also require strong, transparent and with strengthened strategic skills from the association fabric of culture, stated Minister Aguilar Navarro at the opening of the virtual meeting.
The event was attended by Esther Kuisch-Laroche, representative of UNESCO and Chris Hoornaert, Ambassador, head of the European Union delegation to Panama, as well as representatives of foundations and NGOs registered with the Sumate Ya database.
"In a country such as our own, with a lack of strong public cultural institutions for dialogue with a dynamic civil society and a promising business and cultural and creative enterprises sector, it's vital to share concepts, values and bets to detonate, as well as the symbolic value of culture, its responsible production dimension," the Minister said.
The meeting forms part of the sectorial dialogues and with experts who bring their experiences with participatory construction where UNESCO's experts will come with them to identify opportunities to expand and promote civil society participation in the Crete formulation process in Panama 2030, the National Strategy for Creative Economics for Sustainable Development.
Moreover, Aguilar Navarro recognized that these meetings become an ideal platform to invite all creative and cultural entrepreneurs to participate with their proposals in the Bicentennial Pact.
"Crea in Panama is an initiative that joins with efforts to boost cultural and creative industries in the country, that have been supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) among other institutions," remarked Aguilar Navarro.
The European Union and UNESCO select Panama from 12 countries around the world to develop and implement regulatory frameworks to strengthen their creative industries. Both the EU and UNESCO will adapt projects to reflect the impact of the COVID19 crisis and post-crisis Reorganisation by offering tools and experience to recipient countries to undertake prompt restructuring actions and reforms. Together with Panama, the EU / UNESCO Steering Committee also adopted applications from Ethiopia, Jamaica, Namibia and Palestine, that join with other countries that were adopted in South and South Mexico, as well as with South and South Sudan partners (South Mexico).
