Jorge Serrano and the Ecuadorian film industry: Ecuador stands out with a set of new policies to protect audiovisual works.

Abstract: The Head of the Ecuadorian Film Delegation explains the changes that have taken place in the countries’ audiovisual production in the last few years, detailing the difficulties facing the distribution of audiovisual works, the way local communit

Members of the Coalitions discuss Brazilian culture

The morning period this Friday also included a question and answer session with Márcio Meirelles and members of the International Coalitions.

Perspectives of diversity and cultural integration in Bahia

Even though the Minister of Culture, Juca Ferreira, was not able to attend the event this morning, we still had a great time promoting culture diversity and understanding between the peoples.

Protecting the Rights of Peoples

Secretary Américo Córdula participated in the opening of the International Meeting on Cultural Diversity “The concept of cultural diversity has become synonymous, in the last couple of years, with the need to protect the rights of peoples. Its an ample c

Cultural identity: how to avoid homogenization?

One of the founding goals of the Coalitions has been to take a stand against the homogenizing nature of the dominant culture. The movement was born in France during the late nineties, when the French deiced to take actions against what they perceived to

Cultural Coalitions protect cultural diversity

Defining culture as a unique good means promoting its diversity and using it to oppose the dominant aspects of the capitalist world. It’s with this ideal in mind that the many Coalitions – entities created by civil society and government institutions – be

Interview: Geraldo Moraes, President of the Brazilian Coalition

The first one relates to the approval of the UNESCO Convention. We are working so that this document becomes an effective instrument in promoting diversity and starts to be taken seriously during the negotiations of bilateral or multilateral treaties.

Interview: Rasmane Ouedraogo, President of the International Federation for Cultural Diversity

Even thou the number of national Coalitions is growing (the most recent being the one from Djibouti) there’s still a lot of work to be done in promoting the spread of Coalitions in some regions such as Asia and the middle-east. There are presently coaliti

THE OPENING OF THE EVENT

The opening of the event took place on November 5th in Salvador. Attending were the Secretary of Identity and Cultural Diversity of the Ministry of Culture (Brazil), Américo Córdula; the Secretary of Culture of Bahia, Márcio Meirelles; the President of th

Cultural Diversity on TV

A number of social groups, organized groups in particular, debate the deficiencies of commercial television and the limitations of today’s public TV, with the goal of presenting proposals to remedy these limitations and of defining their specific demands…