Culture and Democracy IV:
The Role of Cultural Policies
in the Context of the Refugee Crisis
15th Assembly of Experts of the Council of Europe / ERICarts
Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends in Europe
St. Julian (Malta), 17-18 October 2016
The Conference is hosted by the
Arts Council Malta
Discussion Panel
on the 19th October 2016,
held in the framework of the 7th IFACCA World Summit on Arts and Culture
and the Council of Europe's CultureWatchEurope initiative
The 2016 Compendium Experts' Assembly in Malta
The 2016 Experts’ Assembly of the Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends in Europe marks the 18th
anniversary of this unique information and monitoring platform, which started in 1998 under the auspices of
the Culture Committee of the Council of Europe – at the time as an experiment with 7 country profiles. Today,
nearly all countries subscribing to the 1954 European Cultural Convention are part of the Compendium
'community of practice', with the last few missing expected to join shortly.
The Assembly will be held on 17-18 October in St. Julian (Malta) in the wider framework of the 7th IFACCA
World Summit on Arts and Culture (18-21 October 2016). With its focus on a human rights approach to
cultural policies, including issues such as equal access to the arts and heritage and related tasks of democratic
policy making to assure participation of all population groups, the event contributes to the follow-up of the
2013 Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Culture (Moscow). In addition, it confirms
Recommendation 1990 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on "The right of everyone to
take part in cultural life", where this right has been identified as "pivotal to the system of human rights"
(January 2012).
Debates in Malta will extend from identifying sustainable governance models for the Compendium system
instruments, enhancing culture’s contribution to the Council of Europe’s Secretary General’s report on Human
Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law to discussing new challenges among cultural policy makers, experts
and cultural practitioners, including controversial issues such as potential conflicts between different human
rights (e.g. freedom of expression and religious rights), while considering the role of public authorities and of
cultural policies in securing equitable access to services in the arts, heritage and media. The results of the
internal Compendium Assembly, which will bring together specialists from some 40 countries, will be fed
back into current work processes of the Council of Europe on culture and democracy.
In addition to Compendium Experts, interested government specialists – including members of the Council of
Europe’s Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape / CDCPP – are welcome to attend the
Malta event and contribute to the deliberations in their capacity as policy makers. More details:
• The Compendium Assembly is held from Monday 17 October 15h to Tuesday 18 October 17h00
• The ERICarts Board of Governors meets on Monday evening, 17 October, 19h30
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Monday, 17 October 2016
Assembly of Compendium Experts
Note: Some speakers and moderators in this draft still to be confirmed!
Location: Cavalieri Hotel, Spinola Road, St Julian's STJ 3019, Malta
14h30
Registration
15h00
SESSION A: INTRODUCTION
Opening and Welcome
Anthony Attard, Director Strategy, Arts Council Malta
Kimmo Aulake, Chair of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Culture, Heritage
and Landscape (CDCPP), Strasbourg
Annual Reports: Editors (Council of Europe, ERICarts) and Compendium experts
Kathrin Merkle, Head, Culture and Democracy Division, Council of Europe
Andreas Wiesand, Executive Director ERICarts Institute, Bonn
Anupama Sekhar, Culture Director, ASEF (WorldCP: Developments and Perspectives)
16h15
Coffee break
16h45
SESSION B: CURRENT SITUATION AND POTENTIAL FUTURE OF THE COMPENDIUM
Chair: Robert Oosterhuis, Research Co-ordinator Culture and Media, Ministry of Education,
Culture and Science, The Hague (NL)
Financial issues and the State of Voluntary National Contributions
Siobhan Montgomery, Senior Project Adviser, Culture and Democracy Division, Council of
Europe
Towards a new management structure for the Compendium
Andreas Wiesand, Executive Director ERICarts Institute
Presentation of Potential Management Models for the Compendium Project, such as
Consortium of Partners, Professional Association, University Project or other Options
followed by Q & A
18h30
End of first day
20h00
Dinner
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Assembly of Compendium Experts
Location: Cavalieri Hotel, Spinola Road, St Julian's STJ 3019, Malta
09h30
Coffee
09h45
SESSION C: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPENDIUM CONTENT AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
Note: Compendium experts should form small working groups to discuss:
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Implications for the Development of Thematic Spaces
Implications for Good Practice Information Services
Implications for New Functionalities including Short Summary Profiles
Implications for other Derivate Products
Groups should report briefly on their ideas for the different topics.
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10h45
SESSION D: ENHANCING CULTURE’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL’S
ANNUAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW
Chair: Dorota Ilczuk, Professor at Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Presentation of the Secretary General’s Report on Human Rights, Democracy and the
Rule of Law
Kimmo Aulake, Chair of the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Culture, Heritage
and Landscape (CDCPP), Strasbourg
Compendium’s Contribution to the 2017 Report from an “Access to Rights’” perspective
Oliver Göbel, Project Manager, Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends in Europe,
ERICarts and Siobhan Montgomery, Senior Project Adviser, Culture and Democracy
Division, Council of Europe
The First Council of Europe Report on Culture and Democracy
Kathrin Merkle, Head, Culture and Democracy Division, Council of Europe
followed by Open Discussion
13h00
Lunch
14h30
SESSION E: CULTURE IN CHALLENGING TIMES IN PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD SUMMIT
Chair: Ritva Mitchell, Vice-Chair of ECURES
Diversity Management, Inclusion and Cohesion through Culture
The Compendium Good Practice Database on Cultural Means for Migrant Integration
Oliver Göbel, ERICarts Compendium project manager
Intercultural Cities: Progress and Outlook
Siobhan Montgomery, Senior Project Adviser, Culture and Democracy Division, Council of
Europe
16h00
SESSION F: COMPENDIUM PARTNERS AND OUTLOOK FOR 2016/17
Chair: Péter Inkei, Budapest Observatory
The Indicator Framework on Culture and Democracy (IFCD):
Latest Developments and Links with the Compendium
Kathrin Merkle, Democratic Governance Directorate, Council of Europe
Communication between Compendium experts, National Governments, the CDCPP and
PACE
Exchange on Communication Experiences with Representatives of Governments and
Parliaments
Compendium Assembly 2017: potential candidates: Cyprus? Czech Republic?
All issues followed by Q & A / Debate
17h00
End of Assembly
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Wednesday, 19th October 2016 (16:00-17:30 Workshop 4)
7th IFACCA World Summit on Arts and Culture, Discussion hosted by the Compendium
Location:
Mediterranean Conference Centre,
Mediterranean Street, Valetta (Malta)
Cultural Projects and Initiatives for the Inclusion of Migrants / Refugees – Discussion
hosted by the Compendium
Cultural policies must respond to current political and humanitarian challenges. Recently, a Committee of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called on governments and civil society to ensure the
"dignity and rights" of refugees and migrants, whose protection "is part of our common duty to humanity"1 (2015).
As underlined in the new Handbook "Culture and Human Rights: The Wroclaw Commentaries" (2016), culturerelated human rights of migrants and other vulnerable groups are not just a political option; rather they are
guaranteed by international treaties. Therefore, the host countries should promote a socio-cultural environment
"characterized by tolerance, mutual understanding and appreciation for cultural diversities."2 In that context, the
Council of Europe and the ERICarts Institute (editors of the Compendium) are hosting a discussion featuring a
good practice database on arts and culture-related projects which target specifically the inclusion of migrants and
refugees inviting Summit participants to reflect on these issues and share good-practice examples from around the
world.
Moderators:
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Kathrin Merkle (Council of Europe, Head, Culture and Democracy Division, Directorate of Democratic
Governance)
Possible Speakers:
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Olivier Göbel – representing Compendium - ERICarts
Abdullah AlKafri, this is his contact [email protected]
Andrew Ormston (Compendium expert from UK)
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Committee on migration, refugees and displaced persons of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on
the occasion of the International Migrants Day on the 15.12.2015.
2
Federico Lenzerini, Ibid.
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