Second Quadrennial Periodic Report of the Chilean State to Unesco
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SECOND QUADRENNIAL PERIODIC REPORT OF THE CHILEAN STATE TO UNESCO: Measures for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2016 1 INDEX I.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................. ……………………………………….3 II. TECHNICAL INFORMATION...................................................................................................................... 4 III. OVERVIEW OF CULTURAL POLICY CONTEXT ............................................................................................... 5 1. CULTURAL POLICIES AND MEASURES ........................................................................................................ 6 1.A TOWARDS NEW CULTURAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONALITY. ......................................................................... 12 2. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION .............................................................................................. 12 3. PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT .................................................................................................................. 15 4. CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ............................................................................... 15 4.A MEASURES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL ................................................................................................. 16 4.B MEASURES AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL ........................................................................................ 18 5. AWARENESS – RAISING AND PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY .................................................................... 19 5.A THE CHILEAN STATE ...................................................................................................................... 19 5.B CIVIL SOCIETY ............................................................................................................................... 22 6. TRANSVERSAL ISSUES AND UNESCO PRIORITIES ...................................................................................... 24 6.A TRANSVERSAL ISSUES: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND MINORITIES ............................................................ 24 6.B UNESCO GLOBAL PRIORITY : GENDER EQUALITY .............................................................................. 25 6.C UNESCO OPERATIONAL STRATEGY FOR YOUTH ................................................................................ 26 7. ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS AND NEXT STEPS .................... ¡ERROR! MARCADOR NO DEFINIDO.27 ANNEXES: INFORMATION, STATISTICS AND COMPLEMENTARY DATA…………..…………………………………………….……29 2 I.- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On October 20, 2005, at the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was approved1. This instrument recognized cultural diversity as the common heritage of humanity, which must be valued and preserved for the benefit of people and nations. Also, raised the need for States to integrate the cultural dimension into public policies and to achieve sustainable development. To do this, cultural policies and measures should promote the full participation and commitment of all members of society contributing to the diversity of cultural expressions, particularly persons belonging to minority groups, women, youth and indigenous peoples. Four years after the drafting of the First Report on the measures taken by the Chilean State to protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions on their territory and at international level, this Second Report shows progress in relation to the process of gathering information as well as the inclusion of key stakeholders, belonging to public institutions and civil society. Therefore, the information gathered for the development of this new report, has been more complete and rich. Among the relevant achievements for the 2011-2015 period, it is important to underline the progress that the Chilean State has had in the generation of spaces for citizen participation, both in the design of cultural policies processes as in the creation of the country's future cultural Institutionality. Regarding transversal issues, the Chilean State wants to emphasize the recognition of the indigenous peoples as actors in the promotion and protection of the cultural diversity, starting at the Prior Consultation to the indigenous peoples. This Consultation was made within the elaboration and later presentation of the substitutive indication to the bill that creates the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage and it resulted in the decision to establish the Department of Indigenous Peoples in the current structure of the National Council of Culture and Arts (CNCA). The main challenges that the Chilean State has to highlight regarding the 2005 Convention, are focused towards a major incorporation of the genre perspective in the reflection and design for the cultural public actions, as in the empowerment of the territories as the cultural diversity fundamental spaces. Regarding future perspectives, the Chilean State wishes to emphasize the importance of the institutional transition processes that relate with the creation of the Ministry of Women and Genre Equality (law approved in 2015) and the bills that create the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, the National Council of the Peoples and the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, all of them currently under legislative process at the National Congress. This processes take account the preeminence that those issues have acquired in the Chilean State and they should encourage a more coordinated, coherent public action, and with a major impact. 1 Henceforth, this Report will refer to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression as “the 2005 Convention”. 3 II.- TECHNICAL INFORMATION Name of party Chile Date of ratification This degree was enacted in Chile by Decree Nº 82, of 2007, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and published in the Official Gazette of the Chilean Government, on June 27th of that year2. Organization responsible for the National Council of Culture and the Arts (CNCA). preparation of the Report Official contact name Macarena Sarras (Department of Agencies Specialized in United Nations of Multilateral Policy Directorate – Ministry of Foreign Affairs) [email protected] Date on which the report was prepared December 2015 - April 2016 Name of the officials who signed the Ramón Solis (Head of International Affairs Unit, Cabinet Report Minister, CNCA) and Constanza Symmes (Head of Studies Department, CNCA) Name of government agencies and civil Public Organizations: Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Foreign society organization involved in preparing Affairs, General Secretariat of Government and National the Report Council for Culture and the Arts. Civil Society: Chilean Coalition for Cultural Diversity3. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSULTATION PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT The consultation strategy was configurated from the identification of a map of public institutions and civil society organizations, whose programmatic approaches are associated either directly or indirectly, to the objectives and principles for the 2005 Convention. The team responsible for preparing the Report took two working sessions to share the characteristics of the National Report and the information collection methodology. The first one with the public institutions and the second one with the Chilean Coalition for Cultural Diversity. A common matrix was presented to the representatives of the public institutions to elaborate the specific reports of each public service and they made bilateral working sessions to support the process. By the other hand, the working session with the Chilean Coalition was an instance to get an update in this matter and they were requested to respond a specific questionnaire. 2 See http://www.cultura.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/libro-legislacion-cultural.pdf (p.39) 3 The Chilean Coalition is made up of the following organizations: Chilean Actors Union (SIDARTE); Chilean Copyright Society (SCD); Chilean Film and Television Producers Association A.G. (APCT); Editors Chile-Association of Independent Publishers, and Autonomous University (EDIN); Inter-Company National Union of Professionals and Technicians of Cinema and Audiovisual (SINTECI); Theatrical Corporation of Chile (CORTECH); Chilean Actors Corporation (ChileActores); National Union of Musicians and Artists of Chile (SINAMUARCHI); Recoleta Theatre Research Center; National Scenic Designers Association; Writers Society of Chile (SECH); Chilean Association of Documentary Filmmakers (ADOC); Short Filmmakers Association of Chile (ACORCH); Directors and Screenwriters Association of Chile (ADG); Digital publishers, and National Association of Authors of Theater, Cinema and Audiovisual (ATN). 4 From the received information matrixes, a methodology of content analysis was applied which allowed to link the projects, programs and plans executed from the public services with the 2005 Convention. In the same way, all of the involved actors were consulted about the challenges, gaps and opportunities of the Chilean State actions to fulfill the 2005 Convention guidelines, in the mid and long term. III.- OVERVIEW OF CULTURAL POLICY CONTEXT With the recovery of the democracy in the country, in 1990, starts a process in which the civil society and diverse chilean government organisms have dialogued over