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FS0-08.01 Cuadernos Acerca Ingles Cultural Policies in Africa Compendium of reference documents Cultural Policies in Africa Compendium of reference documents Cultural Policies in Africa Compendium of reference documents By Máté Kovács OCPA Research Coordinator Published by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in the framework of the Program ACERCA (Training program for the development in the cultural sector) Published together with the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA) Madrid, 2009 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) Miguel Ángel Moratinos Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Soraya Rodríguez Ramos Secretary of State for International Cooperation and President of Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation Elena Madrazo Hegewisch Director of Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation Antoni Nicolau i Martí Director of Cultural and Scientific Relations Araceli Pereda Alonso ACERCA Program Coordinator María de los Ángeles Allegue Fernández ACERCA Program Enrique Martínez Lombó ACERCA Program Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA) Pierre Dandjinou Chair Lupwishi Mbuyamba Executive Director Máté Kovács Research Coordinator AECID and OCPA wish to recognize the support offered by UNESCO, the International Organization of the Francophony and the Swiss Commission for UNESCO in making the first version of this publication a reality (Maputo, 2006). Index 19 Presentation 21 Foreword Introduction 23 Objectives and Priorities of Cultural Policies in Africa. From the Pan-African Cultural Manifesto (1969) to the Charter for Africa’s Cultural Renaissance (2006). Historical overview 1. Overall cultural policy reference documents adopted by UNESCO 61 1.1. Declaration of the Principles of International Cultural Cooperation (1966) 64 1.2. Recommendation on Participation by the People at large in Cultural Life and their Contribution to it (1976) 78 1.3. Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist (1980) 95 1.4 Mexico City Declaration on Cultural Policies (1982) 102 1.5. Stockholm Action Plan on Cultural Policies for Development (1998) 111 1.6. Unesco Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001) 117 1.7. Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005) 2. Documents adopted by the International Organization of the Francophony 137 2.1. Cotonou Declaration (2001) 141 2.2. Beirut Declaration (2002) 9 3. African reference documents concerning culture and its role in development in Africa 151 3.1. Pan-African Cultural Manifesto (1969) 162 3.2. The Accra Declaration of the Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies in Africa (1975) 165 3.3. The Language Plan of Action for Africa (1986) 169 3.4. Harare Declaration of the Intergovernmental Conference of Ministers on Language Policy in Africa (1997) 175 3.5. The African Union Commission’s Proposal for Africa’s ‘Cultural Renaissance’–Action Area 6: Culture, Priority Programme 23 (From the Action Plans for 2004-2007 of the African Union Commission 2004-2007) 178 3.6. The Nairobi Charter for the Cultural Renaissance of Africa (2005) 189 3.7. Nairobi Plan of Action on the Cultural and Creative Industries in Africa (Checked on October 1, 2008) 210 3.8. Introductory Report of the African Union Commission on Previous Sessions of the Conference of African Ministers of Culture and Programmes of the Commission (2005) 4. OUA/AU Resolutions concerning culture 221 4.1. Resolutions of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OUA)/African Union (AU) (1963–2007) 221 4.1.1. Declarations and Resolutions adopted by the First Conference of Independent African Heads of State and Government • Education and Culture (Addis Ababa, 1963) 222 4.1.2. Declarations and Resolutions adopted by the Third Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government • Resolution on Social and Economic cooperation (Addis Ababa, 1966) 223 4.1.3. Declarations and Resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its Thirteenth Ordinary Session • Resolution relating to the Cultural Charter for Africa (Port Louis, 1976) 224 4.1.4. Declarations and Resolutions adopted by the Twenty-First Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government • Declaration of the Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity on the cultural aspects in the Lagos Plan of Action (Addis Ababa, 1985) 10 227 4.1.5. Declarations and Resolutions of the Twenty-Third Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government • Resolution on the International Literary Symposium of Writers against Apartheid (Addis Ababa, 1987) 228 4.1.6. The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, meeting in it Twenty-Eight Ordinary Session • Resolution on the Gorée Almadies Memorial (Dakar, 1992) • Resolution on the Houphouet-Boigny Unesco Peace Prize (Dakar, 1992) 230 4.1.7. Declarations and Resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government at its Twenty-Ninth Ordinary Session • 1993 Cairo Declaration on the occasion of the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (Cairo, 1993) 233 4.1.8 Declarations and Resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government at its Thirtieth Ordinary Session • Declaration on Social Development (Tunis, 1994) 236 4.1.9. Declarations and Resolutions adopted by the Thirty-First Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government • Declaration on the African Plan of Action concerning the situation of women in Africa in the context of family health (Addis Ababa, 1995) • Resolution on the African Economic Community. Annex: Relaunching Africa’s Economic and Social Development: The Cairo Agenda for Action (Addis Ababa, 1995) 238 4.1.10. Declarations, Resolutions and Decision adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government at its Thirty-Second Ordinary Session • Yaoundé Declaration (Africa: Preparing for the 21st century) (Yaoundé, 1996) • Resolution on the OUA Anthem (Yaoundé, 1996) 241 4.1.11. Declaration and Decisions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government at its Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session / Second Ordinary Session of the African Economic Community (AEC) • Ouagadougou Declaration (Ouagadougou, 1998) 244 4.1.12. Assembly of Heads of State and Government Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Session / Fifth Ordinary Session of the AEC • Decision on the Implementation of the Sirte Summit Decision on the African Union (Lusaka, 2001) 245 4.1.13. Decisions and Declarations adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its Thirty- Eighth Ordinary Session • Resolution on the return of the Pillaged African Monument the Obelisk of Axum (Durban, 2002) 11 247 4.1.14. Decisions and Declarations adopted by the Assembly of the African Union, Second Ordinary Session • Declaration on the Implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (Maputo, 2003) 248 4.1.15. Declarations and Decisions adopted by the Assembly of the African Union, Third Ordinary Session • Decision on the Conference of Intellectual from Africa and the Diaspora (Addis Ababa, 2004) • Decision on the report of the Commission on the AU Symbols Competitions (flag, emblem, anthem) (Addis Ababa, 2004) 249 4.1.16. Decisions, Declarations and Recommendation adopted by the Assembly of the African Union, Sixth Ordinary Session • Decision on a Second Decade of Education for Africa (2006–2015) and the framework of the Plan of Action for the Second Decade, Doc. Ex/Cl/224 (VIII) Rev.2 (Khartoum, 2006) • Decision on the Statutes of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) (Khartoum, 2006) • Decision on the Linkage between Culture and Education (Khartoum, 2006) • Decision to declare 2006 as The Year of African Languages (Khartoum, 2006) 252 4.2. Resolutions of the Council of Ministers / Executive Council of the Organization of the African Unity (OUA)/African Union (AU) (1963–2007) 252 4.2.1. Resolutions adopted by the Ninth Ordinary Session of the OUA Council of Ministers • An All-African Cultural Festival (Kinshasa, 1967) 253 4.2.2. Resolutions adopted by the Tenth Ordinary Session of the OUA Council of Ministers • Resolution on the First All-African Cultural Festival (Addis Ababa, 1968) 253 4.2.3. Resolutions adopted by the Eleventh Ordinary Session of the OUA Council of Ministers • The First All-African Cultural Festival (Algiers, 1968) • The All-African Cultural Festival (Algiers, 1968) 255 4.2.4. Declarations, Recommendations and Resolutions adopted by the Twelfth Ordinary Session of the OUA Council of Ministers • Resolution on the First All-African Cultural Festival (Addis Ababa, 1969) 257 4.2.5. Resolutions adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the OUA Council of Ministers • Resolution on Inter-African Cultural Festival (Addis Ababa, 1969) • Motion of Thanks (for hosting the festival) (Addis Ababa, 1969) 12 258 4.2.6. Resolutions and Declarations adopted by the Fifteenth Ordinary Session of the OUA Council of Ministers • Proposed Establishment of an All-African Cinema Union (Addis Ababa, 1970) 258 4.2.7. Resolutions adopted by the Nineteenth Ordinary Session of the OUA Council of Ministers • Resolution on the Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) (Rabat, 1972) 259 4.2.8. Resolutions adopted by the Twentieth Ordinary Session of the OUA Council of Ministers • Second Pan-African
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