Res: [A2k] IPS: Creativity has (cash) value

[Paula Martini]

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More information on the Creative Economy discussions being held on the Worl=
d Culture Forum (Rio de Janeiro) can be found on A2K Brazil website.

Below, a note on the participation of Professors Ronaldo Lemos and Pedro Pa=
ranagu=E1, from the Centre for Technology and Society - Brazil, on the Crea=
tive Economy for Development International Forum.

Best regards,
Paula Martini.


Centre for Technology and Society on the Creative Economy for Development I=
nternational Forum
http://www.a2kbrasil.org.br/ENG/Centre-for-Technology-and-Society,118

Proceeding within the World Culture Forum activities, the Centre for Techno=
logy and Society (CTS) of Funda=E7=E3o Get=FAlio Vargas Law School will par=
ticipate, next Tuesday the 28th, of the I Creative Economy for Development =
International Forum.

This event, taking place in Rio de Janeiro from the 26th to the 29th of Nov=
ember, is organized by the South-South Cooperation Special Unit  (SU-SSC) o=
n the ambit of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), headquarter=
ed in New York, in partnership with the World Culture Forum and in collabor=
ation with United Nations agencies, among them UNESCO. The detailed program=
me and the presentation of symposiums and workshops speakers can be checked=
 out here.

On the 28th, will participate of the Intellectual Property Rights and Devel=
opment symposium the Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, Professor =
Ronaldo Lemos (Creative Commons Brazil and CTS), Richard Owens (Copyright, =
E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division, WIPO, Geneve), John Howkins=
 (writer and consultant on TV, film and creative economy, United Kingdom), =
S=E9rgio S=E1 Leit=E3o (Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES, Brazil), Garry =
Neil (International Network for Cultural Diversity, Canada) and Joxean Fern=
=E1ndez (UNESCO Programme Culture and World Heritage representative, Urugua=
y).

Professor Ronaldo Lemos, coordinator of the Centre for Technology and Socie=
ty (CTS), will approach the theme Implications of Intellectual Property Rig=
hts for Development. The symposium will be complemented by the IP Rights an=
d Multilateral Agreements: What's Next? workshop, with the participation of=
 Professor Pedro Paranagu=E1 (A2K Brazil and CTS), Daniel Gonz=E1lez (Organ=
izaci=F3n de Estados Iberoamericanos =96 OEI) and Marcos Alves de Souza (Su=
bstitute Coordinator of the Copyright Division of the Brazilian Ministry of=
 Culture - MinC).

Last Thursday, the 23th of November, Professor Pedro Paranagu=E1 participat=
ed of the debates on the 9th Annual Ministerial Meeting International Netwo=
rk on Cultural Policy =96 INCP, which assembles 68 Ministries of Culture fr=
om all continents. On that event, Minister Gilberto Gil presented the docum=
ent developed in partnership with CTS, based on questionnaires sent over by=
 MinC to the countries-members of INCP. The document digests suggestions on=
 public policies practices for developing countries =96 or countries in a l=
ower relative development grade on copyright and related rights.

The Ministerial Meeting is also part of the World Culture Forum programme, =
as well as the Creative Economy for Development International Forum.


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Paula Martini
Centre for Technology and Society - CTS
A2K Brazil colaborator/co-editor
www.a2kbrasil.org.br
Funda=E7=E3o Get=FAlio Vargas Law School
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
+55 21 2559-6065
pmartini@fgv.br



----- Mensagem original ----
De: Thiru Balasubramaniam <thiru@cptech.org>
Para: a2k@lists.essential.org
Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 22 de Novembro de 2006 16:43:26
Assunto: [A2k]
 IPS: Creativity has (cash) value

Brazil: Creativity has (cash) value

Rio de Janeiro, 21 Nov (IPS/Mario Osava) -- The culture and
 creativity
economy
and its contribution to sustainable development will be the central
theme at a
10-day meeting of experts, artists and government delegates from more
than 70
countries, which kicks off Friday in two Brazilian cities.

Three days of discussions on the "Creative Economy" will begin on
Sunday with a
conference on "21st Century Strategies for Development", headed by
Brazilian
Culture Minister Gilberto Gil and the director of the United Nations
Development
Programme's Special Unit for South-South Cooperation (SSC-SU), Yiping
Zhou.

The new creativity-based economic sector, barely defined as yet,
includes
handicrafts, artistic output of all kinds, and new technologies such as
computer
software. Culture, therefore, plays a key role in its expansion.

Dieter Jaenicke, the director-general of the Forum Cultural Mundial
(FCM, World
Culture Forum), told IPS that cultural goods and services
 are now of
great
importance in the economy of many countries, and in some cases they are
the main
stimulus for tourism and the principal export product.

The FCM will be held from November 24-30 in Rio de Janeiro, and
December 1-3
in Salvador, the capital of the northeastern state of Bahia.

There are many examples of small countries, like Jamaica with its
reggae music
which "has gained incredible standing," and others in the Caribbean and
in Africa,
that are joining the United States, where films and other cultural
products are the
second largest export category, Jaenicke remarked.

The United Nations has estimated that culture accounts for seven
percent of the
global gross domestic product, amounting to $1.3 trillion. Because this
sector is
growing at an annual rate of 10%, considerably higher than the average
for the
global economy as a whole, it is one of the keys to future development.

Gil,
 better known as a world-class singer-songwriter, is enthusiastic
about the
creative economy, and wants Brazil to establish the first international
centre
dedicated to it. An important innovation introduced at his initiative
has been "to
treat cultural activities as economic activities as well," he said,
reporting on nearly
four years as minister of culture.

Intellectual property and proposals for making its regulations more
flexible, or
changing them, in the light of the emergence of the Internet and other
technologies, are issues that will concern many experts and government
officials at
several meetings at the Forum and its associated events, which will
include a
meeting of the ministers of culture of the Mercosur (Southern Common
Market)
trade bloc.

Culture and the arts are also important "in education and in conflict
prevention,"
and therefore the debate on "Culture for Peace" will be
 another
important event at
the Forum, Jaenicke said. Interesting experiences in which artistic
projects have
reduced tensions and violence, for example, in Brazil's "favelas" or
shantytowns,
will be presented.

Discussion on these and other topics, such as the relationship between
culture and
development, globalisation, rights and cooperation, will be part of the
Global
Convention, to which over 500 experts and artists have been invited,
400 of them
from outside Brazil. The programme includes conferences, lectures,
panels and
workshops devoted to reflecting on the role of culture in the world.

But the Forum will also provide the occasion for countless dance, music
and
theatre performances, and visual arts, photography, fashion and design
exhibits,
especially from Africa and Latin America. Videos and a series of 11
documentary
films will also be shown.

A "White Night" consisting of 24 hours of
 uninterrupted cultural
activities, will
take place from Saturday to Sunday at several locations in Rio de
Janeiro, on the
same lines as multi-site arts festivals held in several cities in the
world, particularly
in Europe.

The associated events are to include the annual meetings of the
International
Network of Cultural Policies, bringing together delegates of ministries
of culture
from over 60 countries, and the International Network of Cultural
Diversity,
comprising more than 300 artists' and cultural groups' organisations
from 50
countries.

The ministers of culture of the community of Portuguese-speaking
countries, and
about 30 cultural networks and foundations from around the world will
also be
meeting here, making Rio de Janeiro the capital city of cultural debate
for seven
days.

This is the second FCM to be held. The first, hosted by Sao Paulo in
2004, drew
some 15,000 participants
 to the debates and more than 150,000 visitors
to the
shows and exhibits.

This year, it is hoped that those numbers will at least be maintained,
Jaenicke said.
The next Forum, in two year's time, will be held in a different country
which has
not yet been chosen.

The Forum is an initiative of 51 governmental and non-governmental
organisations. This year, the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, Servico
Social do
Comercio (SESC, Social Services provided by the trade private sector)
and the
Casa Via Magia Cultural Institute, in Salvador, are supporting the
event.
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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
CPTech
voice +41.22.791.6727
fax +41.22.723.2988
mobile +41 76 508 0997
thiru@cptech.org

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