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Encuentrode Ministros de Cultura

y de Responsables

de Políticas Culturales

de América Latina

y el Caribe

VI- REPORT ON THE PRO—TEMPORE SECRETARIAT'S ACTIVITIES

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REPORT ON THE 1991/1992

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PRO-TEMPORE SECRETARIAT

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I. INTRODUCTION

This report describes the initiatives and the results

obtained during the period in which Venezuela has been

Venue of the Pro-Tempore Secretariat of the Meeting of

Ministers of Culture and Responsible for Cultural Policies

of Latin America and the Caribbean. It represents a

compilation of the information sent in by the countries.

We have organized the document as follows:

1st: We include a group of considerations on the

evolution of the mechanisms and the progress made in the

process of cultural integration of the region.

2nd: We describe in detail the different parts of the

Action Plan for the 1991-92 Period approved by the IV

Meeting in Havana. Cuba. September 1992.

Further, on we refer specifically to advances in the

program actions, to the activity of the Collegiate

Secretariat and to the nature and developments of the

Caracas, Margarita. Santiago, Chile and Quito Meetings.

A classification by programs of tonic approaches was made

and a final balance was drawn up summarizing what has been

implemented and what is pending implementation.

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II. ADVANCES IN THE PROCESS OF CULTURAL INTEGRATION IN LATIN

AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

We reach the Vth Meeting of Ministers of Culture and

Responsible for Cultural Policies of Latin America and the

Caribbean with a highly positive balance insofar as the

consolidation of these yearly meetings, as well as the

progress made in the process of approximation and

identification between the countries of the different parts

of the region, giving us the opportunity to gain knowledge

on the problems involved in strategy and program design,

project formulation and structuring work mechanisms with

their ever growing level of efficiency and specialization,

so that we may act in concert and within a regional scope in

the cultural sphere.

Since our meeting in Brasilia in 1989, and the subsequent

meetings in Mar del Plata, Mexico City, Havana and now

Caracas, there has been a continuous and sustained

collective effort to find the keys to foster our mutual

understanding and integration, forming a single will with a

view to reaffirming our identity. We can state that we have

grown both in quality and quantity. The existence of

subregional groupings in the area and the reality they

represent far from being an obstacle to interaction in the

Meetings, have proven positive in our case, as these

groupings, motivated and organized around different types of

factors, have served to focus attention and inject fluidity

into our dialogue.

These cultural realities which emerge from the origin and

development of our historical process have generated a group

of initiatives which benefits the global process. Cases in

point are the processes underway in the Southern Cone.

Central America, the Caribbean and the Andean area,

interalia. Specific examples of the advances mentioned above

are observations that the main issues involved in the

cultural scene concern us all, giving us the opportunity to

advance from an exhaustive inventory of projects to attend

to, to a stage of classification by major topics and the

outline of a certain priority assigned to them. This gives

us the opportunity to broaden the process of cultural

integration gradually and systematically from different

vantage points, because it represents the greatest challenge

before the region and the great goal we have set for

ourselves.

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This accomplishment of the political action immediately

generated the need to review and improve working mechanisms

making them the expression of the unity of criteria attained

and a solution of continuity winch has not been affected by

the successive transfers of venue of the Pro-Tempore

Secretariat. Determinant in maintaining this continuity was

the collegiate nature of the Pro-Tempore Secretariat and the

harmony which exists between its members: a reflection of the

existence of the Forum of Ministers and Responsible for

Culture of the region.

It is therefore vital for the continued progress of the

mechanism to broach the possibility to formalize it as a

collective body considering that historically the benefits of

this modality have been demonstrated by otter experiences

in the international community. In this Vth testing, we

should seek to find a practical solution to this point with

a view to strengthening our great strategic projects which

serve to further the cultural integration to which we are all

committed.

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III. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN (1991-1992 PERIOD)

APPROVED BY THE IV MEETING OF MINISTERS OF CULTURE AND

RESPONSIBLE FOR CULTURAL POLICIES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE

CARIBBEAN

The Pro-Tempore Secretariat, at the request of the Ministers

during the IV Meeting, agreed to organize a meeting in

Margarita, Venezuela, charged with the task of setting the

priorities for the projects in progress which also pursued

general purposes of joint action. It was also suggested that

the possibility of formalizing the liason, coordination and

implementation mechanisms of the Meetings should be explored,

consistent with a formulae to guarantee the principles which

govern the meetings.

In carrying out this mandate, the Venue Secretariat,

convened a meeting in Caracas of the collegiate mechanism

last December 1991, with a view to preparing the

documentation for submission to the consideration of the

Special Meeting in Margarita in February. The Caracas

meeting was attended by the representatives of Mexico, Cuba,

Chile and Venezuela with the support of the Andres Bello

Convention (SECAB), CELARG, and UNESCO.

Representatives from Antigua, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia,

Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Dominica,

Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua,

Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad

and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela, and the following

international agencies:

ALADI, CARICOM, CERLALC, SELA, UNESCO, UNESCO/CRESALC and

SECAB participated in the Margarita Meeting. The above

mentioned documents were discussed by the meeting, and

resulted in a revised text of the Ministerial mandate.

Later, a third meeting of the Collegiate Pro-Tempore

Secretariat was convened in Santiago, Chile, following the

recommendation made by the Margarita meeting and charged

with the task of refining the options to be submitted to the

Vth Meeting and, in addition, to prepare a recommendation

for the Ministers to consider the possibility of

formalization of the mechanism and the establishment of a

Cultural Information System for Latin America and the

Caribbean, as the first priorities. The recommendation is

that it should be implemented gradually according to a

strategy which takes account of the capacities and

potentials of the individual countries.

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It is important to note the participation of the Venue Pro-

Tempore Secretariat in the XXVI General Conference of UNESCO in

Paris, last October 1991. By mandate of the IV Meeting, a series

of proposals were put before the Cultural Commission with the

support of GRULAC (Latin America and Caribbean Group) which are

set forth in Program III.I of 26C/5:

International Cooperation, Preservation and Enrichment of

Cultural Identities and the World Decade of Cultural Development

Specific reference is made to the Forum of Ministers and to the

decisions adopted by that body. This provided the opportunity

to request financing for the Cultural Information System project

and for the Regional Fund for the Promotion of Culture and the

Arts. (The relevant resolutions are attached).

Because of the short time between the IV Meeting of Ministers and

the General Conference of UNESCO, it was not possible to submit a

draft resolution to the Assembly setting forth the advances made

in the process of cultural integration with each successive fora

and opening up the opportunity of gaining access to regular

program funds and to the participation program.

In support of the request made, the report of IV Meeting was

received in person by the Director General of UNESCO. Dr.

Federico Mayor, who took, the opportunity to express his support

and committed himself to promote the implementation of the plans

drawn up by this mechanism.

We would now like to refer to the Action Plan and make an

approximation to the great topics it includes. The table reflects

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STRATEGIES AND/

OR PROJECTS

LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION

Workshop-Seminar

CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND

INTEGRATION

Held in Quito, Ecuador from July 27-29,

1992 and organized by the National Council

for Culture of Ecuador in conjunction with

SECAB and IADAP. Bolivia, Chile, Colombia,

Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela participated in

the event.

International Seminar

on ADMINISTRATION AND

CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

Held in Santiago de Chile from October 5-7,

1992 and organized by the Chilean Ministry

of Education and Culture. Representatives

from the following countries participated

therein: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,

Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador,

France, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua,

Panama, Spain, Uruguay, U.S.A., and

Venezuela, as did representatives from the

following international agencies: OAS,

CERLALC, INTAL, SECAB, ALADI, UNDP, ILPES

and CONAC (Venezuela).

Special Training Pro-

gramme for Integration

and Cultural

Development and Work-

Study Programme.

Exchange of Experiences

and other modalities

determined by the

countries, the Latin

American and Caribbean

Centre for Cultural

Development (CLACDEC)

headquarters in Caracas

The COURSE ON CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND

POLICY FOR THE SUBSECRETARIAT OF CULTURE OF

THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE OF

PARAGUAY was held from January 31 to

February 14, 1992 in La Asuncion, Paraguay.

The course received backing from CLACDEC

and the OAS and was attended by 33

officials from various offices coming under

the Ministry of Centre Education and

Culture of Paraguay.

The course on CULTURAL RESEARCH AND

MANAGEMENT FOR ECUADOR was held in

Quito, Ecuador from April 20 to May 8,

1992, with backing from CLACDEC, the OAS

and the Office of the Undersecretary for

Culture. Twenty-eight Public

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Ecuador took part in this course.

The XVII LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN

COURSE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF CULTURAL

SERVICES was held in Caracas and Cumanacoa

(Sucre) in Venezuela from May 6 to August

6, 1992. The speciality was: Conservation

and Reappraisal of Cultural Identity and

Heritage. It was organized by CLACDEC with

backing from the OAS and the participation

of 22 representatives from Argentina,

Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa

Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El

Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico,

Paraguay and Venezuela.

The Integration Meeting for the Cultural

Development of Latin America and the

Caribbean, organized by Universidad

Laica "Eloy Alfaro," Manabi, Ecuador was

held from June 22-28, in which the

following countries participated:

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and

Venezuela.

The International Cultural Meetings;

Spanish-American Course on the Transfer of

Social Technology, was held in

Albacete, Spain from July 2-10, 1992,

with backing from the Spanish Federation

of People's Universities and the

Universidad Popular of Albacete, in

which 73 representatives from Argentina,

Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic,

Ecuador, Spain and Venezuela took part.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

ON ADMINISTRATION AND

CULTURAL MANAGEMENT


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I LATIN AMERICAN

AND CARIBBEAN

CONGRESS OF CULTURAL

PROMOTERS AND

ENTERTAINERS

This Congress was held in Ibarra,

Ecuador from March 16-20, 1992,

organized by CONAC of Ecuador, and

sponsored by the Secretariat of Culture and

the Andean Centre for Cultural

Development (CANDEC).

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Topic: CULTURAL INFORMATION

STRATEGIES AND/

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Cultural Information

System

We shall describe the work undertaken

during this period in greater detail.

Firstly, we shall point out the

significant role played by Puerto Rico

since the "Caribbean World" meeting was

held in November 1991, when the creation

of a Cultural Information System to

extend the scope intended by the Regional

Network of Cultural Institutions entrusted

to ORCALC was proposed and immediately and

enthusiastically welcomed by the

representatives of: Barbados, Belize,

Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Jamaica,

Martinique, Puerto Rico, Suriname,

Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela. The

event was also attended by delegates

from the following international

agencies: CARICOM, OAS, UNDP, UNESCO and

SELA.

Accordingly, Puerto Rico provided

technical assistance to the Pro-Tem

Secretariat on three occasions,

participating directly with Venezuela in

preparing a document containing a

technical proposal on the Latin American

and Caribbean Cultural Information

System (SICLAC), which was considered by

and discussed at the I Latin American

and Caribbean Symposium an Informatics

and Cultural Development, held in Quito,

Ecuador from May 27-29, 1992 and

organized by the National Cultural

Council of Ecuador, with support from

the Pro-Tempore Secretariat, and in which

experts from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,

Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras,

Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, and

from SECAB and ORCALC/UNESCO took part.

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The Headquarters of the Pro—Tem

Secretariat called a technical

meeting (August 1992) at the UNESCO

office in Caracas in order to co-

ordinate efforts with ORCALC to set

up and develop SICLAC. Venezuela, in

its capacity as Pro-Tempore Secretariat

Headquarters and with backing from

other countries in the associated

Secretariat, designed a strategy to

seek funds to further progress on

the decisions taken on this matter

by the Ministers at this Meeting.

On the other hand, the Regional

Centre for the Promotion of Reading

in Latin America and the Caribbean

(CERLALC), with headquarters in

Colombia, places at SICLAC's

disposal its experience with the

Regional Information Service on

Books reading and copyright

practices. This project has been

developed mainly in the following

areas:

— Bibliography and Documentation of

statistical information

— Project Bank: agencies in charge

of promotion, implementation,

financing, and experts in relevant

topics.

In this regard, CERLALC hopes to

become a node of SICLAC in all

aspects pertaining to books.

Negotiations were held with UNDP,

UNESCO, and the following private

foundations: Swedish International

Development Authority, BAREC. Statens

Kulturrad and Program Arts Inter-

national Institute of Inter-

national Education and response from

them is being awaited. More detailed

information on all these aspects

will be examined at the forthcoming

meeting for analyzing this System.

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STRATEGIES AND/

OR PROJECTS


MEETING OF DIRECTORS

OF LATIN AMERICAN AND

CARIBBEAN CONSERVATION

CENTRES.

Project RLA/91/029 offering technical

assistance for the Conservation of the

Cultural, Urban and Environmental Heritage

for the creation of a DATA BANK with

common criteria for all the countries of

the region has not been fully concluded. A

new strategy will be set up for 1993.

This meeting was held in Caracas,

Venezuela from August 31 - September 3,

1992. It was organized by the Centre for

the Conservation of the Cultural

Heritage/CONAC/CECOP, with participation

from the Documentary Conservation Centre

of the National Library and the

Headquarters of the Pro-Tempore

Secretariat. Directors of the Conservation

Centers of the following countries took

part in the meeting: Brazil, Colombia,

Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela, and

representatives from ICCROM, ORCALC/UNESCO

and UNDP/ UNESCO.

I LATIN AMERICAN

AND CARIBBEAN

MEETING ON CULTURAL

LEGISLATION.

Held in San Salvador, El Salvador on

October 21 and 22, 1992, organized by the

National Council for Culture and the Arts

(CONCULTURA) and participated in by legal

experts from Argentina, Chile, Colombia,

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,

Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

No information was received on the

Meeting from the Andean Countries on the

Unlawful Traffic of Goods (to be held in

Peru with support from UNESCO and

SECAB). The Meeting on Cultural Tourism

and the VIII Meeting of the

Intergovernmental Committee for the

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STRATEGIES AND/

OR PROJECTS


Restitution of Cultural Goods to

their respective countries (both to

be held in Guatemala).

No information has been received on

the Study entrusted to ALADI regarding the

establishment of a Common Market for Goods

and Services.

IN THE FIELD OF

HANDICRAFTS

The II Regular Meeting of the Latin

American Programme for Co-operation in the

field of Handicrafts (PLACART), was held

in Havana, Cuba, from September 21-26,

1992, and attended by delegates from Cuba,

Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru,

Uruguay, and Venezuela, and a

representative from SELA.

I CULTURAL HERITAGE

CONGRESS

- The National Culture Institute of the

Reina Torres de Arauz Anthropological

Museum in Panama City organized this

Congress, held from February 17-21. Topics

covered: anthropology, history, filing

systems, etnohistory, and moveables

and non-moveables. Technicians and

professionals from Panama, Colombia and

Costa Rica were present.

- This course was held between September

14 and November 13, to train technicians

in the field of pottery restauration. It

is geared towards Central America and

Caribbean countries.

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STRATEGIES AND/

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BOOKS:

I SPANISH-AMERICAN

BOOK CONFERENCE This Conference was held in Granada,

Spain from June 17-20, 1992, organized by

the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and

sponsored by CERLALC. Representatives

from the region and from Spain took part

in the event. One of the conclusions

reached was that this type of event

should continue to be held.

INTERNATIONAL CONSUL-

TATION MEETING WITH

THE STATE SECTOR ON

THE PARTIAL SCOPE

AGREEMENT

The Meeting of Government Experts on the

Free Circulation of Books was held in San

Jose, Costa Rica from October 19-21,

organized by CERLALC, with logistic

support from the General Directorate of

Culture of the Ministry of Culture, Youth

and Sports of Costa Rica.

FRAMEWORK STUDY FOR

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

NATIONAL BOOK POLICIES

A Consultant was entrusted with

conducting an initial study on the

strength of which the general and

specific observations ensuing therefrom

would be used to prepare a framework

study to be submitted at the V Meeting.

REGARDING THE PRO-

GRAMME TO PROMOTE

READING IN LATIN

AMERICA AND THE

CARIBBEAN

The International Colloquium on the

Promotion of Reading was held in San

Jose, Costa Rica from July 29 - 31, and

organized by the Directorate of Culture

of the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture,

Youth and Sport and the General

Directorate of Libraries. The initiative

that Costa Rica might be the headquarters

of the pilot project for reading in non—

traditional spaces was submitted to the

General Secretary of CERLALC.

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OR PROJECTS


In July CERLALC received the

preliminary version of a foundation

document containing suggestions of the

"Inclusion of Reading in the School

Curriculum" and on the "Improvement of

Teaching."

BASIC GUIDELINES

FOR A READING

CAMPAIGN AND ITS

SUBSEQUENT USE IN

DESIGNING READING

PROGRAMMES IN

LATIN AMERICA.

Venezuela prepared the document on the

subject which was submitted at the

International Meeting on the

Formulation of National Reading Policies

in Latin America and the Caribbean,

held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from

October 21-24.

PUBLICATIONS:

ANTHOLOGY OF

CONTEMPORARY

AUTHORS IN OUR

CONTINENT

The National Council for Culture and

Arts and the Publishers Editorial

Grijalbo - Mondadori, will publish 12

books as of December 1992 from the

collection "Claves de America Latina" on

historical and topical subjects

pertaining to the economic, political

and social processes of this region will

be dealt with by prominent researchers

from this Continent.

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Publishers Editorial Venezolana Monte

Avila Latinoamericana published an

Anthology of Caribbean Authors called

"Short stories."

No firm decision was reached on

technical assistance for the Pro-Tem

Secretariat on the creation of a

mechanism for the promotion of works by

Latin American and Caribbean authors, in

different languages for which the

UNESCO/PROFIT/International Translation

Fund would be responsible.

OFFER OF THE CUBAN

CENTRE "CASA DE LAS

AMERICAS" FOR

RESEARCH, FUNDS AND

CO-PUBLICATIONS.

Efforts are underway to reach agreements

with Co-Publishers who may be interested

in publishing the magazines "Andes del

Caribe" and "Del Caribe," although none

has yet been attained.

PUBLICATION OF A

DICTIONARY OF

CARIBBEAN WRITERS

Biblioteca Venezolana Ayacucho published

the Diccionario Enciclopedico de las

Letras de America Latina y del Caribe

(DEALC - 4 volumes). Venezuelan

Publishers Monte Avila Latinoamericana

will produce and distribute it. Other

countries have shown an interest in it

but the pertinent information and

promotion mechanisms have yet to be

established.

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LIBRARIES:

FOR THE PROPOSAL TO

FOSTER MORE BIBLIO-

GRAPHICAL AND AUDIO-

VISUAL EXCHANGE AMONG

THE REGION'S PUBLIC

LIBRARIES.

The II Regional Meeting of the Latin

American and Caribbean Association of

Public Libraries (ABIPALC) was held in

Caracas, Venezuela in February 1992, and

the relevant issues studied there will

be considered once again at the Meeting

of the Technical Committee of the

Development Project for the Public

Libraries of the Region, to be held at

the end of November 1992, and the

structure of the Continental Network of

Libraries will be considered. The

committee will be composed by

representatives from Brazil, Colombia,

Cuba and Venezuela.

AUDIOVISUALS:

REGARDING THE AUDIO-

VISUAL MARKET FOR

WHICH MEXICO AND THE

LATIN AMERICAN AND

CARIBBEAN BROADCASTING

UNION IS RESPONSIBLE.

Mexico reported that this was not held

as it was not considered feasible at the

present moment.

DISSEMINATE THE

RECOMMENDATIONS OF

IV MEETING OF

MINISTERS IN THE

AUDIOVISUAL FIELD.

These were submitted to the Conference

of Spanish-American Cinematographic

Authorities (CACI) for consideration at

the International Film Festival to be

held in December 1992 in Havana, Cuba.

VIDEOTAPE TRAINING

PROGRAMME.

Mexico is working on this in conjunction

with the Region's Public Library

Network.

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RADIO:

STUDY FOR THE

CREATION OF

RADIO CARIBE.

Mexico considers that in view of this

project involving several Caribbean

Basin countries (Colombia, Cuba, Mexico

and Venezuela), and give its great

significance, it would be advisable to

ascertain and technical and financial

evaluation of the participating

countries and institutions through a

scheme that would take into account

gradual phases of development.

In December 1991 the Meeting of Spanish-

American Radio and Television Training

Centres was held in Havana, Cuba,

attended by 13 Directors from Centres in

the Region.

The I Meeting of Latin American and

Caribbean Music Broadcasters was held

from August 31 to September 6, 1992.

CINEMA AND AUDIOVISUAL

ARCHIVES:

The XLVII Congress of the International

Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) was

held in Montevideo, Uruguay from April

19 - 30, 1992, and organized by that

institution and the Cinemateca Uruguay

and the Meeting of the Latin American

Coordinator of Moving Image Archives

(CLAIM), organized by that institution

and the Cinemateca Uruguaya, with the

participation of 13 film libraries from

the region.

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The FIAF Congress included several

Seminars and Workshops on conservation

and cataloguing and two special

activities: a) Symposium on Programming

in Film Archives and b) Symposium on the

Origins of Cinematographic Language in

Latin America. The fundamental points

dealt with at the CLAIM Meeting were:

Computer Project for Latin American Film

Libraries, the Operating Standards of

CLAIM and Latin American Conservation

Projects.

No information has been received on the

Film Heritage of the English-speaking

Caribbean, which was requested with a

view to setting up a Restoration Centre

through CARICOM, in an English-speaking

Caribbean country.

VIDEO: Neither has any information been

received on the Regional Study of the

Audiovisual Market in Latin America and

the Caribbean which would be undertaken

by ULCRA/PIDC/SELA and the creation of a

Marketing Enterprise for Audiovisual

Productions, for which ULCRA/PIDC would

be responsible.

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FAIRS:

AN ANNUAL LATIN

AMERICAN BOOK

FAIR TO BE HELD

ON A ROTATING

BASIS.

No firm decision has been

reached on this initiative.

PARTICIPATION IN

INTERNATIONAL BOOK

FAIRS PROMOTED BY

THE COUNTRIES OF

THE REGION.

The Buenos Aires International Book

Fair, Argentina; the Fair of Nations:

the XXXVII Porto Alegre Book Fair, the

Brasilia Book Fair, the Sao Paulo Book

Fair, organized by the Brazilian Book

Chamber, held in Brazil; the XI La

Serena Book Fair and the Santiago de

Chile International Book Fair; the

"Estanislao Zuleta" Book Fair and the

Bogota International Book Fair, held in

Colombia in April and May 1992; the

International Book Exhibition in the

city of Trujillo and the San Agustin

University Fair in Arequipa, Peru; the

XIV Montevideo International Book Fair,

Uruguay; the Havana International Book

Fair, held in Cuba in February, 1992.

The Santo Domingo International Book

Fair was held in October 1992 within

the framework of the "El Faro a Colon"

Exhibition held in the Dominican

Republic. The Caracas International

Book Fair will be held in Venezuela in

December 1992.

INTERNATIONAL ARTS

FESTIVAL

This festival was held in San Jose,

Costa Rica from April 1-12, 1992, and

was organized by the Costa Rican

Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

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LATIN AMERICAN SEMINAR ON

THE MYTH AND REALITY

ABOUT BOOKS

From April 27-29, 1992, as part of the Bogota

International Book Fair. Present at this event

were 24 speakers from nine Latin American and

European countries: Mexico, Cuba, Colombia,

Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, and

Venezuela, who referred to editorial

difficulties, production, distribution and

financing of the editorial industry, copyright

of authors, illustrators, translators, editors,

as well as cultural policies and the

presentation of literary works in the mass

media.

FESTIVALS:

PARTICIPATION IN

IMTERNATIONAL MUSIC,

DANCE, FILM AND

THEATRE FESTIVALS

The Cartagena International Film Festival was

held in Colombia in March 1992: the XII

Festival of Caribbean Culture was held in

Santiago de Cuba in July 1992: in August 1992

the V Edition of CARIFESTA was held In

Trinidad & Tobago: the Mexico City Festival

was held in Guanajuato, Mexico in August and

September 1992; the Cervantino Festival was

held in October 1992; in November 1992 the

International Caribbean Culture Festival was

held in Cancun, Mexico; and in October and

November 1992 the XIII International Ballet

Festival was held in Havana.

Likewise various film festivals were held in

the continent; Gramado Cinema Festival, Jornada

de Bahia, Capineba Film and Video in Latin

Languages, Muestra America 500 anos, Spiritus

Santo, Brazil; Air Festival, Viña del Mar,

Chile; Muestra Internacional del Cine

Iberoamericano, Argentina; Festival

Internacional de Teologia y Cultura, Colombia;

Jamaica Film Festival, Jamaica; Muestra

Internacional de cine, Mexico; San Juan

Cinemafest, Puerto Rico; Festival

Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Cortometraje y

Video, Venezuela: and the Festival

Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano,

Cuba.

INTERNATIONAL ARTS

AND VORLES OF AMERICA

FESTIVAL

Major institution and national and

international artists from Venezuela, Latin

American and from other corners of the world,

took part in this Arts Integration Festival,

held from October 12, 1991 to October 12,

1992. Twenty-three events were held in the

field of popular and traditional culture,

plastic, art, music, theatre, dance, cinema

and video.

PARTICIPATION IN THE

SPECIAL PLASTIC ARTS

EVENTS

The CONAC-American Encounter exhibition

was held in Buenos Aires. Argentina in

April and May 1991 and in October and

November. 1991 in Santiago de Chile: and

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from March to May, 1992 the CONAC Art

and City exhibition was held in Medellin

and Bogota, Colombia. The "Entre

Trópicos" (Between Tropics) exhibition

was held in April and May 1992 in

Caracas Venezuela. The following

countries took part in it: Argentina,

Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,

Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay,

Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. On October

4, 1992 the Museum of the Americas was

inaugurated in Puerto Rico; an October

14, 1992 the El Faro a Colon exhibition

opened Santo Domingo, Dominican

Republic.

BIENNIALS:

X ENGRAVING

BIENNIAL.

Held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

CUENCA PAINTING

BIENNIAL.

Held in Ecuador in November 1992

SAO PAULO BIENNIAL. Held in Brazil from September 21 to

December 10, 1991.

CENTRAL AMERICAN

PAINTING BIENNIAL

Held from October 1 to November 1, 1992

in San Jose, Costa Rica and organized by

the Costa Rican Museum of Art, with the

participation of Costa Rica, El

Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

and Panama.

I PAINTING BIENNIAL. Held from October to December 1992 in

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

I POTTERY BIENNIAL. Held from August 3-4, 1992 in Caracas,

Venezuela.

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MEETING OH LATIN

AMERICAN CULTURAL

IDENTITY AND THE

GLOBALIZATION

PROCESS, TO BE

HELD IN NOVEMBER

1992.

No information has been received on this.

MEETINGS Regarding this point, it is worth mentioning

the different encounters on existing

subregional mechanisms that have been held in

the region, convened by the cultural

authorities. Meeting of Ministers of Education

and Culture of Central America Educative and

Cultural Coordination (CECC); Meeting of

Culture Secretaries and Culture Authorities of

MERCOSUR and the "The Caribbean World"

Meeting. These Meetings were: II Regular

Meeting of Ministers of Education and Culture

of Central America Educative and Cultural

Coordination, held in Managua, Nicaragua from

August 28-29, 1992. The Minister of

Education from Costa Rica, El Salvador,

Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama,

attended.

On August 25, 1992 the Meeting of Secretaries

of Culture and Cultural Authorities of

MERCOSUR was held in Brasilia, Brazil.

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay took

part in it, and the "Caribbean World" meeting,

held in Caracas, Venezuela from November 19-

22, 1991, with the participation

representatives of the of cultural authorities

of Barbados, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Jamaica,

Martinique, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad &

Tobago, and Venezuela, and representatives

from the OAS, UNESCO, UNDP, SELA and CARICOM.

The reports from these Meetings reflect

coinciding opinions on the overall strategies

and programmes of our forum, reflected by

projects which will reaffirm and consolidate

our own Plan of Action for the forthcoming

term. The fact that our representatives at

the Meeting of Ministers are the same ones who

participated in these subregional mechanisms

has greatly contributed to these converging

interests.

No information was received on the Meeting of

the Andean Pact Subregion on the Free Transit

of Cultural Goods and the Meeting of Andean

Pact Officials in Charge of Culture Policy.

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JOSE MARTI CONFERENCE

UNIVERSAL MAN

The Centre for Marti Studies held this

conference in Havana, Cuba from April 7-10,

1992, which was attended by 60 specialists

from 23 countries.

Lectures on Jose Marti were held in

several Mexican cities with support from

the National Council for Culture and the

Arts, of Mexico and the Centre for Marti

Studies (CEM).

MEETING OF

INTELLECTUALS

FROM THE AMERICAS.

Venezuela declined the proposal to host

this meeting and Guatemala prepared to do

so for April 1993.

SPANISH AMERICAN

"PEDRO HENRIQUEZ

UREÑA" BOOK FAIR.

Held in Santo Domingo, Dominican

Republic.

II SPANISH AMERICAN

SUMMIT OF PRESIDENTS

AND HEADS OF STATE.

The Headquarters of the Pro-Tem

Secretariat delivered the message

Approved at the Special Meeting in

Margarita to the Special Commission, as

well as the 1991-1992 Plan of Action,

agreed on at the IV Meeting, during the

Preparatory Meeting of the Summit, held in

Mexico in March 1992, so that it

could be submitted at the II Spanish-

American Summit held in Madrid, Spain in

July 1992.

The Theatre Festival was held at the

University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil,

as was the Landrina International Theatre

Festival and Culture Forum. Topic: Five

Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery

of the Americas.

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UNIVERSITY CHAIRS:

"ALFONSO REYES"

CHAIR. In February and March 1992 an Itinerant

Chair was held on this author at

different Brazilian universities as the

first phase of it becoming permanently

established. A project to create this

chair at the University of Sao Paulo,

Brazil is being developed, and at the

request of the Brazilian authorities may

be extended to other parts of the

country.

LATIN AMERICAN CHAIR

THE TEACHING OF MUSIC

TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

Venezuela inaugurated this Chair in 1992

and talks were held at the UNESCO

International Fund for the Promotion of

Culture at its Paris meeting on November

2 and 3, 1992, to obtain funds for

hiring teaching staff.

CHAIR OF THE "COLEGIO

DE COSTA RICA."

Planned by the Costa Rican Ministry of

Culture, Youth and Sports. This is a

permanent activity held on a monthly

basis and provides national coverage to

international events.

By virtue of the scarcity of information

available on the Chairs considered in

the 1991-1992 Plan of action, we urge

the delegations to submit information on

these.

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Topic: REGIONAL FINANCING SYSTEM

STRATEGIES AND/

OR PROJECTS


In accordance with the mandate from

the IV Meeting, the Headquarters of

the Pro-Tem Secretariat drew up a

project to create the Latin

American and Caribbean Fund for the

Promotion of Culture and the Arts,

to be submitted to UNESCO for

consideration, within the framework

of the Programme of the World

Cultural Development Decade. This

mandate took two aspects into

account:

1. It related to the need for the

Fund to have technical

assistance available in order

to conduct a study on the

formal legal conditions for

creating a regional financing

scheme.

2. An amount of US$20,000 which

could serve as its initial

base, should the study

prepared by the consultant

whose services were retained,

consider this alternative and

should it be so resolved at

this meeting.

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We could not conclude this report without expressing our

gratitude to all the member countries who gave us a vote of

confidence by appointing us as the Pro-Tempore Secretariat for

the Headquarters of the V Encounter. As well as conferring on us

a great honor, this task has brought with it the beauty of

contacts, co-ordination and exchange with those whom we support

and promote, in each of the countries, in the process of artistic

creation and cultural development of our people. We accept this

responsibility with enthusiasm and with complete faith in the

fraternal spirit of all those who take part in this forum,

whether directly or indirectly.

The Collegiate Pro-Tempore Secretariat is an enjoyable experience

of working as a team, which, in our case, extends to the member

countries of the Secretariat: Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina,

Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba and Venezuela, as well as to the other

countries participating in the forum. At the national level, we

wish to express our special gratitude to the team which has

provided such effective support for the work which Venezuela,

through the National Council for Culture, has performed during

the last year.

We firmly believe that the Resolution of Havana, in strengthening

the role of the Pro-Tempore Secretariat, has given great

potential to the operational capacity for cultural development in

Latin America and the Caribbean.

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