INTERARTS AT EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT DAYS

Bruxelles, 1 June 2017

Interarts is pleased to announce its participation at the European Development Days, 7-8
June at Tour and Taxis (Bruxelles).

Interarts will invite different speakers to their booth at the EDD event to discuss contempo-
rary issues in the development sector. The constructive subjects that will be tackled during
the three pop-up debates are:

1. Culture and Urban Development

With an address to LAIC project

The session will showcase the lessons learned on how the role of art and cultural practices
can be vectors of inclusive and sustainable development and facilitate exchanges and joint
actions between the EU and Latin America aimed at better integrating cultural and artistic
initiatives in urban development strategies and cooperation policies.

The LAIC project provides relevant examples of how artists, cultural operators and civil
society activists from both the EU and LA- develop innovative initiatives, which respond to
current challenges (social, urban, environmental, in general, & mobility, equality, resilience,
violence, in particular) in LA cities.

Contributors: Conrado Uribe (LAIC), Toni Cots (LAIC)

2. Culture and Health

With an address to DECIDES project

The session will present innovative approaches of contribution to the achievement of SDG
5 in Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The DECIDES project addresses Sexual and Reproductive Health, Gender Equality and
Gender-Based Violence, designed and implemented by Interarts in collaboration with differ-
ent local organisations in different world regions: in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
and in Europe.

Contributors: Dr. Molina Israel (DECIDES), Alexandrina Wong (Women Against Rape
(WAR))

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3. Culture and SouthMed
With an address to SouthMed CV and SouthMed WiA projects

The session will focus on the achievements and aspirations for the Med Culture Pro-
gramme and the three EU grant projects - Drama, diversity and development (DDD),
SouthMed CV and SouthMed WiA - innovative and interrelated initiatives implemented
in the Southern Mediterranean region.

The SouthMed CV project aims to promote the role of culture in social cohesion, by provid-
ing funding via two calls for proposals for innovative cultural and artistic projects on human
rights, gender, diversity, inclusion social and the environment. The SouthMed WiA project
addresses issues related to the perpetuation of gender based stereotypes and the under-
representation of women in the audiovisual sector. Both actions focus on the seven follow-
ing countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.

Contributors: Amina Mourid (Think Tanger), Ignasi Guardans (Culture & Media Agency
Europe)

About Interarts

Founded in 1995, INTERARTS is a private agency with international projection to:

support the design of cultural policies,
contribute to the processes of development through the cultural sector,
facilitate the transfer of knowledge and information in the field of culture.
Our principal areas of activity are in the field of cultural policies and cultural co-operation.
Today we are active in innovative fields such as those concerned with cultural rights and
with the creative and cultural economy.
We strive to include a cultural approach in projects concerning human development.

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Venue: Tour & Taxis, Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Bruxelles Booth 74 https://www.facebook.com/Interarts