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Cooperation for development: quebec-haiti
Where
Canada
Canada
When
2016
2016
Who
The minist猫re des relations internationales et de la francophonie (mrif) , the minist猫re de la culture et des communications (mcc)
The minist猫re des relations internationales et de la francophonie (mrif) , the minist猫re de la culture et des communications (mcc)
Description of the policy/measure
The purpose of the call for projects is to strengthen the ties of cooperation, stimulate dialogues and foster the聽development of lasting partnerships between quebec and haiti. more specifically, the goal of this cooperation program is to:- foster the democratization and dissemination of culture in the book and reading sectors;- promote professional exchanges of trainers, experts, specialists or researchers and between cultural organizations in the fields of public libraries and cultural activities, museology, tangible and intangible heritage, and cultural industries (especially film and television production);- with a view of reciprocity, foster the cultural presence of each entity on the other's territory, notably through the co-production, co-publishing, promotion and dissemination of cultural products and work, through the mobility of cultural journalists and artists, by holding events with a collective scope and by developing partnerships between cultural institutions.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
Supported projects must lead to the development of complementary and lasting partnerships, demonstrate concrete benefit and help to develop and strengthen ties between quebec and haiti in the field of culture and communications.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
For the 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 fiscal years, 18 projects totalling $cad 125k were supported by the mrif and mcc as part of the bilateral haiti-quebec cooperation initiative.this is the case for the hahahaiti training internship project which, in the momentum of the collaboration initiative establish over the past two years with the haitian department of culture to implement a comedy school in haiti, fostered the emergence of about 30 haitian comedians in addition to three trainers, thanks to a聽partnership with quebec's just for laughs' ecole nationale de l'humour.