Kuwait 2016 report

Informations Générales

Résumé

Veuillez résumer en maximum 3500 caractères les principaux résultats et défis de la mise en oeuvre de la Convention, ainsi que les perspectives d’avenir. Veuillez noter qu’il ne s’agit pas d’une introduction au rapport ni d’un sommaire commenté.

The Amiri decree to create the National Council for Culture , Arts and Letters ( NCCAL) was issued on 17 July 1973. The NCCAL main role is to lead the practice of culture , arts and intellectual development and to promote their local and international applications. The NCCAL achievements and goals are and not limited to :

1-Organize cultural events and publish cultural productions that serve development of local culture,international cultural exchanges ,and encouragement of diverse cultural expression .

2-Work to Increase in total number of attendees to these above montioned events .

3-Work to Increase public awareness of the importance and necessity of such cultural promotions .

4-Support all promoters of various types of culture ( writers , singers , artists ...etc ) .

Informations Techniques

Nom de la Partie:

Koweït

Date de la ratification:

3/8/2007

Organisation(s) ou organisme(s) responsable(s) de la préparation du rapport:

NCCAL

Point de contact désigné officiellement

Titre:

Prénom:

ALi

Nom de famille:

Al Youha

Organisation:

National Council for Culture , Arts and Letters

Adresse postale:

National Council for Culture , Arts and Letters - State of Kuwait - Kuwait City-Sharq

Téléphone:

00965-2292944

Fax:

00965-22423842

Email:

hnd.alqattan@hotmail.com

Nom des parties prenantes, y compris organisations de la société civile, contribuant à la préparation du rapport:

Décrire le processus de consultation établi avec l’ensemble des parties prenantes pour la préparation de ce rapport

The NCCAL created a committee with members from each department with the help of Kuwait Central Statistics Agency that contacted different government , private and civil society institutions , in order to gather information and data to help satisfy some of the report requirements .

Aperçu du contexte de la politique culturelle

Les Parties décrivent les principaux objectifs et priorités de leur politique culturelle en vigueur et l’impact de la Convention sur leur formulation ou reformulation. Elles rendent également compte des opportunités et défis rencontrés dans la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles dans l’environnement numérique.:

The NCCAL goals coincide with the goals of the Convention and always have been .

a) Elle sert (ou a servi) de base pour modifier une ou plusieurs politiques?:

Comment?

b) Elle sert (ou a servi) d’outil pour promouvoir le débat politique?

c) Elle sert (ou a servi) de référence pour le développement de politiques?

Politiques et mesures

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Société civile

Parties

Avez-vous pris des initiatives impliquant la société civile dans les activités pour:

Promouvoir les objectifs de la Convention grâce à des campagnes de sensibilisation et autres activités:

Yes

Comment?:

There are annual attempts by the NCCAL to cooperate with civil society and various other social organizations such as , AL Shaheed Office , in addition to cooperating with individual young artists and providing them with opprtunities to express their own understanding of art and culture . Al Qurain Annual Festival is another example where civil society organizations have great opportunity to participate in expressing diverse cultural points of view .

The NCCAL also provided some of its sites to function as permanent locations to some civil society organizations , such as cinema society , public libraries society and Loyac ( a non-profit organization working towards the overall development of the youth ) .

Also as an attempt to include young minds in the diverse expresion of culture , the NCCAL attempted to reach out to college students in many of its events and activities such as : the Biennale Exhibition , the UNESCO Conference on 2015 , the signing of the Cultural Heritage Convention and the restoration of cultural sites .

There are also attempts by the NCCAL to incorporate the efforts of both the civil society and private sector in cultural expression i.e Hala February Festival ( an entire month of cultural , trade and entertainment activities in celebration of Kuwait National Day .

The Civil society cotributed to the diversity of cultural expression by designating galleries for fine arts such as : Bo Shihri Gallery and Sheikha Mariam Gallery in Bahbahani home .

Comment?:

The NCCAL currently is focusing largely on the local level of exchange of information and measures adopted , since it is easier to gage the effects and the cultural rewards of our efforts .

There is still a shortage in documenting diversity of cultural expression on the international level in an official way .

Prévoir des lieux où les idées des sociétés civiles peuvent être entendues et débattues tout en élaborant des politiques culturelles:

Yes

Comment?:

The NCCAL provided locations and spaces where ideas of the civil society were heard and disussed while developing policies . A good example of that would be what the NCCAL provided for :

1- Loyac ( a non-profit organization working towards the overall development of the youth ) is currently stationed at AL Qibliya School which is one of the NCCAL sites .

2-Cinema Society is also currently stationed at AL Qibliya School which is one of the NCCAL sites .

3-AL Hur Art Gallery was given by the NCCAL in support of retired artists and those who established the fine arts movement in Kuwait .

4-There is also a future plan to include and support projects of new and privte museums such as : Tariq Rajab Museum .

Kuwait National Library ( which is one of NCCAL vital cultural bodies) provides an essential platform for the participation of members of civil societies to hold meetings , lectures , seminars,conferences and workshops involving societal issues , laws and decision making .

Mettre en oeuvre les directives opérationnelles

Autres

La société civile contribue-t-elle à ce rapport ?

Yes

Société civile

La société civile a-t-elle pris des initiatives pour:

Promouvoir les objectifs et principes de la Convention au niveau local et international:

Yes

Comment?:

Yes , civil society institutions are generally active in promoting the principles and objectives of the Convention whether intentionally or not intentionally , because the principles and objectives of the Convention generally coincide with the principles and objectives of most civil society institutions in Kuwait .

Civil society institutions are active in signing cultural agreements with international civil society institutions in order to promote fair representation of diverse cultural expression , opportunities of cultural exchange as well as cultural cooperation in all fields of culture . Locally , civil society institutions in Kuwait provide opportunities for cultural expression in their events and recruitment .

Promouvoir la ratification de la Convention et sa mise en oeuvre par les gouvernements:

Comment?:

Faire entendre les préoccupations des citoyens, des associations et des entreprises aux autorités publiques, y compris celles de groupes vulnérables:

Yes

Comment?:

Yes , bringing the concerns of citizens , associations and enterprises to public authorities including vulnerable groups continues to be one of the main reasons behind the establishment of most civil society institutions in Kuwait . Parliament often consults with civil society institutions in various committee meetings before voting on various laws and regulations .

Civil society members often attend parliamentary hearings and meetings on their own initiative and try to lobby for citizens concerns . Many if not all civil society institutions hold meetings , symposia , seminars and conferences in their establishments in order to bring public awareness to various citizens concerns ( before , during and after parliamentary hearings ).

Each civil society institution generally declares its position and point of view on various national issues .

Contribuer à améliorer la transparence et la responsabilité en matière de gouvernance de la culture:

Yes

Comment?:

Yes , through holding symposia , seminars , meetings , lectures and publishings to raise national awareness in cultural governance .

Surveiller la mise en oeuvre des politiques et des programmes dans le cadre des mesures destinées à protéger et à promouvoir la diversité des expressions culturelles:

Yes

Comment?:

Yes , civil society institutions often monitor policies and programme implementation through constant evaluation of parliamentary ( hearings , meetings ...etc) and general national practices in order to promote citizens best intrests which coincide with goals of the Convention and includes freedom of diversity of cultural expression .

Consolider les capacités dans des domaines associés à la mise en œuvre de la Convention et recueillir les données :

Comment?:

Créer des partenariats innovants avec les secteurs public et privé et avec la société civile d’autres régions dans le monde:

Yes

Comment?:

Yes , there is constant cooperation and exchanges between civil society instituions and public and private sectors in Kuwait and other regions of the world , through sponsorship of social and cultural events that are of concern to the citizens .

Défis rencontrés ou prévus pour la mise en oeuvre de la Convention:

The general challenges seem to be of a financial nature. Civil society institutions in Kuwait inspite of their admirable accomplishments would like to have more financial support.

Solutions identifiées ou envisagées:

They need all kinds of national support to all work of voluntary nature

Activités planifiées pour les quatre prochaines années pour la mise en oeuvre de la Convention:

There is a general goal of trying to establish a generation that excercises , promotes and appreciates cultural values and different expressions of them .

Résultats et défis

Décrire les principaux résultats atteints dans la mise en œuvre de la Convention:

Achievements are and not limited to :

1-Increase in total number of cultural events and publications on the national level that serve development of local culture,international cultural exchanges ,and encouragement of diverse cultural expression .

2-Increase in total number of attendees to these above montioned events .

3-Increase in public awareness of the importance and necessity of such cultural promotions .

Les défis rencontrés ou prévus pour mettre en œuvre la Convention:

Most of our attendees seem to favour events that involve music , drama and fine arts , but not necessarily events of pure academic nature .

Les solutions identifiées ou envisagées pour relever ces défis:

To create events of multiple cultural nature that include or that presents academia in a musical , dramatic and fine arts nature .

Les étapes prévues pour les quatre prochaines années:

1-Continue execution of positive cultural events both locally and internationally .

2-Continue to raise local and international awareness of the importance and necessity of diverse cultural expression .

3-Continue to involve young men , young women and children in the journey of raising awareness to diverse cultural expression .

Nom du responsable chargé de signer le rapport

Titre:

Nom de famille:

Al Youha

Prénom:

Ali

Position:

Secretary General

Organisation:

National Council for Culture , Arts and Letters .

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