
Lashing the Canoe: Binding Culture and Statistics in the Pacific
Explore how the Pacific region integrates cultural statistics into policy development, supporting cultural industries, preserving heritage, and fostering regional collaboration. Learn about the strategies, actions, and recommendations aimed at advancing cultural statistics for the betterment of Pacific communities.
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Lashing the Canoe: Binding culture and statistics in the Pacific Elise Huffer Secretariat of the Pacific Community Human Development Program Adviser, Culture 4th Regional Conference of Heads of Planning and Statistics
Context: Culture Sector Development SPC and Council of Pacific Arts and Culture focus: Policy development in countries (including mainstreaming culture across sectors) Support the cultural industries Preserve and promote Pacific Heritage Custodianship of the Festival of Pacific Arts
Regional Culture Strategy: Investing in Pacific Cultures 2010-2020 Pacific Plan Objective 11.1 Developed by Council of Pacific Arts and Culture homegrown strategy under implementation already Endorsed by Ministers of Culture in July 2012 Goal 1, Objective 1.4 Develop, collect and mainstream cultural statistics
Actions Regional Hosting of inaugural meeting on cultural statistics with SDD, UIS, UNESCO and PIFS 3 main objectives Objectives A series of recommendations for national and regional actions which need to be tracked NMDIs
Actions National level Fiji Cook Islands Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
Recommendations to 4th HOPS HOPS notes the work carried out so far by SPC and partners HOPS endorses the integration of cultural statistics into the TYSSP as per the recommendations of the 2011 Pacific Region Cultural Statistics Meeting HOPS endorses the integration of cultural statistics into the NSDS of countries HOPS endorses the development of national cultural statistics frameworks in countries
Merci Thank You Vinaka vakalevu eliseh@spc.int