[August 30, 2004]
The future of culture in a non-hegemonic world

[August 23, 2004]
Check where you can collect your Certificate of participaion of the WCF

[August 23, 2004]
Abdias do Nascimento was paid homage to at the World Cultural Forum

[August 16, 2004]
Culture and development in a globalized world

[August 02, 2004]
Learn more about the Indígenous presence at the World Cultural Forum

[July 28, 2004]
Media and Culture: Criteria, Choices and Agendas

[July 28, 2004]
Art and Education were some of the themes of the WCF

[July 23, 2004]
The change of cultural markets

[July 21, 2004]
STV shows highlights of the World Cultural Forum

[July 21, 2004]
IV Meeting of Traditional Cultures of Chapada Dos Veadeiros

[July 21, 2004]
STV shows highlights of the World Cultural Forum

[July 19, 2004]
The Ideas and Opportunities Fair was one of the main highlights of the WCF


[July 13, 2004]
Authorial Rights and Piracy- The crisis in the music industry


[July 1, 2004]
Declaration of São Paulo

[July 1, 2004]
Authorities officially open the World Cultural Fórum at the Municipal Theatre

[July 1, 2004]
First meeting of Ministers of Culture during the World Cultural Forum

[June 30, 2004]
The role of Culture and Art in development programmes


[June 21, 2004]
The biggest city in Latin América hosts the WCF


[June 21, 2004]
Sunday at the Park: Manu Chao and Gilberto Gil open the first night of shows of the WCF


[June 17, 2004]
Lobão talks about Artist Responsibilities and presents an acustic show at the Regional Cultural Policies Forum in Rio Claro


[June 6, 2004]

“Culture is the Mother” is the theme of the III Regional Cultural Policies Forum in Rio Claro

[May 24, 2004]
Cultural Brazilian Forum collects proposals from all over the country and points out to new perspectives

[May 24, 2004]
Danilo Santos de Miranda arrived recently from Barcelona. He speaks about his participation in the Cultural Universal Forum and points out his expectations on the Global Cultural Forum, to take place next June in São Paulo.


[May 17, 2004]

Brazilian Cultural Forum from Rio de Janeiro

[May 17, 2004]
São Paulo debates its complex cultural diversity.

[May 7, 2004]
Brazilian Culture invades Barcelona during 141 Forum days

[May 4, 2004]
Barcelona Pre Forum receives SESC and GCF Director

[May 4, 2004]
Rio de Janeiro Regional Seminar

[May 4, 2004]
Center West States wish joined cultural actions

[May 3, 2004]
Paris São Paulo 450 years Colloquy starts today

[May 3, 2004]
Government starts discussions about Global Cultural Forum

[May 3, 2004]
Culture in Central Brazil: debates and speeches starting today

[April 27, 2004]
This Tuesday, at 6:30pm, the Institute "Pólis" and the "Ágora" offer a seminar and a launch party for a new book. This is an event associated to the International Cultural Forum.

[April 27, 2004]
The Seminar of the Cono Sur, in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, held on April 18 and 21, showed propositions that will be included in the preparatory documents to the International Cultural Forum

[April 7, 2004]
The Seminar of the South-East Region starts tomorrow. Check the program.

[April 28, 2004]
II Latin American Thematic Forum, Colombia

[May, 2004]
Seminar of the Centre-West

[April 28, 2004]
Cultural Forum of the State of Bahia starts on Wednesday (28)

[22|03|04]
North Region formalizes Council for the WCF

   
 

[04|05|004] Center West States wish joined cultural actions

Discussions during Central Brazil Seminar revealed different common points between Center West States region. The meeting began on Sunday at the Contemporary Art Museum (Marco) in Campo Grande and ended this afternoon. Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Distrito Federal and Tocantins State Culture Managers, artists and cultural producers attended the event.
The program started on Monday (May 3) morning with the official Global Cultural Forum (GCF) presentation to be held in the City of São Paulo next July. Iara Pietricovsky, actress, anthropologist and GCF Director Counselling Member and Guilherme Reis, Federal Distric cultural producer, presented the introduction lecture. " I am honoured to participate to such a rich and singular event aiming to gather and approach cultural links between Central-West States region" , reminded Iara Pietricovsky.

"Culture in Central Brazil" workshop started afterwards with the participation of Silvio Nucci, Mato Grosso do Sul Culture, Sports and Leisure Secretary, Benedito Paulo de Campos, Mato Grosso Culture Secretary, Pedro Henrique Lopes Libório, Federal District Culture Secretary, Meire Maria Monteiro, Tocantins Cultural Foundation President and Agnaldo Caiado da Costa Freire, Goiás Culture Secretry representative.

Each manager gave in few words an outlook of their state actual cultural moment. A common point was the difficulty to proceed circulation projects and other long term actions. Silvio Nucci, Mato Grosso do Sul Culture, Sports and Leisure Secretary said that "Central West cultural integration will bring devise generation to the artistic and turistic sector". Meire Maria Monteiro, Tocantins Cultural Foundation President added declaring "the necessity of interchange to Center West strengthening and recognition from the rest of the country".

Campo Grande Dancing group Funk-se presentation intercalated morning activities. Afterwards "Central Brazil Cultural Identification and Integration" workshop took place with debaters: Dante Filho, journalist (Correio do Estado Journal - Campo Grande-MS), Eliel Benitez, Guarani Professor and Maria Amélia Assis Alves Crivelente, Doctor in History and UFMT Professor.

In the afternoon discussions were on the theme "Culture Economics" presented by Yacoff Sarkov, Cultural Marketing Consultant and intermediated by Nilson Rodrigues, Cultural Producer and Bonito Winter Festival Coordinator, and Angelo Arruda, architect and UFMS and Uniderp Professor. Yacoff highlighted the incentive laws importance but also supported a larger debate on resources, which could be better distributed within the country. The program ended with cultural presentations from Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso artists.

Check underneath the program to Wednesday (May 4) for the Central Brazil Culture Seminar.

Tuesday, May 4

9 am - Table: "Central Brazil Culture and Development"
Speakers:
Margarida Gomes Marques - MS - Cultural, Sports and Leisure Secretary Public Policies Coordinator (MS)
Eugênio Bucci - DF - Radiobrás President
Maria José Telles Franco Marques - MS - UEMS Pro-Rectory and Culture State Council Member
Cândido Alberto da Fonseca - MS- Mato Grosso do Sul Cultural Forum Member
João Bosco de Castro Martins - MS - RTVE Regional President

10 am - Theater - "Teatral Grupo de Risco" presentation with the plays Corixos e Cochichos.
11 am - Table: "Central Brazil Interchanges Perspectives (signed by MS, MT, GO, TO e DF States)".
Participants:
Pedro Ortale - Mato Grosso do Sul Cultural Foundation President
Meire Maria Monteiro - Tocantins Cultural Foundation President
Sandro Ramos de Lima - Goiânia Municipal Culture Secretary
Stanley Whibbe - Central Brazil Cultural Project Consultant

1 pm - Free lunch

3 pm - Final Plenary - Closing


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