Ministry of Culture concludes diploma course with a keynote lecture by Ángel Moreno

Ministry of Culture concludes diploma course with a keynote lecture by Ángel Moreno
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 09/04/2013

The Ministry of Culture and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) successfully completed the First Diploma in Cultural Management and Creative Industries. The course had 41 participants and took place in the Aída Bonnelly de Díaz hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theatre.

Prior to the closing ceremony, Mr. Ángel Moreno, from the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, offered the keynote lecture “Emprendimiento Cultural, Pilar del Desarrollo: Políticas Públicas Para el Sector (Cultural Entrepreneurship, Pillar of Development: Public Policy for the Sector).”

Carlos Santos, Deputy Minister of Institutional Development, represented Minister José Antonio Rodríguez at the event; he was accompanied by Nerva Fondeur, Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage; César Cuello, Director of FLACSO; and Tommy García, in charge of the Vice Ministry of Popular Creativity.

The foreign expert recommended that the creative economy should be considered from four angles: financial, environmental, social, and cultural.

In addition, he said, that the challenge remains for the countries to generate processes that eliminate the social inequalities affecting the Latin American region.

He advocated for models that promote people’s well-being, excluding the tensions that arise between the economy and culture, in general.

He spoke about the importance of entrepreneurship, because it can make important contributions to the sector. He presented his country as an example, where cultural industries contribute 3.5 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

He offered an important figure: cultural industries accounts for 5.8 percent of the employment rate in his country.

In addition, he stated that entrepreneurship policies must integrate the various sectors of government, including the municipal government, an issue he raised with Minister José Antonio Rodríguez during one of their previous encounters.