This is the 54th edition of Arts Management Newsletter, published in January 2006.

Three countries - the United Kingdom, United States and China - produced 40 percent of the worlds cultural trade products in 2002, while Latin America and Africa together accounted for less than four percent according to a new report by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

For 2005-06, the Centre for Cultural Policy Research is holding a series of seminars that take as their starting point the question What is creative about creative industries? and explore the relationship between the artist, the cultural organisation, the creative community, government and commerce.
Our programme of three half-day seminars covers

Public service broadcasting and culture
Women and the creative industries
Cultural policy for the creative industries

In 2005, excluding the last weeks of the year, the number of Spanish cinema audience increased to the previous year from 19.282.967 to 19.442.669 spectators, according to the provisional annual report of the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

Feature Workshop - New York City, Summer 2006

This summer, engage in a lively and important discussion at one of the foremost educational institutions in the world. Acquire knowledge for career advancement, professional development and personal enrichment.

The Administration of The National Cultural Found Romania launched Tuesday, 15 November 2005, a pilot round of financing for cultural projects.

"Purpose" is the only e-magazine in Poland devoted to entrepreneurship in culture. Currently the magazine is cooperating in a UE project on "jobs in culture sector", within which it will be showing young people in Poland that it is possible to find jobs and professional fulfilment in culture.

This is the 53th edition of Arts Management Newsletter, published in December 2005.

The paper will only address a limited part of the complexity of issues related to the academic training in cultural management regarded from a comparative, European perspective. Its aim its to highlight a number of key topics of concern and offer a broad perspective to further specialized debate.

Europa Nostra, the pan-European federation for heritage, is organising a major European Cultural Heritage Forum on 7 December in Brussels, "Cultural Heritage Counts for Europe" with the cooperation of the European Economic and Social Committee.

Zagreb hosted on November 11-13 and 18-19, in the framework of the Zagreb - Cultural Capital of Europe 3000 (ZKC3000) platform, a series of public discussions and performances on the topic "what kind of institutions do we need?" initiated by the Center for Drama Art (CDU).

Interview by Patricia Dewey (Arts Management Network Correspondent) with Raymond T. Grant, Artistic Director of the 2002 Olympic Arts Festival, Salt Lake Organizing Committee, Olympic Winter Games of 2002

The Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities, located at Simon Fraser Universitys Vancouver campus, is a three-year initiative that builds on the Creative City Networks demonstrated strengths in research, knowledge exchange, and public awareness. The Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities will be a dynamic, creative, and influential intelligence hub. Its activities include three interlinked components: knowledge generation (research), outreach and networking, and awareness/knowledge exchange.

Meeting Points is an artistic event organized by the Young Arab Theatre Fund (YATF), the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM ) and On the Move (OTM), in celebration of the anniversary of the Barcelona Process aiming to create connections and platforms for interaction amongst artists, cultural operators and programmers in the Euro-Med region.

The next AAAE conference will taking place on April 20 -22 in Toronto, Canada, hosted by the University of Toronto at Scarborough. The working title is "Foundations for Success: Excellent Students, Faculty and Programs". Directors and Faculty members of leading arts management courses from the United States, Canada, Australia and European countries will be participating on this 3-day-event in Ontario, Canada. Dirk Schutz and Dirk Heinze from the Arts Management Network will join the conference, too.

The VIII Conference European Culture was held at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, between the 19th and the 22nd October 2005. The conference organization aimed at promoting the encounter of scholars from a wide variety of backgrounds who would present papers under the theme of Europe: encounters and frontiers.

China-Europe Performing Arts Conference:

Speakers and participants include deligates from China and Europe. Agreement has been reached that mutual corporation between international and domestic partners are the key point to the success of any international projects. Experiences have been shared from organizations such as French Footsbarn Traveling Theatre and AEAA (The Association Européene des Agents Artistiques) who have successfully introduced programs to Asia.

INTA is calling for a 3-day international conference in Vitry-sur-Seine, with the active participation of policymakers, economic and cultural institutions, development agencies with a view to exchange ideas and experiences on these issues. The conference date: 16-17 November 2005

hosted by the Danny Grossman Dance Company
Thursday 19 January-Friday 20 January 2006
Metro Hall 55 John St. Toronto

Endangered Dance: A National Dance Heritage Forum is a call for action, bringing attention to the critical and urgent need to protect Canadas diminishing dance heritage. This is a national forum o­n dance preservation and legacy issues in Canada.

The current newsletter issue has a special focus on the arts management resources and developments in Poland.