Workshop on Culture and Economic Development

As part of GFDD and FUNGLODE’s commitment to developing the cultural sector and combating social and economic inequity in the Dominican Republic and the Region, the two organizations will partner with the Department of Education and Culture of the Executive Secretariate for Integral Development of the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Development Bank to offer the Hemispheric Workshop:
“Culture as an Engine for Economic Growth, Employment and Development,” that will take place October 1-2, 2007 at OAS Headquarters within the framework of the Third Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Culture (CIC).

The conference seeks to: stimulate discussion regarding the integral role of culture in economic and social
development; facilitate the exchange of successful initiatives among cultural authorities and public finance officers; inform Member States of the technical and financial cooperation opportunities available to them; increase collaborations between authorities of the cultural sector, representatives of the Ministries of Finance, and regional and sub-regional financial organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Central American Bank of Economic Integration (BCIE),
the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB); and promote investment in cultural industries.