Culture Fund Board announces grants to consolidate its programmes for the Arts and Culture Sector

The Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust Board recently met and allocated grant funding towards existing programmes and strategic projects drawn from the cross-cutting themes listed below. They respond to sector priorities and needs. A new Technical Advisory Committee (TACE) will work with the Culture Fund Board in the selection of project ideas for future funding in the following areas:

Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust, National Arts Council of Zimbabwe 2012-2013 Strategic Partnership to enhance the Arts and Culture Sector.

The Culture Fund has a longstanding Memorandum of Understanding with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) as partners seeking to promote the growth and development of the arts and culture sector in Zimbabwe. We cooperate to harmonise institutional functions for the promotion of a sustainable culture sector in Zimbabwe.

ZIMSTATS, UNESCO and Culture Fund partner to measure the economic contribution of Zimbabwe’s Cultural Industries.

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Harare,30 April 2012

The Culture Fund in partnership with the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) is conducting a statistical survey of cultural industries in Harare and major surrounding areas of Chitungwiza, Norton, Ruwa and Epworth with a USD 100 000.00 grant from UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity.