Honduras: Creativity and cultural identity for local development
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $8,000,000
Delivery Rate
Main Achievements
- Intervention at the Yarumela archeological site to recover historical patrimony.
- Development of work plans for 24 cultural centers and provision of seed capital for plan implementation.
- Popular Artistic Development Centers (CDAP) in seven regions of the country.
This joint Programme seeks to enhance the abilities of institutions and persons to administer cultural and creative development in a decentralized manner, relying upon the diversity of Honduran identities.
It will do this by :1) reinforcing the Regional Councils on Culture through the participative preparation of local strategies for culture and development and by training them in cultural administration (financing 80 initiatives directed at children and young people, 16 schools of artistic training and 16 creative representations geared towards the MDG’s); 2) financially and technically supporting ventures in the fields of creative and cultural micro enterprise, industry and rural tourism; restoring public spaces, historical buildings and archaeological sites for local development and 3) researching and disseminating information about the impact of culture on development. The Programme responds to national priorities in the cultural sphere, and was designed with the participation of SCAD (Department of Culture, Arts and Sports), AECI (Spanish International Cooperation Agency) and independent art organizations.