She emphasized the role of culture in driving development around the world

The "Cultural Summit 2021": 7 Axes That Draw the Map of Recovery from "Covid-19"

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The Abu Dhabi Cultural Summit, which virtually concluded its fourth edition over a period of three days, under the slogan "Culture and its Role in Promoting Economic Growth", emphasized the growing role of the cultural sector as an essential component in advancing development and progress around the world.

The speakers at the summit sessions emphasized that the cultural sector is one of the sectors most affected by the "Covid-19" pandemic and its repercussions, and that confronting the impact of the pandemic must be based on accurate studies that clarify in numbers the extent of the damage that has afflicted the sector, as a first step towards recovery.

In light of the momentum witnessed by the Abu Dhabi Cultural Summit sessions, seven main axes emerged between the recommendations unanimously agreed upon by the participants, and the initiatives witnessed by the summit to move towards recovery, reflecting the UAE's position as a global cultural center.

Global study

The opening session of the summit witnessed the announcement of the head of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, Muhammad Khalifa Al-Mubarak, and the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay. The "Covid-19" pandemic affects the cultural and creative sectors worldwide.

Azoulay considered that the recovery of the world requires continuous cooperation and open dialogues that are not limited to the government side and major global institutions, but must also include the ordinary public.

Cultural industries

The Minister of Culture and Youth, Noura bint Muhammad Al-Kaabi, announced that the ministry is in the final stages of preparing a 10-year strategy for cultural and creative industries, with the aim of increasing the cultural sector's contribution to the state's gross domestic product.

She explained during her speech within the works of the second day of the Abu Dhabi Cultural Summit, that “a strategy consisting of eight goals and about 40 initiatives will be launched during the current year, which sets the national economic policy for cultural and creative industries, and becomes our reference road map to make the creative sector among the The best economic sectors in the UAE ».

In hospitality «Expo Dubai 2020»

The UAE will host the "World Conference on Creative Economy" next December at Expo 2020 Dubai, according to what the Minister of Culture and Youth, Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, has announced, pointing out that the UAE has developed over the past few decades a strong cultural infrastructure, as it has been officially approved in 2018 termed “culture and creative industries” in its cultural agenda for 2031, while working on building on this momentum to enhance efforts across the sector and ensure cooperation between federal and local authorities.

Production despite the pandemic

In the field of television and film production, which is one of the most economically active cultural sectors, especially in terms of providing job opportunities and domestic investment, Abu Dhabi was able to maintain its position as a global production center and finance production, as it was able to continue television and film production operations during the period of the global epidemic, despite the repercussions The "Covid-19" pandemic and the changes brought about by broadcast services in the features of the film industry, according to the Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Film Commission, Hans Fraiken, pointing out that television and film production operations have stopped in all parts of the world except for Abu Dhabi and Iceland, and the UAE capital witnessed the production of the first series. A long Arabic title entitled "Inheritance."

The CEO of Image Nation, Michael Garen, confirmed that despite the work of hundreds of people in filming sites for works such as "Mission Impossible" and "Inheritance", not a single case of "Covid-19" was recorded.

Museums are outside their walls

In the field of museums and biennial events, the participants emphasized the necessity of finding innovative means of communicating with the public, commensurate with the developments imposed by the pandemic in this field around the world, while employing digital development in order to continue its cultural and educational role in society.

Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, President and Founding Director of the Sharjah Art Foundation, affirmed, "The importance of the biennial activities is to work to bring out activities outside the museum and outside closed spaces, to attract the city's residents and spread throughout it."

Pointing out the role of the Cultural Summit and the various meetings in creating means of cooperation between workers in the cultural field and launching new projects.

The future is digital

Session participants considered that the future of the creative economy lies in digital media.

They stressed the need to encourage the participation of more countries, mining and oil companies, manufacturing companies and banks, to invest in cultural projects because they are beneficial to society and have an impact.

Collaborate to recover

The participants in the summit affirmed that the world's recovery from the pandemic requires serious cooperation that brings together all government agencies and major global institutions, artists and creators in various fields of creativity, whether they work individually or within small enterprises, and to address all levels of society.

They stressed the importance of studying the conditions that cultural work is going through around the world, in order to stop the challenges it faces, and thus find realistic solutions to these challenges, and not leave creative people in the face of what market policies impose without providing them with support to continue their projects.

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