Through a wide range of international actions and cooperation, the Ministry of Culture pursues one and the same ambition: to promote a free and open cultural model, promoting the singularity and cultural diversity of creation. For this, it ensures the influence of French culture throughout the world, the reception of foreign cultures in France and thus participates in a real intercultural dialogue.
professionals from all continents have been received by the Ministry of Culture over the last 30 years as part of its professional seminars and hospitality programs
countries have shared with France one of the Cultural Seasons organized over the last 30 years with the French Institute
French films were released abroad in 2018 on 5 continents
Promoting French culture and language within the European Union and in international bodies
The Ministry ensures the place given to culture, works and artists in all public policies of the European Union and participates in the construction of the EU cultural policy. The EU directive on copyright in the digital single market echoes this double challenge. At the international level, France takes an active part in multilateral bodies such as UNESCO or OIF.
Protecting and contributing to the diversity of cultural expressions
Within the framework of international free trade agreements, France initiated the principle ofcultural exception, essential to the protection of the diversity of cultural property, at the heart of the UNESCO Convention of 2005 for which France was also one of the driving countries.
Fostering intercultural exchanges
The intercultural dialogue set up by the Ministry of Culture involves the reception and mobility of professionals, artists and foreign and French students. The device World currents, led by the ministry, aims to support cooperation actions between cultural structures in France and their foreign partners. The organization of joint operations with countries around the world, like the Cultural seasons, allows the promotion and dissemination of foreign cultures in France.
Share and promote French cultural expertise
The mission International cultural expertise The Ministry of Culture is the entry point for the demand for expertise from foreign partners carrying out cultural development projects. Its role is then to provide tailor-made support through the mobilization of skills. The expertise offers cover all the fields of action of the ministry: heritage and museum areas, training of foreign professionals, cultural tourism, governance, regulatory framework, etc. This expertise is also used by foreign governments in the framework of EU-led bilateral twinning to contribute to the cultural development of neighbouring countries.
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Julien Creuzet brings the abundant imagination of the Caribbean to the Venice Biennale
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The Franco-German Fortnight of Occitania 2024
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The 11th Latin America and Caribbean Weeks in Occitania: call for projects
From 16 May to 2 June 2024, France celebrates Latin America and the Caribbean through the eleventh edition of the Latin America and the Caribbean Weeks (Salc).
From 16 May to 2 June 2024, France celebrates Latin America and the Caribbean through the eleventh edition of the Latin America and the Caribbean Weeks (Salc).
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OSMOSE programme conference: "The patrimonialization of user rights: Reflection on the interaction between cultural pluralism and legal pluralism"...
This conference is the fourth part of the OSMOSE program on the theme «Law as Heritage», fruit of a collaboration between the universities of Bordeaux and Paris Est-Créteil and ENS Paris Saclay in close collaboration with the Ministry...
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36th Congress of the International Committee on Art History - Lyon, June 2024
The 36th Congress of the International Committee for the History of Art (CIHA) will take place at the Lyon Convention Centre from 23 to 28 June 2024, on the theme "Matter Materiality". Registration is now open.
The 36th Congress of the International Committee for the History of Art (CIHA) will take place at the Lyon Convention Centre from 23 to 28 June 2024, on the theme "Matter Materiality". Registration is now open.