The Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has selected 45 partner institutions to finance and provide technical assistance to cultural development projects in 25 countries.
The Cultural Development Program, managed by the IDB Cultural Center, aims to promote cultural development in Latin America and the Caribbean by co-financing projects and working hand-in-hand as project partner.
The grants were awarded to innovative projects for technical training, art, music and theater instruction for educators, artists and musicians. Taking into consideration the diversity of the cultural disciplines, the projects were evaluated for their viability, educational scope, effective use of resources, the application the teaching of the teachers TOTmodel, the ability to mobilize additional sources of financing, and long-term impact on the community.
This year, the Cultural Center received 867 project applications, from which 443 were preselected with help from the IDB Country Offices. Then, a Selection Committee awarded grants to 45 project proposals from 26 countries.
The following is a list by country of the partner agencies along with the awarded projects, which will be launched in 2013:
Argentina
Asociación Civil Proyectos Culturales para el Desarrollo
Strengthening local identities. Poetry Festival at School, Northwest Argentina
Fundación EXACTA - Centro Hipermediático Experimental Latinoamericano-cheLA
Fronteras de la Mirada: training of trainers in media arts to reinforce children and youth rights in the District 4 of Buenos Aires and Isla Maciel – Partido de Avellaneda
Bahamas
The College of the Bahamas
Bahamian Women in Music
Belize
Humana People to People
Promotion of traditional Garifuna druming and dancing in Barranco
Bolivia
Educación y Futuro EDYFU. Centro La Libélula
Dance in Tarija
Instituto Superior Ecuménico Andino de Teología ISEAT
Artistic Training in Qalauma: Graphic Design Workshop - Project Liber'arte - Qalauma Center
Brasil
Instituto de Desenvolvimento ambiental Raimundo Irineu Serra (IDARIS)
Jardim da Natureza Crafts Workshop, Amazonas
Associação de Moradores 28 de Agosto
Tailoring our Stories: women embroiderers, Bahia
Associação Indígena Tulukai
Rescue of Wauja traditional basketry. Piyulaga village, Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
Chile
Corporación Cultural de Puerto Montt
Workshops and training to rescue ancestral knowledge for artisans in Llanquihue
Rayo Azul Twister
Rhythm and Passion: comprehensive school of arts, Conchalí
Fundacion Ona
Handmade artisan textile of the Aymara communities, Parinacota
Colombia
Fundación Centro Cultural y Turístico Casa del Patrimonio de Taganga
Ancestral and artistic handmade techniques, Taganga community
Fundación Raíces Vivas
Revitalization of the artistic Ticuna masks production, Puerto Nariño, Amazonas
Costa Rica
Asociación Ecole Experiencia Proyecto Jirondai
New Voices, Old Words
Fundación Skené
Audiovisual production training. Student Festival of Arts
Ecuador
Anima Mundi Asociación de Investigadores Libres
Andean Intercultural Band with cane and bamboo Instruments
Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. Facultad de Turismo, Hotelería y Gastronomía
Ancestral knowledge and tourism to safeguard indigenous culture in the Quilotoa community, Cotopaxi
El Salvador
Asociación Intersectorial para el Desarrollo Económico y el Progreso Social CIDEP
Reinforcing the cultural identity of the communities living around the archaeological site of Tehuacan, Tecoluco, San Vicente
Fundación Llort
Arts and culture in the 13 de enero Zacamil community
Guatemala
Academy of Dramatic Art. Universidad Popular de la República de Guatemala
School Theater - TeatroEduca
Railways of Guatemala
Library and Cultural Center FEGUA
Guyana
The Tina Insanally Foundation Inc.
Training Guyanese musicians to teach music
Honduras
Universidad Nacional de Agricultura
Nationwide training for cultural managers
Haiti
Caracoli
Training of Follow Jah musicians band, Petion Ville
Institut Français en Haïti (IFH)
Films for Everyone
Jamaica
Manchester Parish Development Committee
The Mile Gully Heritage Loop cultural education workshops
México
Terra Peninsular Asociación Civil
Strengthening indigenous craft production of the Kumiai and Papai communities, Baja California
Encuentro para el Camino Asociación Civil
Dance mask recovery, Mixteca Region, Puebla
Centro Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral CENADIN
Rescue of traditional herbal culture, Municipio de Chiconcuautla
Nicaragua
Espacio para la Investigación y Reflexión Artística EspIra
Art and ecology workshops
Asociación Nicaragüense de Escritoras ANIDE
Creative writing workshops – Female Writers Conference
Panamá
Centro de la Mujer Panameña CEMP
Afro Panamenian Arts and Culture Festival
Paraguay
Madre Tierra-Tierra Sin Mal
Intercultural development research
Fundación El Cántaro
BioEscuela of arts and crafts, Areguá
Perú
Universidad de Piura
Recovery of cultural traditions and training of trainers for communities around the archaeological site of Narihualá, Catacaos, Piura
Instituto de Gestión de Cuencas Hidrográficas IGCH
Ancestral knowledge for educational institutions in the rural community of Olleros, Ayabaca, Piura
República Dominicana
Red Cultural
Dance campaign and manufacturing of traditional instruments, Sábana del Espíritu Santo
Suriname
VIDS Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname
Promotional research of traditional land use and knowledge in Para East
SAV Stichting Agrarische Vrouwen
Transfer and preservation of the Arowak traditional ecological knowledge and cultural heritage of Marijke village, Marowijne
Trinidad & Tobago
Citizens for Conservation
Belmont Freetown community cultural heritage conservation and tourism project
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
Centre for the Arts
Uruguay
Asociación A-CLAQUE
Teatro La Sala Performing Arts Studio
Venezuela
Fundación Schola Cantorum de Caracas
Choral singing: a social inclusion proposal
Fundación Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo de la Educación y el Arte IDEAS
Puppets for the transmission of values. Teaching the teachers training program in puppetry and theater, Trujillo, Pampan y Pampanito