Dear Colleagues, Do we need to over-emphasize regions and regional organizations? I think that result-oriented project-based associations would be much more productive that regional ones. Samp is an excellent example of cross-boundary international museum collaboration based on specific projects, which can be used by ICOM. Why create more overlapping regional sub-divisions in stead of project-based international collaborations, which would ensure better utilization of the funding. I would like to see more financial allocations to collaborative inter-museum or inter-national committees projects. Violeta Ekpo --- Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandao <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear colleagues > If I understood right, the change from RO to RA > enables committees to > promote easier integration beyond the UNESCO > official regions > constraints, so perhaps the word Regional is the > problem. > For instance, following an idea born in Paris 2006 > Advisory Committee > Meeting, the Portuguese speaking national committees > met in Vienna and > discussed future collaboration, starting with a > consensual version of > the Code of Ethics, but foreseeing a more dynamic > and productive > interaction. We considered the fact that East Timor, > Mozambique and > St. Tomé and Prince do not have ICOM national > committees and that our > recent efforts to contact ICOM Angola failed. In > addition, there are > thriving Portuguese speaking communities in > different countries and we > may enhance information and expertise sharing, and > even exhibition > exchanges among these communities if we join forces, > perhaps in an > institutional way. > We are not proposing a RA now, nor I have the > mandate to this, but we > could in the future. This does not prevent ICOM-BR > from being an > active member of ICOM LAC and/or to develop other > partnerships. In > fact, we had a very nice meeting of Latin American > and Caribbean ICOM > national committees with ICOM US and ICOM Canada, > although this was a > very initial, though interesting contact. Also, > Brazil recently hosted > a pre-meeting of Latin American, Caribbean and > Iberic countries > (Andorra, Portugal and Spain) Ministers of Culture > (or similar, > depending on the taxonomy adopted by different > parties), attended by > different countries government officials, that > happened to be ICOM > members of these countries. The seminar resulted in > the proposal of > declaring 2008 the Iberic Year of Museums, to be > officially announced > by the Presidents or Prime Ministers in their next > reunion in > November, under the auspices of OEI (Ibero-American > States > Organization). > The move from RO to RA should helps us to pursue the > strategic > objectives for 2008-2010, in special numbers 1 and > 2. > > Carlos Roberto F. Brandão > > Presidente ICOM-BR > (2006-2009)(http://www.icom.org.br/) > fone/fax: 55-11-22732086 > Museu de Zoologia da USP (http://www.mz.usp.br) > Av. Nazaré 481 > São Paulo SP, Brasil 04263-000 > fone: 55-11-61658138, 61600222 > [log in to unmask] > > > Citando Inkyung Chang <[log in to unmask]>: > > > Dear colleagues, > > > > Within ICOM-ASPAC the member countries do not have > any confusion about where > > to belong. Only concerns are Pacific region is not > well represented in > > ASPAC, since there are very few national > committees from that specific > > area. Nevertherless, PIMA is very active and it > is an affiliated > > organization in ICOM. I understand ICOM-Russia do > not join the activities > > in ASPAC which should be respected as indicated in > the model rule of RO. > > And also if we follow the definition of the > regions of UNESCO(if I remember > > correctly) USA belongs to Europe even though it is > located at the > > north-eastern part of the Pacific. > > > > Since RO has been already changed to Regional > Alliences, we can focus more > > on collaboration with specific goals within the > region(or sub-regions if > > needed) than deviding fine lines between the > States based on geographical > > boundaries. > > As Prof. Boylan mentioned that these boundaries > are not only based on > > geographical areas, but also on cultural and > historical contexts. > > > > > > Inkyung Chang > > Chairperson/ICOM-ASPAC > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/7/07, Perkko Mariliina > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear colleagues, > >> > >> I'm for one and only ICOM Europe and no other > organizations in this small > >> area with many members. We should stand together. > >> > >> Mariliina Perkko > >> former Chair of the ICOM Costume Committee > >> member still > >> > >> > >> -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > >> Lähettäjä: International Council of Museums > Discussion List [mailto: > >> [log in to unmask]] Puolesta Patrick > Boylan > >> Lähetetty: 5. syyskuuta 2007 21:26 > >> Vastaanottaja: [log in to unmask] > >> Aihe: Re: ICOM Regionalisation > >> > >> > >> Dear Mario, and subsequent contributors to this > discussion, > >> > >> There are many different and often overlapping > regional groupings around > >> the worlds, not least in Europe and adjacent > areas. > >> > >> The European Union has a very effective > Mediterranean Heritage programme, > >> but this itself overlaps with its ROSTE programme > for south-eastern Europe > >> excluding Greece, Turkey and Cyprus - i.e. mainly > the Balkan states), > >> which is run out of the EU's Venice office. (I'm > on the advisory boards > >> for both.) > >> > >> An ICOM Mediterranean would also overlap with > ICOM Arab, which broadly > >> covers MENA Region (= Middle East and North > Africa) of the United Nations > >> and the World Bank. However, ICOM Arab in turn > overlaps with both > >> ICOM-ASPAC and AFRICOM! There have also been > debates for many years about > >> the exact limits of ICOM-ASPAC, since both Russia > and the USA are very > >> obviously Pacific countries - as at today's > summit in Sydney. > >> > >> Perhaps the biggest question mark - and main > debate - ought be over the > >> idea of ICOM Europe? Is it realistic to have a > Regional Organisation (now > >> "Alliance") which aims to cover the interests of > almost three-quarters of > >> all current ICOM members, or should there be a > move towards some rational > >> subdivision of Europe on geographical (or perhaps > even on cultural or > >> language) lines? > >> > >> > >> > >> Patrick Boylan > >> > >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - > >> > >> Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, > and search the > >> archives at: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html > >> > >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - > >> > >> Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, > and search the > >> archives at: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html > === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! 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