We believe in art!
The Danish Center for Culture and Development (DCCD) promotes cultural co-operation between Denmark and the developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East through. We base our work on partnership and collaboration.
DCCD builds its work on four platforms: Culture and Development, Arts Fund, Youth Program and IMAGES festival.
The center’s work evolves around two fundamental ambitions:
To strengthen the art and culture of the developing countries and to cultivate new ressources and create growth and development in the countries we work in.
To forward new knowledge to a Danish audience about the cultures and contemporary artsscene of the developing countries through art that challenges and the general view, creates new and dynamic insights and gives rise to reflection. Part of this work also serves to engage Danish arts institutions and culture organization to take part in working with artists from the developing world.
The Center works both in and out of Denmark:
1) Activities in Denmark – such as the IMAGES festival, the Arts Fund and the youth program World Images in Motion – aiming at presenting arts and culture that support contemporary images of the developing countries to the Danish audiences.
2) Activities in the developing countries – such as the Culture programs – support the local cultural and arts environment in the developing countries, working to improve and widen the scope of platforms for diverse artistic expressions and capacity building and training.
Culture and Development
The main effort is put into realisation the Danish strategy for culture and development, which means integrating and promoting art and culture in the Danish aid initiatives. DCCD formulates cultural strategies in collaboration with Danish representations in the developing countries and contributes to the implementation together with Danish and foreign partner organisations. For more information on specific countries and collaborations please contact:
Vibeke Munk Petersen +45 33 17 97 06 / vmp@dccd.dk for questions concerning Tanzania, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Kenya, Mali, Uganda and the regional African Design program.
Morten Gøbel Poulsen +45 33 17 97 15 / mgp@dccd.dk for questions concerning Ghana, Nepal, Bolivia and the Middle East program.
Louise Friis Pedersen +45 33 17 97 17 / lfp@dccd.dk for questions concerning Palestine, Mozambique, Bolivia, Burkina Faso and the regional African Music festival Network
IMAGES festival
Through 8 festivals the Images festivals have built a strong brand as a unique festival that introduces Danes to the latest cultural forms of expressions and contemporary art from the developing countries. Previous festivals are Images of Africa, 1991, 1993 and 1996 Images of the World 2000, Images of Asia 2003, Images of the Middle East 2006 and My World Images 2010. The next festival will be in 2013.
For more information on the festival, please contact Mikkel Harder Munch-Hansen +45 33 17 11 /mhmh@dccd.dk
Youth Education Program – World Images in Motion
The Youth Education Program is DCCDs latest initiative to bring arts and artists from developing countries to youth and to students in Denmark. The aim of the program is to introduce and create awareness about developing countries amongst the younger generations in Denmark through the presentation and use of artistic expression and by creating a dialogue between Danish students and artists from developing countries on a personal and creative level.
For more information please contact Gavin Clarke +45 33 17 97 10 / gc@dccd.dk
Arts Fund
DCCD’s grants programme gives money to the exchange of culture between Denmark and the developing countries. Its standards are based on quality, innovation and the setting-up of new partnerships. DCCD prioritises projects that are able to create new reflections and break down stereotypes and prejudices, projects that are artistically innovative, and projects that are rooted in partnerships with a potential to generate new collaborations and knowledge sharing in the future.
For more information please contact Eva Fock +45 33 17 97 07 / ef@dccd.dk
For general information on DCCD activities please contact Annette Max Hansen amh@dccd.dk / + 45 22 44 90 86
Danish Center for Culture and Development Nytorv 17 1450CPH K Denmark
www.dccd.dk