In June 2012, IFACCA will hold two key meetings in Helsinki, Finland, in partnership with the Arts Council of Finland. One of these will be for researchers from national arts councils and ministries of culture, and the other will be for IFACCA's European members. The annual meeting of experts and editors of the Council of Europe/ERICarts Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe will also be held.
Helsinki is the 2012 World Design Capital. The designation provides a distinctive opportunity for cities to feature their accomplishments in attracting and promoting innovative design, as well as highlight their successes in urban revitalisation strategies. The World Design Capital is an initiative of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid).
IFACCA and the Arts Council Finland are interested in how arts councils and ministries of culture support and/or fund design, and we invite you to respond to the following questions. The results of this short survey will be the basis for discussion during one of the sessions of the IFACCA Researchers' Meeting in June, and may also be published as a short research paper on the IFACCA website. If you have any questions, please contact Natasha Eves, Research and Project Officer, n.eves@ifacca.org
If your organisation does not support design practice, we request that you:
• Answer questions 1 to 3, and 9, in the survey; AND
• Forward the email with this survey link to the relevant government agency/organisation in your country that does support design.
This survey is very short, it will take less than 10 minutes to complete. We thank you for your response.