Building Stronger Cultural Communities
Tourism, Culture and Heritage (To Jan. 7)
November 12, 2004 10:45 AM
The funding process for cultural organizations looking for
operational support just got easier. The Department of Tourism,
Culture and Heritage announced today, Nov. 12, the new Operating
Assistance to Cultural Organizations program.
"We worked with the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership
Council to develop a more efficient funding process for the arts
and culture sector," said Rodney MacDonald, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Heritage. "The program will help to build stronger
and more stable cultural organizations."
The Operating Assistance to Cultural Organizations program
replaces three existing programs. It is open to non-profit arts
and cultural groups which have been in operation for at least one
year and will provide support towards annual administrative and
core program costs. Support will be available to four categories
of groups: service organizations; arts producers; festivals and
presenters; and cultural facilities.
"We obtained community input to propose a more efficient program
to fund operational support for arts and culture," said Paul
Gallant, chair of the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership
Council. "This will help to eliminate any confusion because now
there is only one provincial program which provides operating
support to eligible organizations."
The three programs being replaced are: Anchor Organizations;
Facilities; and Sustaining Grants to Organizations and Small
Groups. This year, the provincial government provided $2.8
million in operating support to 70 cultural organizations through
the programs.
The key difference between the new program and the programs it
replaces is that all applications will now be assessed by an
external panel composed of people from the culture sector.
The first deadline for the Operating Assistance to Cultural
Organizations program is Feb. 15, 2005.
More information on the program can be found on the Tourism,
Culture and Heritage website at
www.gov.ns.ca/dtc/culture/culture_funding.asp , or by calling
902-424-5793.
The culture sector in Nova Scotia has an estimated yearly value
of $1.2 billion and creates more than 28,000 direct and indirect
jobs.
FOR BROADCAST USE:
The funding process for cultural organizations looking for
operational support just got easier. The Department of Tourism,
Culture and Heritage announced today (November 12th)
the new Operating Assistance to Cultural Organizations program.
Rodney MacDonald, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage
says the program will help to build stronger and more stable
cultural organizations.
The new program will replace three existing funding
programs.
The Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership Council
received input from the culture community to propose a more
efficient program to fund operational support for arts and
culture.
For program information, contact the department at 902-
424-5793.
-30-
Contact: Ellen Lawless
Tourism, Culture and Heritage
902-424-7608
E-mail: lawlesee@gov.ns.ca
jal November 12, 2004 10:46 A.M.
The funding process for cultural organizations looking for
operational support just got easier. The Department of Tourism,
Culture and Heritage announced today, Nov. 12, the new Operating
Assistance to Cultural Organizations program.
"We worked with the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership
Council to develop a more efficient funding process for the arts
and culture sector," said Rodney MacDonald, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Heritage. "The program will help to build stronger
and more stable cultural organizations."
The Operating Assistance to Cultural Organizations program
replaces three existing programs. It is open to non-profit arts
and cultural groups which have been in operation for at least one
year and will provide support towards annual administrative and
core program costs. Support will be available to four categories
of groups: service organizations; arts producers; festivals and
presenters; and cultural facilities.
"We obtained community input to propose a more efficient program
to fund operational support for arts and culture," said Paul
Gallant, chair of the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership
Council. "This will help to eliminate any confusion because now
there is only one provincial program which provides operating
support to eligible organizations."
The three programs being replaced are: Anchor Organizations;
Facilities; and Sustaining Grants to Organizations and Small
Groups. This year, the provincial government provided $2.8
million in operating support to 70 cultural organizations through
the programs.
The key difference between the new program and the programs it
replaces is that all applications will now be assessed by an
external panel composed of people from the culture sector.
The first deadline for the Operating Assistance to Cultural
Organizations program is Feb. 15, 2005.
More information on the program can be found on the Tourism,
Culture and Heritage website at
www.gov.ns.ca/dtc/culture/culture_funding.asp , or by calling
902-424-5793.
The culture sector in Nova Scotia has an estimated yearly value
of $1.2 billion and creates more than 28,000 direct and indirect
jobs.
FOR BROADCAST USE:
The funding process for cultural organizations looking for
operational support just got easier. The Department of Tourism,
Culture and Heritage announced today (November 12th)
the new Operating Assistance to Cultural Organizations program.
Rodney MacDonald, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage
says the program will help to build stronger and more stable
cultural organizations.
The new program will replace three existing funding
programs.
The Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership Council
received input from the culture community to propose a more
efficient program to fund operational support for arts and
culture.
For program information, contact the department at 902-
424-5793.
-30-
Contact: Ellen Lawless
Tourism, Culture and Heritage
902-424-7608
E-mail: lawlesee@gov.ns.ca
jal November 12, 2004 10:46 A.M.