ADVISORY COMMITTEE CULTURAL EXPERTS
TERMS OF REFERENCE
OF THE STUDY
FEASIBILITY STUDY
WORKING SESSION ON NEXT STEPS FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN CULTURAL POLICY OBSERVATORY
March 17, 2004
ADVISORY COMMITTEE CULTURAL EXPERTS
Yudhisthir
Raj Isar - General Coordinator
Dr. Isar has degrees in Economics and Sociology, and a Diploma in Research
Training in Social Anthropology from University of Paris in Sorbonne.
He is the former director of the Cultural Policies for Development Unit
of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO). Among his key qualifications for this feasibility study are
his 28 years of experience in cultural policy formation at international,
regional, national and municipal levels. At UNESCO he has been responsible
for the design and launching of an international program on cultural policies
to reinforce advocacy of the role of culture in development. In addition,
he was the principal planner of the Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural
Policies for Development (Stockholm, 1998), an international benchmark
event with regard to cultural policy issues, and for the design and implementation
of a worldwide strategy to stimulate debate with regard to the report
of the World Commission on Culture and Development.
Andean Region
Germán Rey - Andes
Dr. Germán Rey studied psychology and obtained his doctorate from
the University of Complutense in Madrid. He is a professor of multi-media
creation and communication. He is a member of the Training Commission
of the Ministry of Culture, and was also the advisor to the Ministry of
Communication in Colombia and an expert on various initiatives in the
Ministry of Culture. He was a member of the District Directive Board of
Culture and Tourism in Bogotá, Colombia as well was a member of
the International Study Commission on Media, Religion and Culture. He
is the author of several books on communication, policy and culture.
Marta
Elena Bravo de Hermelin - Andes
Marta Elena Bravo de Hermelin obtained her B.A. in Philosophy in the Universidad
Pontifica Bolivariana, and her M.A. in Politics and Cultural Development.
Currently, she is Honorary Professor in the Departments of Human Science
and Economics at the National University in Medellín. She is member
of the Orden Gerardo Molina at the National University of Colombia, and
is academic advisor in the formulation of the National Culture Plan for
Medellín Site from 2001-2010. She coordinated the first local and
regional Cultural Development Plans in Antioquia y Medellín, and
has collaborated in the formulation of cultural policies in other regions
of Colombia. She was founder and co-director of the Cultural Extension
Magazine with Professor Luis Antonio Restrepo for more than 20 years,
and she was Director of Culture of Antioquia. She has conducted research
on national and local cultural policy issues, and has published many articles
in Colombia and abroad.
Caribbean
Region
Keith Nurse - Caribbean
Dr. Nurse is a lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and
co-coordinator of the post-graduate diploma in Arts and Cultural Enterprise
Management program, Festival Centre of the Creative Arts, University of
the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Nurse is a consultant to Inter-American
Development Bank, the Organization of American States, CARICOM, CARIFORUM,
and UNESCO. His current focus is on cultural and copyright industries.
He has completed two major studies in the field of cultural industries:
The Caribbean Music Industry (sponsored by the Caribbean Export Development
Agency) and Festival Tourism in the Caribbean (sponsored by the Inter-American
Development Bank). He is also the co-editor of Caribbean Economies and
Global Restructuring (2002) and Globalization and Caribbean Popular Culture
(forthcoming 2003) and co-author of Windward Islands Bananas: Challenges
and Options under the Single European Market (1995). He has a PhD in International
Relations from the Institute of International Relations, University of
the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.
Mercosur Region
Thomas Lowy - Mercosur
Thomas Daniel Lowy Elbau has a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from the
National Institute of Fine Arts of the University of the Republic, and
a Diploma from the Public Administration Institute in Paris, France. He
is the former Director of Culture in the Ministry of Education and Culture
in Uruguay, and has considerable experience in the area of cultural policy
legislation. Throughout his position in the Ministry, he was responsible
for national agreements for the development of cultural policies, as well
the design and implementation of programs for the formation, promotion
and management of culture at the national level. He has also taught several
courses in the areas of cultural management as well as in the area of
structure and organization of cultural policy. He also represented Uruguay
in Mercosur Cultural and is an asset to any discussion surrounding the
topic of cultural diversity in the Americas.
Mesoamerica Region
Sylvie Duran - Mesoamerica
Ms. Duran is the director of INCORPORE, a major cultural management organization
in Central America. Currently, she is directing the restructuring of the
Ministry of Culture in Costa Rica, as well as directing several Central
America-wide cultural policy and cultural tourism networks. She is also
president of the Executive Council of Iberformat, an Ibero-American cultural
policy program that trains cultural policy and management professionals
throughout all of Latin America and Spain. Ms. Duran is currently collaborating
with Dr. Yúdice on a cultural ecology initiative. She is also an
actress and singer, and specializes in artistic and vocal training.
Andrés Roemer - Mesoamerica
Dr. Roemer has a B.A. in Law from the National Autonomous University of
México (UNAM) and a B.S. in Economics from the Technological Autonomous
Institute of Mexico (ITAM) (both Suma Cum Laude). He has a Masters degree
in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University, and he obtained his Ph.D. in Public Policy with special academic
distinction from The University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Roemer
is the author of: Introduction to Law and Economics, Law and Economics:
A Survey of the Literature, Economics of Crime, The Policies and Politics
of Water, and Sexuality, Law and Public Policy. His previous posts include
Technical Secretary at the staff of the Presidency of Mexico, Principal
for Latin America at Booz Allen & Hamilton, and Advisor for the Presidency
in federalism issues, among others. Currently, he is President of the
Latin American and Caribbean Law and Economics Association, and also Technical
Secretary at the National Council for the Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA).
Alfonso
Castellanos Ribot - Mesoamerica
Mr. Castellanos obtained his BA in social anthropology from the National
School of Anthropology and History in Mexico. Since 1976 he has worked
in different areas within Mexico's public sector, including the Secretary
of Programming and Budget, in programs of regional development, in the
Secretary of Energy and as General Director of Information and Analysis
of the Presidency of Mexico. Since 1989 he has collaborated with the National
Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA). Currently, he is the Head
of the Information, Analysis and Prospective Unit, where he coordinates,
among other projects, the System of Cultural Information, the Atlas of
Cultural Infrastructure, the National Survey of Cultural Practices and
Consumption, and the Report on Human Development and Culture.
North America Region
George Yúdice - North America
Ph.D. 1977 (Romance languages), Princeton; M.A. 1971 (Spanish and Portuguese),
Illinois; B.A. 1970 (Spanish and chemistry), Hunter College. Mr. Yúdice
is a professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures, and
is the Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
at New York University. He is also the Director of the Privatization of
Culture Project for Research on Cultural Policy. His major interests lie
in cultural policy, transnational politics and culture, globalization,
civil society, social movements, Latin American intellectual and literary
culture, Latino Studies, the avant-garde in a global context, and comparative
study of race and ethnicity. He is the author of We Are Not the World:
Identity and Representation in an Age of Global Restructuring (forthcoming).
He is also the author of On Edge: The Crisis of Contemporary Latin American
Culture (1992). He has extensive research experience on systems of support
for art and culture in the US, in several Latin American countries and
in international institutions.
Expert in Cultural Indicators
Leo Goldstone
Dr. Goldstone holds degrees in Economics, Statistics and Spanish from
the University of Manchester, UK. Currently, he is Director of World Statistics
Ltd. He developed the internationally known Human Development Index which
is published annually by the United Nations. He designed and prepared
the statistics for UNESCOs First World Culture Report, and has been a
consultant to a number of US pharmaceutical companies on the analysis
of health and disease data, in addition to the US Department of Environmental
Affairs on issues of sustainable development. He was Director of Statistics
at UNICEF (The United Nations Children's Fund), Senior Adviser to the
Director of the United Nations Statistical Office, and Chief of the Division
of Statistics on Education in UNESCO. He has undertaken surveys and prepared
publications for many international organizations, including the United
Nations Development Program, the World Bank and UNESCO. He has been a
fellow of the Fordham Institute for Innovation in Social Policy since
1989.