The Annual Children’s Culture Forum provides a venue for the latest cultural policy debate and is a great networking opportunity for children’s arts and culture practitioners.
The Children’s Culture Forum has a different theme every year, and the availability of programmes in English depends on the year. This year’s Forum will be held in Finnish only. You can read more about it in Finnish here.
The International Children’s Culture Forum 2019
The first International Children’s Culture Forum gathered in Tampere, Finland, on September 30th and October 1st, 2019. The Forum focused on inclusion in arts and culture education, as well as the implementation of children’s cultural rights. During the Forum, the international panel of researchers and practitioners shared their perspectives and formed a consensus on the central role of rich and diverse children’s arts and culture, as well as culture education for building a well-functioning and democratic society. A document, the Tampere Paper, was compiled detailing recommendations that target the six critical issues in this task.
