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The Intermunicipal Comparative Framework: An inventory of local government support to cultural development About the Framework The Intermunicipal Comparative Framework project is a means to inventory and understand the infrastructure, scope, and nature of local government involvement and investment in cultural development across Canada. The project will organize and recognize the value of this involvement, and facilitate intermunicipal comparisons. A comprehensive project of this nature, national in scope, has not been attempted before in Canada, and at each stage of its iterative development we have been aware of the complexity and subtlety of this rapidly evolving sector. The long-term goal of the project is to have an accessible source of baseline information about municipal planning, policy, programming, and support in municipalities across Canada. The terms cultural development and culture are used throughout the project in an inclusive sense, and topics addressed in the surveys include arts, heritage, facilities, civic art collections, public art, funding, non-monetary support, and much more. The Intermunicipal Comparative Framework project has two phases: Phase One: Qualitative Survey – Policies, Plans, Programs, and Practices
Phase One is about designing the structure – the framework – for storing and retrieving this multi-faceted body of information. The Phase One Pilot Report summarizes, in tables and commentary, what we learned about municipal involvement in arts, heritage, and culture in 30 municipalities across Canada through a survey distributed initially in 2003.
The Phase One pilot survey included a section on the general administration of culture in municipalities, as well as 12 sections examining various areas supported by municipal programs and initiatives. In addition, a glossary of terms was included as an integral part of the survey, to help develop a consistency in reporting.
Phase Two: The Art of Managing Creative Canadian Communities
The Art of Managing Creative Canadian Communities (Comparative Framework) project developed in 2008-2009, aims to collect and compile information from communities to demonstrate how local governments across Canada are handling arts, culture and heritage. This ongoing project is being developed as a resource for municipal staff who are interested in seeing what other communities are doing. It provides a snapshot of the current state of cultural development in Canadian communities. How arts and culture are managed at the municipal level, the structure of the management, what initiatives and support mechanisms they have put in place, and how they are implemented. Municipal support for culture is multifaceted. Our current focus includes: Public Art; Cultural Facilities; and Cultural Services.
This project is supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage and the collaboration of staff of municipalities across Canada.
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