Culture information system /sistema de informacion cultural

Description of the policy/measure
As part of the vivi cultura (try culture) project, the dnc announced in 2009聽 the introduction of a culture information system with the objective to 鈥済enerate information and data regarding all areas of cultural activity in the country and make them available to cultural agents, decision-makers, researchers in the field of culture and the general public.鈥漺ithin the framework of strengthening the cultural industries, the culture information system (sic) is supposed 鈥渢o map cultural industries鈥, using a number of 鈥渟tops鈥 to offer information about the following areas of cultural activity: the cultural actors of each area, value-chains, quantitative data regarding each sector (number of companies, number of jobs, wages, evolution of production, money earned and spent, sales, exports, etc.), relevant institutions and documents, and links to sites with further information.鈥漣n addition, the area of territory-based project management carried out research work and standardised information, part of which was a survey of cultural institutions and infrastructure that would serve as the starting point of the cultural map of uruguay, a tool, which provides access to key, geo-referenced information about the culture sector to artists, managers and citizens in general. users can find out about the location of cultural institutions, creative industries, traditional festivals and celebrations and book fairs all over the country. they may also access specific information for each department, browse through the offer or make a selection following their categories and sub-categories of interest (please refer to appendices).
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
The sic will be strengthened as a tool for the centralisation and standardisation of existing and upcoming information about agents, activities, infraestructure and cultural industries, in short, about the cultural reality of the country, which will be at the citizens麓 disposal.the sic will be directed by the dnc, acting in coordination with all stakeholders within the ministry of education and culture and other public entities in the area of culture. it will also rely on the input provided by other producers of related content.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
The sic has a budget allocation of $9,000 dollars for the first year.