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Culture ireland was established in 2005 to promote and advance irish arts in a global context, helping to create international opportunities for irish artists and cultural practitioners and leading to a deeper mutual understanding between irish and other cultures and communities.the strategies being pursued to help realise this mission include: providing a flexible range of international funding supports for artists and cultural practitioners; supporting irish participation in key international showcases, festivals and promotional events; strengthening ireland’s cultural networks abroad; exploring issues of european cultural identity, diversity and commonality; strengthening cultural relationships with other countries; encouraging diverse cultural communities in ireland to participate in international artistic exchange and dialogue; contributing to intercultural dialogue; and managing strategic initiatives in response to government priorities, for example a major irish arts season in the united states in 2016 as part of ireland's international commemoration programme.