Minister defends Colombian culture as a source of income

Monday, September 28, 07:36 AM Madrid, 28 sep (EFE) .- The Minister of Culture of Colombia, Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata, bet today in Madrid by the possibilities of the cultural sector as a source of income and employment in the current context global crisis. Moreno Zapata, addressing participants at the forum Tribune Iberoamericana, organized by the Casa de América and the EFE Agency, defended the concept of culture as a "necessity, intangible, but basically, to which all citizens should have access ". In response strategies to this basic need of the sector the opportunity arose to become an" axis of economic policy of our countries, "said the Colombian minister. He recalled that in the case of Colombia, and according to the latest study by the Organization World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the cultural industries are contributing 3.3 percent of GDP. In the effort undertaken by the Colombian authorities to boost the sector highlighted the initiatives relating to cultural tourism. It is recalled from a country with more than 1,200 cultural events scheduled, including the Carnival of Barranquilla said-that generate one million jobs, and therefore the minister stressed the need to "strengthen" the image of these events. Moreno, who heads the ministry Culture of his country since 2007, filed today in the Spanish capital lines of action undertaken by the government of Alvaro Uribe at the launch of the Compendium of Cultural Policies in Colombia. It is said Moreno, 31 vertical lines and five transverse covering six subject areas (Arts and Heritage Memory, and Visual Communication, Cultural Promotion, and International Cooperation, and Territory). Thus, within the territorial policies, the minister stressed the commitment of the ministry that manages to recognize " the diversity of groups that make up the country. "A variety, the minister said that in Colombia has been" major source "of creation, because, he said, in those" mixed worlds "which arise from the different communities to generate" creative nuances individuals ". A different fields of creation minister spoke and stressed the commitment of the Colombian authorities, for example, film, becomes" a space to discuss the complexity of the Colombian situation and position the country on the international stage without pigeonholes. And to change the image associated with drug trafficking in Colombia, Paula Marcela Moreno, defended the culture as "effective weapon against organized crime" and gave as example the city of Medellin, which has been applied successful formula of culture and education against violence. The minister stressed that among the efforts of the government of Alvaro Uribe is that all Colombian municipalities have "a library person" before the end of his term next year. From Afro-Colombian descent, Moreno Zapata had words of remembrance for the people of that noted his "great ability to overcome" because, he said, that "I'm sitting here, my grandmother never dreamed of," as he said, never dreamed of the first black president in history United States, referring to Barack Obama. Average (Not Rated)