About
The 5th World Summit took place from 3–6 October 2011 in Melbourne, Australia co-hosted by the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) and the Australia Council for the Arts in partnership with Arts Victoria.The 5th World Summit brought together leaders in arts and cultural policy making to address the theme Creative Intersections and provoked wide-ranging debate on the role of innovative government policy in facilitating intersections between the arts and other sectors for the benefit of the broader community, including health and wellbeing, education, environmental action, business, international aid, social inclusion and digital technologies. The Summit was attended by more than 500 delegates from 70 countries.
About the Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s principal arts investment, development and advisory body. It champions and invests in arts and creativity to benefit all Australians. It invests in artists and organisations through peer assessed grants, fellowships and awards that enable art to be created and experienced; delivers strategic sector development initiatives that build industry capacity, networks and digital mobility and increase markets and audiences for Australian creative work for the social, cultural and economic value of the arts and creativity; and conducts research and analysis that deepens understanding of the role and value of arts and creativity.
