1. DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE
5/20/2019
REVISED WHITE PAPER ON ARTS CULTURE AND HERITAGE : PRESENTATION TO THE PC 26 FEBRUARY 2019

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Purpose Background Timeframes
Status of the White Paper Revision Process Overview of the Revised White Paper
Proposed New Dispensation
Socio-economic Impact Assessment

3. purpose
To provide an update on the process of reviewing the 1996 White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage. 2

4. BACKGROUND
The main emphasis of the White Paper review was placed on assessing weaknesses inherent in the White Paper of 1996 by evaluating the extent to which its provisions align with the priorities and programme interventions of the DAC, the policy orientation of national government and the impact on all programme interventions and outcomes.
Provide overall recommendations on the future role of entities within the DAC and beneficiary organisations, and suggest priority policy interventions.

5. TIMEFRAMES
Following the First National Indaba in November 2015 the following Working Plan was adopted in February 2016:
First Provisional Draft for Internal Discussion: End of March 2016;
Subsector Public Consultations: April to June 2016;
Revised Second Draft based on public input: End of July 2016;
Second Draft was circulated on 31 August 2016;
Revisions made based on public consultations from September to November 2016 (including TIC and PC)
National Sector Indaba was held on 17 &18 November 2016;
On 27 February 2016 an Inception Report was discussed, revised and adopted outlining:
The scope and recommendations of the 1996 White Paper;
Identifying obstacles to transformative policy implementation;
Identifying new trends in cultural policy;
Proposing the Methodology and Process.

6. PROCESS OF THE REVISION OF THE WHITE PAPER
Public consultations in 9 provinces: April 2016 until June 2016.
Consultations were requested with multiple government departments: the following departments were consulted: Departments of Basic Education, Higher Education and Science and Technology.
Consultations were held with National Agencies and Institutions as well as Provincial Arts, Culture and Heritage Departments.
The need for an integrated, national, provincial and local system emerged from this process.
The First Draft was completed in August 2016.
The Second Draft was completed in November 2016 and tabled at the National Indaba on 17&18 November 2016.
The sector was invited to make their submissions until December 2016
The Third Draft was finalised on 3 February 2017.
The Fourth Draft finalised October 2017
Briefings to PC was done in March 2017 and November 2018. 5

7. OVERVIEW OF THE REVISED WHITE PAPER
The draft material included: background and scope; objectives; values; vision and principles; policy proposals for the ACH subsectors; community ACH; education and training; status and rights of artists; new institutional structures; AACH; education and training, diplomacy and international cooperation; technical skills and events management; language and literature, libraries and information services, cultural, creative heritage industries; heritage; new funding models; intergovernmental cooperation; monitoring and evaluation; and core roles and functions of the national department. New Dispensation: National Arts and Audio Visual Council, Heritage and Book Councils. Technical Skills Academy and African Art, Culture and Heritage Centres.

8. PROPOSED NEW DISPENSATION.
PROPOSED NEW DISPENSATION
1. SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ART AND AUDIOVISUAL COUNCIL
Performing Arts, Visual Art, Craft and Design, Creative Writing and Audio-visual Development
2. SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL HERITAGE COUNCIL
Museums, Monuments, Heritage Resource and Sites, Geographical Place Names, Heraldry, Archives, Libraries and Information Services
3. ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS FOR EXISTING NATIONAL MUSEUMS IN PROVINCES
It is proposed that national heritage institutions in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape be consolidated and that all national museum councils be abolished, and that national museums be governed by the National Heritage Council
4. SOUTH AFRICAN BOOK AND PUBLISHING DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
Constituted by one representative each from publishing, printing, book trade, authors, editors, translators and Basic Education, Higher Education, Small Business Development
5. SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT
To develop professional training in Sound, Lighting, Stage, Power, Audio-visual, Rigging, Recording and Production Skills
6. SOUTH AFRICAN CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ART, CULTURE AND HERITAGE
 Functions to include project, evaluation and funding, policy advice, monitoring and sector development

9. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT
On the advise of government, the DAC and the reference panel agreed that the South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) conduct the socio-economic impact assessment (SEIA) study of the revised white paper on arts, culture and heritage. Commencement of the socio-economic impact assessment: April First draft impact assessment report: August Submission of revised impact assessment report: February Interdepartmental consultations on SEIA report was done in April 2018 with Department of Trade and Industry, Science and Technology, Department of Basic Education and Department of Higher Education and Training. Report to Presidency (DPM&E) on SEIA was submitted in May & June Presentation to the SPCHD cluster was done in August 2018, and tabling in Parliament on 12 October Final briefing to the DAC entities was done in October and November 2018

10. THANK YOU