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Table 7: Involved Private and Public Agencies in Cultural Goods and Services
N° Categories Concerned Agencies
1 Natural and cultural heritage DGMN, DPICC, DGPC, Commune de Ouagadougou, Directions régionales
2 Performances and cultural
activities
BBDA, DAS, DAPA, DGESS, CENASA, ONTB, FESPACO, SNC, ATB,
CITO, CARTEL, Jazz à Ouaga, Espace culturel Gambidi, Maison de la
parole
3 Visual arts and crafts DAS, DAPA, VAO, SIAO, CNAM, DPPIC
4 Books and press CENALAC, DCPM, IPN
5 Audiovisual and digital media DCN, DCPM, FESPACO, CSC, CNA
6 Tourism DGT, ONTB
7 Human resources and funding DRH, ISIS/SE, DAF, INAFAC, CNAM
Source: Authors.
Services being a crosscutting sector, the responsibility for their coordination goes beyond a
single ministry; many departments and institutions contribute to their development. At the
institutional level, the implementation and monitoring of government policy on culture and arts
is vested in the Department of Culture and Tourism. However, a number of public agencies
listed in Table 7 are involved in the management and implementation of cultural services.
The classification in Table 7 follows the categories of cultural goods and services as proposed by
UNESCO and adopted by the government of Burkina Faso. The greater number of agencies
involved in performances and cultural activities, mostly classified as services, illustrates the
importance of the cultural services industry and its activities.
In total there are 16 government agencies and departments, including four main branches, that
are involved in the cultural sector’s management and development. The four are the Directorate
of Cultural Heritage (CPB), the General Directorate of Books and Public Reading (DGLLP), the
Directorate General of Tourism (DGT), and the Directorate General of Training and Research
(DGFR). Out of the 12 other central departments, 7 can be considered as specific to the cultural
sector. These are the Department of Plastic and Applied Arts (DAPA), the Department of
Performing Arts (DAS), 22 the Directorate of National Cinematography (DCN), the Directorate
for the Promotion of Cultural and Creative Industries (DPICC), 23 the Directorate for Classifying
Sites on the World Heritage List (DSC/PM), the General Directorate of Sector Statistics and
Studies (DGESS), and the General Directorate of the National Week of Culture (DG/SNC), the
only central department located outside of Ouagadougou.
For many years, the public administration in charge of cultural issues was only located in
Ouagadougou. For the past few years, Burkina Faso has entered into a decentralisation process.
Thus, one regional directorate of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism was opened in each of the
13 provinces. As the culture sector crosscuts many issues, departments from other ministries are
completing the work the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
22
Direction des arts de la scène.
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Created in December 2011, the DPICC is in charge of the implementation of the national strategy for the
development of cultural and creative industries.
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