Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, Department of Culture and Youth

Genre : Ministry
Status : Public administration
Principal country concerned : Column : History/society
P.O. Box 00185
GABORONE
Botswana
Tel. : +267 3909 222
Fax : +267 3909 227
http://www.gov.bw/government/ministry_of_labour_and_home_affairs.html#culture_and_youth

Central to the operations of the Department of Culture and Youth, is the recognition for the need to create a healthy social and cultural environment for effective national development. The Department's tasks are inter alia: the preservation and promotion of national culture as necessary for nation building; socio-economic development and the creation of a vibrant democracy and a rich human environment; the promotion of the status of the youth of Botswana and creation of an environment conducive to their participation in the economic, social and political life of their society serving as the national focal point for policy, operational direction and coordination for all international, national, district and local cultural and youth programmes; the provision professional guidance on matters relating to policy, training human resources and infrastructural development in the area of arts, culture and youth development.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

With the support of