Diversity and Communities

Diversity, equity and inclusion are as crucial to arts and culture as they are to individual and collective well-being, sustainable development and stronger communities. Diversity acknowledges and values differences, and it encourages and enables continued contribution within an inclusive context where everyone can feel they belong. While inclusiveness ensures that everyone can participate, diversity allows people to take part on their own terms, removing barriers so as to nurture wider cultural participation and safeguard everyone’s right to equal opportunities to enjoy their individual human rights and achieve their full potential.

We believe that culture can be a catalyst that nurtures diverse and inclusive communities – where all people are treated with dignity and respect, as well as valued and equitably supported in realising their cultural rights. We aim to promote and strive for the protection and realisation of the rights and freedoms of each person (both individually and in community with others) to develop their full potential and express their humanity, their worldview and the meanings they give to their existence and development through, inter alia, values, beliefs, convictions, languages, knowledge, the arts, institutions and ways of life. In order to do so, there needs to be protection and promotion of access to cultural heritage and resources that allow such identification and development processes to take place. In these communities, we enable and support openness, authenticity and critical thinking, promote awareness of diverse narratives and acknowledge challenges and opportunities. We shall collaborate across sectors to ensure that everyone, irrespective of sex, gender, racial or ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief, has access to arts and culture, as well as the benefits and well-being they generate and that this power is duly shared.

We will work with all local, national and international organisations and individuals across sectors whose key responsibilities could support culture’s central role in building a fairer, more prosperous and more resilient society, actively engaging in local, regional and global debate and shaping sustainable development in communities and the cultural sphere. We will also work with players within local communities to leverage cultural and social innovation for the benefit of their communities and society. We believe that we can enhance this approach further by advocating and investing in measures that encourage active cultural participation, strengthen audience engagement and support overall artistic development through community-led initiatives.

As fundamentally embedded components of Strategy 2025, we will enable, support and advocate for the realisation of cultural rights, greater diversity, equity and inclusiveness, as well as for environmental, social and economic sustainability.

More on
Diversity and Communities

Our 2020 Community Exchange Strategy

Our 2020 Community Exchange Actions

Il-Premju tal-President għall-Kreattività

Creative Communities

Artivisti

Intercultural Dialogue: a Maltese case study

Voluntary Organisations Act 2007

Reġistrazzjoni ta’ organizzazzjonijiet volontarji : fi ftit kliem

Diversity and Communities resources

  • Creative Projects in the Community Ethical ConsiderationsCreative Projects in the Community Ethical Considerations

Funded Projects

The New Victorians: MARA at the National Theatre of Scotland

Gravity – Malta/Mexico

Participation of #EngageCREATIVES during NMD21

External links of interest

  • A Glimmer of Hope at the End of the YearA Glimmer of Hope at the End of the Year
  • Food for Thought, Interview, Times of Malta, 30 September 2016Food for Thought, Interview, Times of Malta, 30 September 2016
  • Aditus FoundationAditus Foundation
  • Artraker FoundationArtraker Foundation
  • Correctional ServicesCorrectional Services
  • Culture Action Europe (CAE)Culture Action Europe (CAE)
  • Design4DCity initiativeDesign4DCity initiative
  • IntegraIntegra
  • Foundation for Social Welfare ServicesFoundation for Social Welfare Services
  • Funds for NGOsFunds for NGOs
  • Gabriel Caruana Foundation (GCF)Gabriel Caruana Foundation (GCF)
  • Greenhouse MaltaGreenhouse Malta
  • Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti (KNM)Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti (KNM)
  • Intercultural Cities Programme (ICC), Council of EuropeIntercultural Cities Programme (ICC), Council of Europe
  • KOPIN (Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali) empowering communities KOPIN  (Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali) empowering communities
  • Kummissjoni għad-Drittijiet ta' Persuni b'DiżabilitàKummissjoni għad-Drittijiet ta' Persuni b'Diżabilità
  • Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector (MCVS)Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector (MCVS)
  • Malta Health NetworkMalta Health Network
  • Migrant Women Association Malta (MWAM)Migrant Women Association Malta (MWAM)
  • Moveo Dance CompanyMoveo Dance Company
  • MUŻAMUŻA
  • Nanniet MaltaNanniet Malta
  • National Book CouncilNational Book Council
  • Office of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations (CVO)Office of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations (CVO)
  • Opening DoorsOpening Doors
  • Platform of Human Rights Organisations in Malta (PHROM)Platform of Human Rights Organisations in Malta (PHROM)
  • President's Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society (PFWS)President's Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society (PFWS)
  • Prison Education and Re-entry ProgrammePrison Education and Re-entry Programme
  • Re.Cri.Re project Re.Cri.Re project
  • Scouts Malta (TSAM)Scouts Malta (TSAM)
  • See Clearly Now (SCN) See Clearly Now (SCN)
  • SOS Malta Solidarity Overseas ServiceSOS Malta Solidarity Overseas Service
  • St James Cavalier FoundationSt James Cavalier Foundation
  • Teatru SalesjanTeatru Salesjan
  • The Commissioner for ChildrenThe Commissioner for Children
  • The Creative Arts Therapies Society (C.A.T.S.) MaltaThe Creative Arts Therapies Society (C.A.T.S.) Malta
  • UNHCR MaltaUNHCR Malta
  • Żfin Malta dance ensemble (ŻMDE)Żfin Malta dance ensemble (ŻMDE)
  • ŻugragaŻugraga
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