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cultural education
ALLOWING TALENTS TO FLOURISH
We want to let the talents of children
and young people flourish. We promote
different types of youth culture. Culture
contributes to identity development,
stimulates needs, and provides a broader view of the world. Children and young
people are entitled to rest and leisure
time. This also includes the right to free
participation in cultural and artistic
life. The Government of Flanders wants
to guarantee a sufficient provision and
help make sure that children and young
people can create their own art and culture. In this context we also promote
cultural education.
BY DISCOVERING CULTURE
The Government of Flanders wants to
encourage more children and young people to participate; bring a more diverse
group into contact with different types
of culture. Cultural education too should
have a greater outreach. To that end
we subsidise a large number of culture
and art educational organisations and
appropriate funds for various project
subsidies. Some target groups are given
extra attention: young children, children
and young people i n special youth care
and other disadvantaged groups.
LEARNING ABOUT IT
We consider cultural education important and therefore want to monitor and
enhance its quality. That is why we
focus on the training and education
of mentors and volunteers in formal
and non-formal learning environments.
Cultural Education Day, the activities of
Dharts in Destelheide and other events
and activities help highlight all these
aspects.
AND CREATING IT
Arousing the interest of children and
young people and giving them room
for personal experiments and personal
development during their free time and
supporting top-level talents in their development requires continuous efforts.
That is why this deserves a great deal
of attention. We do this in consultation
with the sector and by disseminating
knowledge regarding room for experimentation. We allocate a top-level arts
status to young talents to allow them
on the one hand to obtain their degree
and on the other hand to fulfil their
high artistic ambitions. With the Week
of Amateur Arts we put this rich area
under the spotlight.
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