Promotion of and research on cultural diversity


When
2016
Who
Ministry of education, culture and science, mongolian state university of arts and culture, mayor`s office of ulaanbaatar, arts council of mongolia, film council of mongolia, embassy of turkey in mongolia, embassy of france in mongolia
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Description of the policy/measure

A. awakened steppe“awakened steppe” cultural festival, initiated by the mongolian state university of arts and culture was organized with support of the ministry of education, culture and science. organizers were the arts council of mongolia, metaa from korea, and the mongolian tourism association.b. musical instrument restorationnew and innovative handicraft products and cultural events were presented. including  “constructing a mongolian ger”, “the art of wearing mongolian traditional costumes” to promote mongolian diversity of  cultural expressions to younger generationsc. mongolian cinematography art and industry1. 2012-2014 in 2 districts of ub and 48 provinces' culture centers received and installed film projection and screening equipments. including 53 screens and 11000 seats in culture centers were newly installed.2. ministry of culture, sports and tourism commisioned film director s.byamba's film "remote control", the winner of new currents award from busan international film festival-2013 and ch.khoroldorj's "sharga daaga" fiction film, that was premiered during the ubiff 2013.3. the ubiff program celebrated mongolian, turkey, french and international cinema received honors at prestigious international film festivals such as cannes, toronto and berlinale, featuring films from countries as diverse as iceland, iran, colombia, china, hungary, italy, singapore, mexico, uk and russia.under the auspices of the prime minister of mongolia, the first ever forum on reforms of mongolian cinematography was organized. over 200 representatives from cinema industry took part in the mongolian cinematography forum and discussed the current global trends of cinematography and development of cinematography in our country. the forum was conducted in sessions, panels with cinematographers and plenary discussions. 

Results achieved

A. awakened steppearound 10,000 participants take part in the “the arts of wearing mongolian traditional costumes” event and over 500-600,000 visitors attended, with each year, number of participants and observers of the “mongol naadam programme” are increasing.b.musical instrument restoration projectas a result of the musical instrument restoration project, “egshilen manlai” music factory produced 7, 9 and 11 string “yatuga” instrument and the project leader, composer s. soronzonbold wrote a composition for royal yatuga triplet called “light rain – swan - love” and choreographer d. bayarbaatar composed a dance “melody of the sky”. for the future, the instruments will be used in training, musical production and research and new compositions suitable for 7, 9 and 11 string “yatugas” in terms of tones, timbre and tune will be written. c.mongolian cinematography art and industry1. the number of audience 1,050.7 thousand in 2010 increased to 1,505.9 thousand in 2014.2. mongolian films received international recognition. s.byamba "remote control", the winner of new current award from busan international film festival 20133. more than 10200 moviegoers watched one or more of the 42 movies screened a ubiff between 2013-2015.the forum on mongolian cinematography reforms has issued a recommendation to draft a law on cinematography and established the working group for drafting of the new law. 

Financial resources allocated to the policy

A. awakened steppe - 2013-2015 total of  137,854,700 tugrugs in local currency or 68,927.35 usd.b. musical instrument restoration project - total of 16,000,000 tugrugs or 8,000 usdc. mongolian cinematography art and industry:1. reestablishment of national cinema network: in 2012 - 400,000,000 tugrugs or 200,000 usd. in 2013 600,000,000 tugrugs or 300,000 usd3. ubiff 2013-2015 - 363,538,000 tugrugs or 181,769 usdreforms in mongolian cinematography forum - 20,000,000 tugrugs or 10,000 usd