The meeting of strategic stakeholders took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dar es Salaam on 25th November 2024 and was highly productive. It is a part of the SANAA RIGHTS project. A project that aims at enhancing the policy and legislative landscape for the Tanzania arts scene. The initiative has invested its resources to come up with innovative recommendations for the improvement of policy and legal framework that govern the arts and cultural sector in Tanzania. It is a three-year program (2022-2025) under the coordination of the Tanzania Artists Rights Organization (TARO) in partnership with Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA). Sanaa Rights is receiving financial support from the Norwegian embassy in Dar es Salaam. The program engages in roundtable meetings with various strategic stakeholders in the arts and cultural sector. Its implementation includes the drafting of legal position papers, parliamentary advocacy on artists’ human rights, meetings with the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), Meetings with arts authorities and public dialogues on the status of artists, and drafting of policy briefs.
The meeting featured a presentation from TARO on proposed amendments to the National Arts Act No. 23 of 1984. The goal of these amendments is to promote gender equality in accessing opportunities within the cultural sector, uphold human rights in the arts, reduce fees for artistic activities, enhance freedom of artistic expression, and encourage professionalism.
Participants actively contributed their ideas to improve the proposed amendments. TARO welcomes public feedback on the proposed changes, which can be found in the link below. The deadline for submitting contributions is December 5, 2024. Please email us: taroartists@gmail.com
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