Implement a Right to Culture sensitisation campaign, which includes wide dissemination of the Right to Culture resource kit, training and orientation/study visits; support of cultural mediation; recognition and dissemination of good practice; and advocacy for the constitutional entrenchment of cultural rights.
Invest in and advocate for the mainstreaming of cultural participation and access to address the social structures that impede equitable participation and access. This shall include accessibility training for staff, investing in resources and infrastructure, supporting services such as relaxed and signed performances, touring, multi-sensory and tactile exhibits, due facilities (including Braille and speech text), touring and accessible digital services to improve cultural experiences for all.
Adopt a rights-based approach to initiate and nurture sectoral consultation, networking, collaboration, shadowing, continuous knowledge building and access to support structures for the development of opportunities to recognise and celebrate Malta’s diverse cultural assets and identities.
Promote and support applied research on social equity, diversity and inclusiveness in Malta’s cultural and creative sectors, focusing on access, representation, participation, working conditions, precariousness, career paths and the impact of values, attitudes, interests, intersectionality and gender issues, as well as that of diverse groups, utilising methodologies and dissemination tools that are accessible for all.
Promote and support Arts on Prescription, focusing on mental health, equitable well-being and politics of care by collaborating with arts and non-arts organisations.
Implement regional cultural strategies through continuous collaboration with public, private and voluntary sector stakeholders at local and regional levels. This encompasses the creation of capacity-building and research initiatives, enhancement of cultural infrastructure, improvement of local and regional cultural programming and governance, and development of ongoing evaluation and monitoring structures.
Reinforce and support collaborations with the Government through the Regional Cultural Coordinator and Regional Cultural Officers. This will facilitate the fair distribution of investment and support, as well as the development of well-connected intra-regional communities.
Invest in safeguarding and promoting the diversity of artistic and cultural expression in tangible and intangible cultural heritage, as well as heritage-led regeneration, creativity and innovation (including the teaching of language, history, culture and cultural mediation).
Promote and support digital accessibility as part of post-pandemic recovery plans, focusing on its innovative incorporation into cultural heritage, creative expression and audience engagement.
Align our investment and funding with cultural diversity and sustainable community development values, making them fair and flexible by (1) promoting and enabling access support (including assistance to access funds, linguistic services, social assistance, specific allowances and fiscal measures), (2) facilitating and supporting capacity-building programmes to enable access to tools and resources while developing new initiatives to respond to the demand of the cultural and creative sectors’ ever-changing narratives, and (3) reviewing and evaluating our structures and guidelines as needed and using ongoing public consultation.
