Council of Europe's contribution to cultural co-operation with Latin America

Recommendation 976 (1984)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 31 January 1984 (23rd Sitting) (see Doc. 5161, report of the Commission on Culture and Education). Text adopted by the Assembly on 31 January 1984 (23rd Sitting).

Thesaurus

The Assembly,

1. Referring to its Resolution 814, on cultural relations between Europe and Latin America ;

2. Believing that the Council of Europe provides both a significant interface for cultural co-operation with Latin America and a focus for encouraging free cultural development in that area,

3. Recommends that the Committee of Ministers :

i co-ordinate European relations with Latin America in the cultural field at governmental and non-governmental levels, including possible liaison with the Madrid Institute for Ibero-Latin American co-operation and with the Latin American Institute proposed by the European Communities ;

ii introduce in the Council of Europe programmes of cultural co-operation with Latin America and so contribute to social and economic progress and the development of free democratic institutions in that continent ;

iii invite the governments of member states, in the context of aid to development and as a first gesture of practical co-operation with Latin America, to provide scholarships for Latin American craftsmen to attend courses at the European Centre for training craftsmen in the conservation of the architectural heritage, in Venice.