Understanding the Issues and Providing Solutions

A better understanding of the issues facing Beninese cultural actors, and providing appropriate solutions, is the objective that the Arts and Culture Development Agency wishes to achieve through Jeudi des arts, a new initiative to promote the artistic sectors in Benin.

According to ADAC’s director general, it is a monthly meeting intended to be thematic. It will be an opportunity to talk to actors from all sectors of the artistic chain. “Every month, we will meet the actors of each sector, the sectors that are considered by the government of Benin as priority sectors of the arts and culture in Benin”, underlined William CODJO.

The sectors in question include visual arts, audiovisual cinemas, music, theatre, literature, and dance. “The players in these sectors, regardless of their level in the chain, we would like to meet them around a table, because often, everyone limits themselves to their immediate area and considers that the problems that are limited when in fact, there is a holistic approach, a global approach that we should have when solving the problems that arise in each of these sectors,” explained the CEO of ADAC.

A Holistic Approach to Solving Problems

The challenge, according to him, is to ensure that the professions in these different sectors exist, operate and complement each other; although there are international standards that can be adapted to the Beninese context in order to allow everyone to find their rightful place within each value chain.

After this first meeting which brought together actors from all artistic sectors, the other editions of Jeudi des arts will be dedicated to each of the sectors considered to be priority sectors.