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Links to governments and governmental bodies across the world, including pan-national bodies and single country agencies promoting their cultures outside their country.

This portal does NOT include details of government, ministries of culture or government agencies for individual countries - these are listed on the individual country webpage (accessed via Africa / Americas / Asia / Europe / MidEast / Pacific)

If you are interested in cultural policies in different countries, please visit the separate Policy subportal.

Information on this page is organised under the following headings:

Portals

Pan-National Agencies

Agencies promoting countries & their cultures internationally

UK Offices of agencies promoting their country and its culture

Portals

Development Gateway

Embassies around the world

World governments

Pan-National Agencies

International

L'Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (alliance of 50 countries promoting French language, education & culture)

Commonwealth Foundation

UNESCO

UNESCO: Culture

World Bank

World Intellectual Property Organisation

Africa

The African Union

Americas

Organisation of American States

Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (information on cultural administration, funding & contacts in 22 Latin American countries)

Portal of culture for Latin America and the Carribean

Asia

ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information

Asian Cultural Council

India

Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Japan

Japan Foundation

Europe

European Union

European Union

European Commission

European Parliament

European Council

EU: Culture Portal (general descriptions of cultural policies and structures in European countries)

Council of Europe

Council of Europe

Council of Europe: Culture

Other Pan-European Organisations

Ars Baltica (multilateral cultural cooperation with an emphasis on common projects within the Baltic Sea Region)

BalkanKult (supports and promotes cultural projects throughout the Balkan region of South East Europe)

Nordiska rådet / Nordic Council (development and cooperation organisation between Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland)

Nordiska kulturfonden / Nordic Culture Fund (supporting cultural cooperation between the Nordic countries)

Taalunieversum (consortium of 3 countries: Netherlands, Flanders-Belgium, and Surinam, established to promote Dutch-language education & culture)

Pacific

Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Agencies Promoting Countries & their Cultures Internationally

Americas

USA

CultureConnect (US initiative to build and strengthen relationships among diverse world cultures, especially for youth)

Europe

Central and Eastern Europe's Cultural Institutions (database with links to a wide range of cultural organisations in these countries, developed by Kulturkontakt)

Czech Republic

Czech Centres

Denmark

Danish Cultural Institute

Estonia

Estonian Institutes

Finland

Finnish Cultural Foundation, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto

Finnish Institute

France

Alliance Française (teaching and promoting French language and culture in France and abroad)

Association Française d'Action Artistique (AFAA) (promotes the French cultural scene abroad, hosts foreign artists during large cultural events, and supports international cultural exchange)