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:
Agencies promoting countries & their cultures internationally
UK Offices of agencies promoting their country and its culture
Portals
Pan-National Agencies
International
L'Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (alliance of 50 countries promoting French language, education & culture)
World Intellectual Property Organisation
Africa
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
Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Europe
European Union
EU: Culture Portal (general descriptions of cultural policies and structures in European countries)
Council of Europe
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)
Finland
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
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)
Germany
Goethe-Institut (promotion of Germany and of German language abroad)
Societa Dante Alighieri Italian Culural Institutes
Portugal
Instituto Camões (IC) (Portuguese implementing agency for external cultural policy)
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Spain
Instituto Cervantes (promoting the teaching, study and use of Spanish as a second language)
Switzerland
Fondation suisse pour la culture Pro Helvetia (supporting Swiss art and culture on national and international levels)
UK
British Council (the UK's public diplomacy and cultural organisation, promoting UK culture and arts abroad)
UK Offices of Agencies Promoting Countries & their Cultures
The following is a list of links to foreign cultural institutes and similar bodies in the UK.
Austria
Austrian Cultural Forum
Belgium
Belgian Events
Czech Republic
Czech Centre
Denmark
Danish Cultural Institute
Finland
Finnish Institute
France
French Institute
Germany
Goethe Institute
Hungary
Hungarian Cultural Institute
India
Nehru Centre
Italy
Italian Cultural Institute
Norway
Norway (official UK site)
Poland
Polish Cultural Institute
Portugal
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Romania
Romanian Cultural Centre
Spain
Cervantes Institute
Ukraine
Ucrainica
