AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The FCAC-KZN has the following aims and objectives:

Secure adequate funding, to sustain the existing Centers for actively promotion and the expansion of the community arts sector so that more communities and localities may benefit
Champion the idea that access to cultural and creative expression is a basic human right
Lobby local, provincial and national government to put in place the arts policy and legal environment which enables and promotes the development of our creative arts industries
Facilitate capacity building of community arts Centers to enable them to operate effective
Actively promote and market community arts in KwaZulu Natal with particular emphasis on the social, economic, and creative benefits
Sustain and develop healthy working relationships with Government, Business, NGOs and international bodies for community arts
Network to share expertise and resources with each other and partners in relevant other sectors
Promote principles of good practice related to needs assessment, project planning and management, effective monitoring and evaluation, fundraising and financial management
Advocate for transparency and democratic practice in the wider arts and culture sphere
Map the size and scope of the sector in the Province and maintain an accurate database of artists and activitie
Represent the community arts sector on all relevant Provincial and national bodies and structures
Promote the “diverse people unite” for a social cohesive society, social integration and inclusion in communities and society at large
Support the government’s initiatives to address the South Africa 's triple challenge of poverty, inequality, and unemployment' - as poverty, unemployment and growing inequality remain South Africa’s greatest challenges in undoing the legacy of Apartheid