By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
LAOAG CITY—Representatives from the National Commission for Culture and the
Arts (NCCA) visited the province recently to call for proposals for arts and
culture projects for next year.
For 2018, Ferdinand Isleta of the NCCA Arts Section said there are at least
eight priority projects which qualified groups and individuals could pursue for
funding. These are categorized per sub-commission which include: arts,
heritage, cultural dissemination, cultural communities and traditional arts.
While in Ilocos Norte, the NCCA enjoined all civil society organizations
(CSOs), peoples’ organizations (POs), indigenous peoples’ organizations (IPOs),
individuals, local government units (LGUs), government agencies (GAs), state universities/colleges
and public schools to submit their project proposals not later than August 31,
2017.
“We encourage empowered artists and cultural workers in Ilocos Norte to
share their bright ideas and knowledge in promoting our rich culture as well as
preserve our identities through arts,” Mr. Isleta said citing a number of
proposals particularly about festivals and heritage sites preservation had been
approved for funding in previous years.
Proponents interested in implementing projects in each category shall
submit letters of intent and proposals to the Planning, Policy Formulation and
Programming Division led by its division chief, Bernan Corpuz, at Room 5-B,
fifth floor, NCCA Building, 633 General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila.
Project Proposals may also be submitted via the following emails:
arts@ncca.gov.ph, heritage@ncca.gov.ph, dissemination@ncca.gov.ph and
traditional_arts@ncca.gov.ph.
Project briefs as well as guidelines and requirements can be viewed and
downloaded also at the NCCA website.
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