EXECUTIVESUMMARY

Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA) is a creative think tank that provides cultural and Pan-Africanthoughtleadershipforcreative,socialandscientistinnovatorstocreateandinnovate through structured workplace learning, incubation, research and advocacy and capacity building forsocialchange.

CDEA also provides services to artists, cultural leaders, creative entrepreneurs, cultural officers and urban planners, development and corporate organisations, civil society organisations and academics in cultural development, development planning and implementation in Tanzania and EastAfricaatlarge.

CDEA’s mission is: To support multi-stakeholders to use culture, creativity and ICTs as resources to stimulate the creative economy, achieve social justice and environmental balance within the East African Community. CDEA supports the cultural and creative industries as drivers of social and economic development through two key programmes namely: The Culture and Governance ProgrammeandDocumentaryandFuture.

In the Culture and Governance Programme, CDEA focuses on conducting cultural research and advocacyandpromotingculture,economic&socialdevelopmentthroughprojectsthat:promotes artists’rights,peacebuilding,creativityincitiesandsustainabletourism.

Though the Documentary and Future Programme CDEA aims at enhancing the link between our cultural heritage and contemporary culture by promoting and developing the creative arts through CDEA’s Creative Economy Incubator and Accelerator Initiative focusing on the audiovisual and design sectors; hosting of artistic events; using Midundo Online Radio to promote the artistseventsandpromotionofnature-basedsolutionsinthecreativearts.

With support from the Norwegian Embassy in Dar es salaam, CDEA in partnership with Tanzania Artists Rights Organization (TARO) is implementing a three- year project titled “PROMOTING ARTISTICRIGHTS”whichaimsatenhancingthepolicyandlegislativelandscapefortheTanzania arts scene. The project code-named SANAARIGHTS, is being implemented through mapping, reviewing, and providing recommendations for policies and laws; policy and legislative roundtables and stakeholder dialogues. In regard to that from February to June 2023 and CDEA hasconductedamappingstudyonTHESTATUSOFTHEARTISTINTANZANIA.

ThisstudytookplaceinthecontextoftheUNESCOrecommendationconcerningtheStatusofthe Artist which was adopted by the UNESCO General Conference at its twenty-first session in 1980 hasidentifiedchallengesandmaderecommendationsintheareasof:Trainingandeducation,fair remuneration,accesstofinance,intellectualpropertyrights,socialandeconomicrights.

As a follow-up to this study will be four ministerial policy roundtables l focusing on the training, social security, labour conditions and access to finance for artists in Tanzania The targeted ministries include: The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports, The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, The Prime Minister’s Office – Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disabilities, The Ministry of Constitution and Legal Affairs, Ministry of Community Development, Gender,WomenandSpecialGroups

Other agencies include: Tanzania Vocational Training Authority (VETA), Tanzania Revenue Authority, Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology, Tanzania Bureau of Statistics, NationalArtsCouncilTanzania/BASATA,CopyrightSocietyofTanzania(COSOTA)andCMOs

Acronymsandabbreviations

AACC AfricanAudiovisualandCinemaCommission

AfCFTA AfricanContinentalFreeTradeArea

AU AfricanUnion

ASEDEVA ArtforSocialandEconomicDevelopmentinAfrica

BAKITA BarazalaKiswahililaTaifa/NationalKiswahiliCouncil

BASATA BarazalaSanaalaTaifa/NationalArtsCouncilTanzania

BRELA BusinessRegistrationandLicensingAgency

CDEA CultureandDevelopmentEastAfrica

CCIs CulturalandCreativeIndustries

CINT CreativeIndustriesNetworkTanzania

COSOTA CopyrightSocietyofTanzania

COSTECH CommissionforScienceandTechnology

CMOs CopyrightManagementOrganization

CMP CommonMarketProtocol

EAC EastAfricanCommunity

FGD FocusGroupDiscussion

GDP GrossDomesticProduct

ICT InformationandCommunicationTechnology

ILO InternationalLabourOrganization

MCAS MinistryofCulture,Arts,andSports

MCDGWSG MinistryofCommunityDevelopment,Gender,Women,andSpecialGroups

MCLa MinistryofConstitutionalandLegalAffairs

MOEVT MinistryofEducationandVocationalTraining

PMO PrimeMinister'sOffice

RECs RegionalEconomicCommunities

SADC SouthernAfricaDevelopmentCommunity

TASUBa TaasisiyaSanaanaUtamaduniBagamoyo

TARO TanzaniaArtistsRightsOrganization

TBS

TanzaniaBureauofStatistics

UKDMCS UnitedKingdomDepartmentofMedia,CultureandSports

TFB TanzaniaFilmBoard

TRA TanzaniaRevenueAuthority

UNCTAD UnitedNationsConferenceforTradeandDevelopment

UNESCO UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization

VAT ValueAddedTax

VETA VocationalEducationandTrainingAuthority

WIPO WorldIntellectualPropertyOrganization

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1Context

In 1980, UNESCO Member States, including the United Republic of Tanzania, came up with a recommendationconcerningtheStatusoftheArtist,thatcalleduponallUNESCOMemberStates to improve the professional, social and economic status of artists through the implementation of policies and measures which relate to training, social security, employment, income and tax conditions,mobilityandfreedomofexpression.Therecommendationsalsorecognizetherightof artists to be organized in trade unions or professional organizations that can represent and defendtheinterestsoftheirmembers.

The UNESCO Secretariat is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the 1980 Recommendation and other related normative instruments, such as the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. It is also responsible for advancing knowledge by undertaking ad hoc research and global quadrennial consultations on the implementation of the 1980 Recommendation; strengthening the capacities of governments and civil society by providing technical assistance and training; providing financial assistance for the implementation of projects. As the thematic areas of the 1980 Recommendation cover a range of policy issues that extend beyond the cultural sector such as labor, trade, welfare and education, mechanisms to support inter-ministerial dialogue and coordination that involves civil society, trade unions and professional associations are crucial to ensure that all stakeholders are engagedinatransversalapproachtoformulateeffectivepolicies.MemberStatesarealsoinvited to submit, every four years, a report on the implementation of the Recommendation within the frameworkoftheglobalconsultationcarriedoutbyUNESCO.