Baku:As part of the Kingdom of Bahrain's presidency of the 46th session of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Farah Mohammed Mattar, Director-General of Culture and Museums at the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA), chaired the preparatory meeting of GCC Culture Undersecretaries. The meeting was conducted via videoconference in anticipation of the 30th meeting of Ministers of Culture.
According to Bahrain News Agency, the meeting addressed several cultural issues of mutual interest. Key topics included the annual plan for joint cultural events, the Cultural Statistics Platform, book fairs, the Centre for Translation and Arabisation, the promotion of the Arabic language, and international cultural cooperation.
Additionally, the meeting reviewed initiatives and projects aimed at supporting publishing and cultural production. These include the creation of an entity to manage book fair and publishing activities across GCC countries, the release of the third edition of the Directory of Writers, and the formulation of a GCC action plan for creative cultural industries.
The meeting concluded with the formulation of recommendations to be presented at the 30th meeting of Ministers of Culture, which is scheduled to take place in the Kingdom of Bahrain on Thursday, November 5.