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(50) They will assure unhindered access by the public to cultural events organized on
their territory by persons or institutions from other participating States and ensure that
the organizers can use all means available in the host country to publicize such events.
(51) They will facilitate and encourage direct personal contacts in the field of culture, on
both an individual and a collective basis, as well as contacts between cultural institutions, associations of creative and performing artists and other organizations in order
to increase the opportunities for their citizens to acquaint themselves directly with the
creative work in and from other participating States.
(52) They will ensure the unimpeded circulation of works of art and other cultural
objects, subject only to those restrictions which are aimed at preserving their cultural
heritage, are based on respect for intellectual and artistic property rights or derive from
their international commitments on the circulation of cultural property.
(53) They will encourage co-operation between and joint artistic endeavours of persons
from different participating States who are engaged in cultural activities; as appropriate, facilitate specific initiatives to this end by such persons, institutions and organizations and encourage the participation of young people in such initiatives. In this context
they will encourage meetings and symposia, exhibitions, festivals and tours by ensembles or companies, and research and training programmes in which persons from the
other participating States may also freely take part and make their contribution.
(54) The replacement of persons or groups invited to participate in a cultural activity
win be exceptional and subject to prior agreement by the inviting party.
(55) They will encourage the holding of film weeks including, as appropriate, meetings
of artists and experts as well as lectures on cinematographic art; facilitate and encourage direct contacts between film directors and producers with a view to co-producing
films; and encourage co-operation in the protection of film material and the exchange
of technical information and publications about the cinema.
(56) They will explore the scope for computerizing bibliographies and catalogues of cultural works and productions in a standard form and disseminating them.
(57) They will encourage museums and art galleries to develop direct contacts, inter
alia with a view to organizing exhibitions, including loans of works of art, and exchanging catalogues.
(58) They will renew their efforts to give effect to the provisions of the Final Act and the
Madrid Concluding Document relating to less widely spoken languages. They will also
encourage initiatives aimed at increasing the number of translations of literature from
and into these languages and improving their quality, in particular by the holding of
workshops involving translators, authors and publishers, by the publication of dictionaries and, where appropriate, by the exchange of translators through scholarships.
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