Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports To formulate sector and policies, laws and regulations To solicit budgetary allocation to the Council from the Treasury To advise the Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports (MICS) on arts policies, laws and regulations To implement Government policies, laws and regulations To prepare annual draft estimates for submission to MICS To prepare and implement workplace strategies for prevention of corruption Ministry of Education and Vocational Training To supervise the provision of education and vocational training in the country To prepare policies, laws and regulations on education and vocational training To lead the preparation and implementation of school and vocational training curricula To ensure education processes embeds children and young people in their country’s culture To advise the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training about including art in school curricula To follow up on art education in schools and to advise the Ministry accordingly Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) To design and supervise implementation of trade policies, laws and regulations To facilitate the implementation and operations of the East African Common Market To supervise working of the Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TanTrade) and the Copyright Society of Tanzania (COSOTA) To enable artist to access and understand trade policies, laws and regulations To advise MIT on trade policies, laws, regulations and the East African Common Market in relation to the arts To advise MIT of copyright and related rights Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism To lead the safeguarding, preservation and promotion of tangible and intangible To advise the Ministry in preparation of policies, laws and regulations in relation to
services to Tanzanian producers and traders trade fares, exhibitions and festivals related Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) To promote and to advocate the rights of artists and other stakeholders To organise art activities and events To exchange experiences, knowledge and skills among themselves. To register them and to provide them with time based permits for their business To provide training for them To support and sponsor some of their activities Sector To invest in the production of art works and provision of arts infrastructure To provide employment to artists To sensitize the sector to invest in various areas of art To provide state of the art training to sector participants To register sector participants and to provide them with time based permits To assist them to obtain business licences from relevant Government institutions training institutions To conduct long and short arts training courses To conduct art research To provide advisory services on the arts To provide advice on curricula To influence them to conduct research in the Council’s areas of interest To exchange research reports of the Council To perform functions of the Council To advocate, defend and build the good name and reputation of the Council To improve working conditions To provide requisite skills training to employees To keep them fully informed about the operations of the Council To seek their mandate on important Council plans Federations To enhance cooperation To register them and