Directive Plan

The Escacc Development Plan (DP) is a planning tool that organises our objectives, making them transparent and accessible, also making it possible to gauge the achievements accomplished.

The DP is structured into three distinct sections. The first section establishes the main values that govern the Foundation’s work. These values inspire and form part of the objectives drawn up by the Foundation, whether already included in the DP or which may arise in the future.

Below we list the first section of founding objectives, which are those that make up the basic core objectives that the Foundation pursues with its constitution.

The DP then lists a second more diverse section of objectives which we call sectorial. This section is organised into four sub-sections, each of which includes the objectives that relate to the different spheres of work the Foundation undertakes and the way it organises, grows and relates to the particular setting. Coinciding with the three main spheres of work that the Foundation is involved in, it has established three different sub-sections: those of the professionals, the companies and civil society. The fourth sub-section is the organisational one, in which the Foundation’s more instrumental objectives are dealt with, both in terms of individuals (sponsors and partners) and institutions and organisations.

Founding objectives

To promote a culture industry at the service of the country that encourages socio-cultural change in society and which guarantees the future of the Catalan language.
To raise awareness about the importance that communication and the culture industry have for consolidating democracy and national construction.
To become an active agent among all the players involved in the culture industry and ensure that it is a catalyst among civil society, professionals and companies.
To position the Catalan culture industry as a model international benchmark due to its quality.
To promote, on an annual basis, self-financing finalist projects that fully comply with the Foundation’s objectives in relation to the culture industry.
To have an influence over the decision-making processes of the public authorities and political organisations in questions relating to the culture industry.

Oriol Cortacans, new Chairman of Escacc

On the 2^nd of December, the Board of Trustees of Escacc met and chose the journalist and founding member of the organisation, Oriol Cortacans i Calvera, as the new Chairman, in place of Eduard Voltas.

Escacc has also renewed the position of Vice-Chairman, a post until now held by Francesc Abad. Oriol Soler i Castanys is the incoming Vice-Chairman. Aleix Coll i Creus, however, will be continuing as the organisation’s Secretary.

Oriol Cortacans is a journalist. He has worked for more than ten years on the weekly El Temps, and has contributed to diverse magazines. He is co-founder and currently co-director of the Batabat television production company. He is also Chairman of the Ramon Barnils Journalists’ Group. Oriol Soler is a manager of cultural enterprises, currently the Manager of the Grup Cultura 03. Aleix Coll is a graduate of Business Sciences and works as a risk analyst in La Caixa savings bank.

Values

. We are for a culture and communication industry of international renown, due to its level of innovation, quality and professional excellence, as well as the emphasis it places on the values of freedom, democracy and the cooperative spirit in its approach.

. The Escacc Foundation’s sphere of work is the Catalan-speaking lands. This strategic axis will be fulfilled in the establishment of the Foundation, and the dissemination and structuring of its work.

. Catalan, which is the Catalan-speaking lands’ own language, is the central axis around which our culture and communication industry should turn. Through its work, the Escacc Foundation will encourage the recovery of the social use of Catalan, specifically in the spheres of culture and communication, as a guarantee for the future.