Observatories

As a result of one of the main recommendations from the "Measuring the Impact of Arts in Education" symposium (Hong Kong, 2004), UNESCO has established a network of 6 Arts in Education Observatories hosted by 6 institutions across the Asia-Pacific region. These are (in chronological order):

• 2006 – Australia: The University of Melbourne (initially through the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning; currently through the Melbourne School of Graduate Education)
• 2007 – New Zealand: University of Canterbury, National Centre for Research in Music Education and Sound Arts (MERC), College of Arts
• 2008 – Singapore: National Institute of Education, Centre for Arts Research in Education (CARE)
• 2010 – Kazakhstan: Almaty Kasteyev's School of Fine Arts and Technical Design
• 2010 – Republic of Korea: Korea Arts and Culture Education Service (KACES)
• 2011 – Hong Kong: The UNESCO-RLCCE Observatory for Research in Local Cultures and Creativity in Education (RLCCE)