The view of the rulers towards the field of missions of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage has become positive/handicrafts and tourism are factors of prosperity and progress

According to the report of Aria Heritage reporter, the sixth meeting of the transformation horizon of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts with the presence of the deputies of this ministry, the general managers and the deputies of the general departments of cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts of 31 provinces of the country was held on Saturday 1st of Bahman 1401 with the theme of handicrafts at the amphitheater hall of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. became.

Handicraft is the driver of identity-based progress

According to this report, in this ceremony, engineer Seyyed Ezzatullah Zarghami said in a speech: Handicrafts are one of the issues that are emphasized by the Supreme Leader, and His Holiness also has recommendations in this regard. Also, handicrafts are the drivers of identity-based progress. This slogan is very good and our independence should be preserved in this field. We can clearly express this slogan that handicrafts are the driving force of progress based on identity.

The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts continued: Our main missions in the field of handicrafts are approving artistic disciplines and badges, receiving the national and international seal of authenticity, participating in domestic and foreign exhibitions, revitalizing traditional arts, registering geographical indications, establishing permanent and temporary bazaars, and education. Empowerment is the national registration of national and international cities and villages, participation in national and international events, support measures and facilities, and standardization and supervision of workshops.

He said: “Fortunately, with the efforts made to evaluate handicraft artists and grant certificates to artists, which was previously under the control of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, it was handed over to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts with the approval of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, which is a very good thing.”

Engineer Zarghami added: 299 handicraft fields, that is, about 80% of the fields are active in Iran, and perhaps we have the first rank in the world in this regard. Meanwhile, the two cities of Isfahan and Shiraz have been registered as world handicraft cities. Meanwhile, fortunately, we managed to revive 18 disciplines in 1400 and 16 disciplines in 1401. We have 45 national cities, 11 international cities, 22 national villages, 3 international villages, 3522 seal of authenticity and 358 international seal of authenticity.

About 30% of official licenses are domestic

He added: About 500 official licenses have been issued, 30% of which are domestic. Recently we registered these and it is increasing. Meanwhile, we have 28,500 group workshops. Fortunately, in the recent meeting of the government board regarding the bill of permanent orders, we succeeded in approving the exemption of handicraft exporters from foreign exchange contracts, which is a very important event.

Engineer Zarghami pointed to the strengths of the field of handicrafts and stated: simple tools, uniqueness, personalization, being related to the beliefs and beliefs of each region, the possibility of supplying raw materials on site, high added value, complementing tourism, convenient movement of workshops, ease of transfer Knowledge and experience are among the most important strengths of the field of handicrafts. At the same time, we also have weaknesses and challenges such as insurance problem, lack of standardization, lack of design-oriented view, weakness in packaging, lack of practicality, etc., which it is very important to pay attention to them and try to solve these weaknesses. At the same time, we also have very good opportunities in this field, such as diversity and production and authority at the global level, high customer orientation, energy supply in small handicrafts, the opportunity to be present and compete in global markets, being family-oriented, availability, and the possibility of setting up Online markets and… are very good opportunities in the field of crafts.

The bill describing the duties of the ministry is ready to be submitted to the government

Engineer Zarghami further pointed to the role of tourism handicrafts in the development and prosperity of the country and added: While talking to the members of parliament, I realized that fortunately, their view of the three mission areas of this ministry has changed in the last year and their view of this area has become positive. Is.

Referring to the presentation of the ministry’s responsibilities bill to the government, he continued: The ministry’s responsibilities bill was approved by holding several meetings in government commissions, and it is now ready to be submitted to the government.

The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts pointed to the donated facilities and added: According to Paragraph A of Note 18, 2.3 thousand billion tomans of facilities were given to 5864 projects and 1.3 thousand billion tomans of facilities were given to 38 thousand projects from rural employment. Also, 5 thousand billion Tomans were granted from the National Development Fund to 93 large projects.