Museums, libraries and archives across the country will offer everyone the opportunity to be involved in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Last autumn, MLA Partnership published a prospectus setting out our vision for the contribution of museums, libraries and archives to the Cultural Olympiad. Setting the Pace was itself the product of extensive consultation with our sector, and the responses were distilled into concrete proposals for these five exciting projects. Our ambition is that our sector’s engagement with the Cultural Olympiad through Setting the Pace will lead to a transformation in the way people experience the inspiration, learning and creativity museum, library and archive collections generate. Increasing participation by non-traditional audiences – particularly young people, black and minority ethnic communities and people with disabilities – is a core target for this programme. We will produce regular communications to keep you updated on programme progress. You can find the latest news below. Grant schemes The grant schemes that MLA recently announced have now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied. More opportunities to get involved in Stories of the World and Setting the Pace will be available over the next four years. Please keep an eye on these pages for new of developments. Stories of the World Stories of the World is one of the major projects at the heart of the Cultural Olympiad. The update below gives you an overview of how the project is moving forward and how you can get involved.  Stories of the World: update 1 (February 2008) (PDF 61KB)
Jargon buster The structures surrounding the Cultural Olympiad and The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are complex. We have developed this jargon buster to keep you in the know. Setting the Pace: jargon buster (February 2008) (PDF 55KB) Setting the Pace prospectus The Partnership set out its exciting plans in an offer document launched at the Royal Festival Hall in 2007. MLA Partnership 2012 Setting the Pace (PDF 2.2MB)
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