strategy
Promoting cultural development
Synonyms:
Promoting incorporation of socio-cultural factors into developmentAcknowledging cultural dimension of development
Implementation:
UNESCO cooperates with governments, multilateral and bilateral development agencies, including UNDP, to promote the systematic incorporation of socio-cultural components into the design and evaluation of development projects. One of the proposed activities of the recently established Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is to promote the region's culture to its peoples by promoting Caribbean Basin Studies, interchanges in the areas of sport, tourism and culture, and wider and more in-depth public dissemination of information on Caribbean Basin cultural reality.The United Nations [Decade for Cultural Development] (1988-1997), with UNESCO as the lead agency, has four aims: (1) acknowledging the cultural dimension in development; (2) asserting and enhancing cultural identities; (3) broadening participation in cultural life; (4) promoting international cultural cooperation.
In order to sensistize leading politicians and thinkers to the central importance of culture in development matters, the [World Commission on Culture and Development] was established in 1992. Its report [Our Creative Diversity] constitutes the first world report on the close ties between culture and development. It examines such issues as the need for a new global ethic, the importance of cultural cross-fertilization, the implications of changes in communication technologies and the role of women adn young people in culture. one of its recommendations is the establishment, under the aegis of the United Nations Volunteers, of a Cultural Heritage taskforce. Through the [World Heritage Committee], the taskforce monitors implementation of the 1972 [Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage] and adds sites considered worthy of protection to the [World Heritage List].
Broader:
Promoting development Narrower:
Promoting North American culturePromoting Asian culturePromoting Latin American culturePromoting European culturePromoting Middle East culturePromoting African cultural heritagePromoting Pacific cultureCultural enrichmentFostering civil societyEducating cross-culturallyDeveloping cultural studiesPreserving cultural diversityPromoting right to developmentStrengthening cultural identityExpanding cross-cultural exposureInitiating citizen cultural clubsConducting evening cultural coursesBroadening participation in cultureBroadening meaningful cultural exposureBroadening community cultural experiencePromoting international cultural cooperationAcknowledging cultural element in developmentAssigning special grants for cultural affairsEnlisting media cooperation on the environmentPromoting participation of women in cultural developmentDesigning techniques for analysis of integrated human development Constrains:
Inhibiting cultural development Constrained by:
Conserving world heritage Facilitates:
Developing culturePreserving cultural heritagePromoting cultural exchangesPromoting cultural cooperationSupporting economic developmentInterpreting heritage Problems:
Cultural arroganceCultural deprivation
Destruction of human heritage
Endangered cultures
Homogenization of cultures
Organizations:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Association of Caribbean States World Heritage Committee World Commission on Culture and Development United Nations Development Programme Association universitaire pour le développement, l'éducation et la communication en Afrique et dans le monde Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development Culture for African Development Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage References:
de Cuéllar, Javier Pérez, et al: Our Creative Diversity: Report of the World Commission on Culture and DevelopmentUNESCO: Our Creative DiversityUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: The Cultural Dimension of Development: Towards a practical approach Subjects:
Society → Society Communication → Promotion
Culture → Culture
Development → Development
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
