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The Nordic Councils of Artists, which represent over 90,000 professional artists from different art disciplines in the Nordic countries – recently issued a statement in which they call for the respect of the 2005 UNESCO Convention and for “ a clear exemption of cultural services” from the negotiations of the ...
13 developing countries take action to strengthen their cultural policies and industries UNESCO technical assistance missions funded by the European Union completed in Argentina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Seychelles; on-going in Barbados, Burkina Faso, Honduras, Mauritius and Viet Nam; and soon to be carried out in...
UNESCO launches an international call for experts in the framework of the EU/UNESCO technical assistance project aimed at strengthening the system of governance for culture in developing countries. Nationals from countries having ratified the 2005 Convention are eligible to apply. Applications from experts from developing countries are strongly encouraged. Professionals...
This session was held à Paris from November 29th to December 3rd. Read the summary record
On the occasion of the Fourth ordinary session of the Intergovernmental Committee, the UNESCO launched a publication called “Mapping Cultural Diversity – Good Practices from Around the Globe”. This is the result of the collaborative work of the Asia-Europe Foundation and the German Commission for UNESCO with contributions from the...
With the support of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the French Coalition for Cultural Diversity is organising on November 17, 2010 a round table “Review and Prospects” with the participation of many institutionals and artists. Read the program and summary of the debates
On the occasion of their last meeting in Paris, on October 23rd 2009, the European coalitions for cultural diversity have issued a set of Resolutions calling for concrete actions for the implementation of the UNESCO Convention so as to insure the protection and promotion of culture on national as well...
A year after the Swiss ratification of the UNESCO Convention, the Swiss Committee for UNESCO and the Swiss coalition for cultural diversity presented in Bern a catalogue of proposals established by sixty experts in the fields of music, cinema, visual arts and cultural heritage, theatre and dance, education, medias, international...
One hundred delegates from NGO’s attended the 1st extraordinary session of the Intergovernmental Committee and issued recommendations on the contributions of civil society to the implementation of the UNESCO Convention. Read the conclusions.
The First Conference of Parties of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions took place at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on June 18-20, 2007 The purpose of this first Conference of Parties was to establish the operational and monitoring organs of the...
On December 18th 2006, 13 European States (Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden) ratified, together with the European Community, the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. This significant deed sees a number of 35 countries...