Culture

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Investing in cultural diversity for peace and social cohesion

Safeguarding cultural heritage, protecting cultural diversity and promoting pluralism and dialogue between cultures are vital to achieve sustainable development. Mainstreaming principles of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue, integrating culture into national development strategies, enhancing cultural policies and capacity-building activities that advance the cause of social cohesion, peace and development, is now a major challenge in South-East Europe.

Biennial Sectoral Priorities for 2010-2011

Protecting, safeguarding and managing the tangible and intangible heritage.

Promoting the diversity of cultural expressions and the dialogue of cultures with a view to fostering a culture of peace.

MLA 1 Protecting and conserving immovable, cultural and natural properties in particular through the effective implementation of the World Heritage Convention

MLA 2 Safeguarding living heritage, particularly through the promotion and implementation of the 2003 Convention

MLA 3 Enhancing the protection of cultural objects and the fight against their illicit traffic, notably through the promotion and the implementation of the 1970 and 2001 Conventions, as well as the development of museums

MLA 4 Protecting and promoting the diversity of cultural expressions through the implementation of the 2005 Convention and the development of cultural and creative industries

MLA 5 Integrating intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity into national policies

Contributing to the UN Joint Initiatives

UNESCO is involved in 2 funding windows :

CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
Protecting and enhancing cultural rights and political participation

  • Albania : Culture & Heritage for Social & Economic Development - More
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina : Improving Cultural Understanding in Bosnia and Herzegovina - More
  • Turkey : Alliances for Culture Tourism (ACT) in Eastern Anatolia - More

CONFLICT PREVENTION AND PEACEBUILDING
Fostering an enabling environment for development

  • FYR Macedonia :  Enhancing Inter-Ethnic Community Dialogue and Collaboration in FYR Macedonia - More
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