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UNESCO is seeking expertise in the evaluation of a project entitled “Enhancing fundamental freedoms through the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions”.The evaluator(s) will be responsible for evaluating the progress and results (i.e. outputs, outcomes and to the extent possible the impact) of the project following the results framework (RAF) of the prject. The RAF includes two main...
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The latest edition of the United Nations Youth Flash featured two of the 90 projects financed to date by the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD):GERMINALIA - Promoting young people’s participation in the book and music industries in Mexico and RECAF – Empowering Chadian youth by reinforcing their creative and technical skills and promoting cooperation among young artists from...
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New York: On 30 October 2017, the United General Assembly adopted its resolution ‘Culture and sustainable development’.General Assembly resolution ‘Culture and sustainable development’, introduced by the Group 77 and China, reaffirms that culture is an enabler and a potential driver of sustainable development. It also emphasizes that culture is an essential component for human development, and a...
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The launch of UNESCO’s 2018 Global Report “Re-Shaping Cultural policies” will take place at UNESCO HQ on 14th December 2017, from 3PM to 6PM, in Room II. The event will be opened by Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, and Karin Strandås, Secretary of State to the Minister for Culture and Democracy of Sweden.The Global Report assesses the impact of the most recent policies and measures...
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Streaming from 3pm (CET, Paris) here: OriginalEnglishFrenchOn Tuesday 12th December 2017, from 3 to 5 PM at UNESCO Headquarters (room II), UNESCO is organizing a panel debate on the new role and place of cultural and creative industries in international development strategies.This debate takes place in advance of the launch event of UNESCO’s 2018 Global Report “Re-Shaping Cultural...
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This publication is part of a series of articles highlighting the key themes of the upcoming 2018 edition Re|Shaping Cultural Policies to be launched on December 14th next at UNESCO Headquarters. With a changing demography dominated by young people and a growing middle class, the creative economy is a promising avenue for Indonesia’s national economic development. The Indonesian government has...
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This publication is part of a series of articles highlighting the key themes of the upcoming 2018 edition Re|Shaping Cultural Policies to be launched on December 14th 2017 at UNESCO HQ. The mobility of artists and cultural professionals from the global South is increasingly challenged in the current global security climate. Against this backdrop, corrective measures, including through...
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On 13 December 2017, seven initiatives to boost the creative economy around the world were selected as the new beneficiaries of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) of the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The projects awarded are:Mapping and developing cultural and creative industries (Montenegro)...
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UNESCO hosted on 12 December at Paris Headquarters the panel “Cultural and Creative Industries: A New Agenda for the Development Community?”, exploring the new role and place of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in international development strategies.The discussion brought together Rima Le Coguic, Chief Energy and Digital Transitions & Cultural and Creative Industries (French...
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Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, together with Annika Markovic, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Sweden to UNESCO, representing Alice Bah Kuhnke, the Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy, launched on 14 December UNESCO’s new 2018 Global Report, Re| Shaping Cultural Policies.This Report, published with the support of the Swedish Government, monitors how countries...
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The German language edition of the UNESCO 2018 Global Report, Re|Shaping Cultural Policies summary will be launched at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, Germany, on February 9th, 2018 from 10:30 to 13:00.The Report assesses the impact of the most recent policies and measures taken around the world to implement the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of...
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UNESCO, in partnership with the Ministry of Sports and Culture of Rwanda, the Rwanda Academy of Language and Culture, the Rwandan National Commission for UNESCO, is launching the Project “Strengthening the cultural and creative industries in Rwanda” on Monday, 29 January 2018, from 3 to 6 PM, in Kigali, Rwanda.This project, funded by the Korean Funds-in-Trust to UNESCO, aims to strengthen...
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The Section for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions of UNESCO is looking for an administrative assistant to support the Section’s Policy and Research Unit (PRU/DCE). Deadline: 18 June 2018. Read the Job announcement.
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UNESCO is launching a call for expression of interest to solicit specialists from the Asia-Pacific region to join the community of practice on the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Targeting mid-career experts, UNESCO will organize a 5-day training in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 11 to 15 June 2018, with the support of the Korean...
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On 9 February 2018, more than 120 representatives from various cultural and public institutions gathered at the Barenboim Said Academy in Berlin to discuss UNESCO’s 2018 Global Report "Re|Shaping Cultural Policies", and how the findings can be used to inform Germany‘s cultural and media policy. The event was organized by the German National Commission to UNESCO in cooperation with the...
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According to the 2018 Global Report “Re|shaping Cultural Policies”, watching television and listening to radio remain widespread cultural activities in both developed and developing countries. On this year’s World Radio Day, we highlight an initiative taken in Colombia identified in the UNESCO’s 2005 Convention Policy Monitoring Platform.Ensuring media diversity is crucial for the promotion of...
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Freedom of artistic expression is increasingly treated as not simply ‘a nice thing to have’ – but as a fundamental right. Sara Whyatt – a human rights consultant, member of International Arts Rights Advisors and a former director at PEN International – reported on the current state of artistic freedom in UNESCO’s recently published Re|Shaping Cultural Policies. She spoke with Cathal...
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