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Sign the Declaration for the inclusion of culture in the UN Sustainable Development Goals Post-2015. And spread the word.

The word ‘culture’ was completely absent from the ‘Millennium Development Goals’ adopted by the UN in 2000.

No one doubts great progress has been achieved. However, time and again, we have seen development initiatives hindered or prove unsustainable due to a lack of recognition and respect for local cultures.

We strongly believe in the need for a human-rights based approach to development and are calling on world leaders to recognize that development is in itself an act of culture that impacts on the culture of its intended beneficiaries.

Putting people first is recognizing the unique transformative power of culture.

Development will have been truly achieved when all citizens can participate in and enjoy the music, dance, literature, visual representations, heritage and all other expressions of the arts and culture of their own community and beyond.

Sign the Declaration for the inclusion of culture in the UN Sustainable Development Goals Post-2015. And spread the word.

These organizations have already signed. 

  • IFACCA – International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
  • Agenda 21 for culture – UCLG’s Committee on Culture
  • IFCCD – International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity
  • Culture Action Europe
  • Arterial Network
  • IMC – International Music Council
  • ICOMOS – International Council on Monuments and Sites
  • Culture et Développement
  • African Arts Institute
  • Traditions pour demain
  • Red Lationamericana de Arte para la Transformación Social
  • Interarts Foundation
  • IIIM - International Institute for the Inclusive Museum
  • Patrimoine Sans Frontières
  • Pacific Islands Museum Association
  • ERICArts - European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research
  • Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  • NEMO - Network of European Museum Organisations
  • CoNCA - Consell Nacional de la Cultura i de les Arts (Catalonia-Spain)
  • Intercult (Sweden)
  • Reseau en scène Languedoc-Roussillon
  • Korea Arts and Culture Education Service
  • Federation of Icelandic Artists
  • Benincultures
  • Association des Mediateurs Culturels (Madagascar)
  • Centre for Creative Practices (Ireland)
  • ART-idea
  • Glasgow School of Art (Scotland)
  • ACRI – African Cultural Regeneration Institute (Kenya)
  • IGCAT - International Institute for Gastronomy Culture Arts and Tourism
  • FACE - Fresh Arts Coalition Europe
  • Centre for Cultural Innovation and Economics (India)
  • Creative Economy Group (Serbia)
  • Porteurs d’Images