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 owncommunity and beyond.

Sign the Declaration for the inclusion of culture in the UN Sustainable Development Goals Post-2015. And please 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 SitesCulture et Développement
African Arts Institute
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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

[by Traditions pour Demain]