Millennium Development Goals: Culture for Development

UNESCO has long advocated that sustainable development strategies sensitive to cultural assets are the key to addressing the interlinked economic, social and environmental problems confronting all societies today. Seizing the opportunity to revisit the international development paradigm, UNESCO has decided to spearhead a high-level round table on Culture for Development during the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (New York, 20-22 September 2010). The Outcome document adopted by the Summit recognizes now explicitly the contribution of culture to development and to the MDGs achievement. 

• Outcome document for the Summit: 
  A new political international commitment
• High-Level Round Table on Culture for Development:
  Revisiting development strategies
• UNESCO Concept Note: “Culture for Development”
  
• Programme of the Round Table
• UN Summit High-level Plenary Meeting: Reinforcing efforts to achieve the MDGs
• Culture and development MDG-F projects: Thematic Window
• The Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund:  Integrating the cultural dimension
• UNESCO and the World Bank: Historic Urban Landscape Initiative (only in English)
  

Further reading:

• The Power of Culture for Development (Brochure, pdf)
• The 2010 United Nations Development Group Millennium Development Goals (UNDG MDG) Good Practices publication