IN SITU recently announced a Summer School "Place-based creative solution for cultuivating caring and sustainable communities." In this context, the Call for Proposals of the IN SITU Conference “Horizons of Sustainability: The Power of Creative Innovation for Transformation of Rural and Non-Urban Futures” has been open. Proposals will be accepted until 8 July 2024.
The Conference will take place in Sibenik, Croatia, on 25-27 September 2024. All useful information is available here.
On 5 June 2024, the Committee on Culture of UCLG organised 3 webinars to discuss and receive inputs on the participatory process of Culture 21 Plus, the new toolkit for Cultural Rights in Cities and Communities.
On this occasion, three webinars in English, French and Spanish have been organised on that day. The programme is available here.
The report is available here.
On 8 May 2024, from 15.00 to 17.00 CEST, the UCLG Committee on Culture celebrated 20 years of Agenda 21 for Culture with the organisation of a webinar followed by the celebration of the 21st annual meeting of the Committee.
The video recording of the celebration is available here.
The Agenda of the celebration is available in English, French and Spanish.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Secretariat of the UCLG Committee on Culture or contact culture@uclg.org should you need any additional information.
The UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, recently launched a new report focused on "The Right to Participate in Science".
The report intends to take stock of setbacks and progress both under international human rights law and in practice regarding access to scientific knowledge and its applications and to address the right to access and take part in scientific progress, in order to identify relevant experiences and challenges. The reports builds on the previous work of the mandate (Report on the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, A/HRC/20/26, 2012), and of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (General Comment 25 on Science and Economic, Social and Cultural rights, 2020), as well as on contributions from all regions of the world.
The report is available in all UN languages on this page (A/HRC/55/44), as well as on the website of the mandate.
More info here.
The Culture Summit has become a Major event for UCLG. After the success of the Summits previously held (Bilbao in 2015; Jeju in 2017; Buenos Aires in 2019; Izmir in 2021; and Dublin in 2023), and considering the growing importance of culture in the framework of sustainable cities, UCLG has decided to convene a 6th Culture Summit in 2025.
We invite you to check the Terms of Reference of the 6th UCLG Culture Summit as well as the webpage webpage dedicated to the Summit for more information.
Candidates are invited to send a letter of interest to host the “UCLG Culture Summit in 2025” before 31 May 2024.
On the occasion of the 5th UCLG Culture Summit celebrated in Dublin from last 28 November to 1 December 2023, the UCLG Committee on Culture held its 20th annual meeting on 1 December 2023.
The full report of the meeting is available here.
On 23 January 2024, the #Culture2030Goal campaign organised the webinar "Looking ahead Culture in Sustainable Development in 2024 and Beyond" with the aim of sharing the background and the achievements of the campaign and opening a conversation with key partners and all global cultural networks.
The workshop gathered partners to think together about the next steps, including the UN Summit of the Future (September 2024), the road towards “a Culture Goal” as well as the ongoing efforts to include “culture in delivering across the SDGs”.
Participants received important updates on the place of culture in sustainable development and global development agendas, and had the opportunity to share their views and shape the upcoming work, hear from others about this key dimension of sustainable development.
The concept note of the webinar is available here. Click here to watch the session again.
On the occasion of the 5th UCLG Culture Summit held in Dublin from 28 November to 1 December 2023, the UCLG Committee on Culture together with Mexico City launched the 6th edition of the International Award UCLG - Mexico City - Culture 21.
The Award has two categories:
The application and nomination forms as well as all the useful information is available on the dedicated website of the Award.
The Robert Cimetta Fund has launched a Call for Applications for the 'Ready Steady Go!' initiative. 'Ready Steady Go!' is a 10 months learning expedition/journey welcoming 14 artists and cultural professionals from the Mediterranean. It is developed by the Roberto Cimetta Fund in partnership with Liv.in.g (IT), Busart (GR), Al Badil (TU), and Amuni (FR).
Through immersive workshops, online capacity building sessions and international gatherings, Ready Steady Go! aims to support artists and cultural professionals to identify and apply for mobility funding and support schemes and to increase their access to the international scene.
'Ready Steady Go!' includes a series of activities to increase participants’ access to the international scene in order to develop their career:
The call is open until 5 January 2024. More information here.
The Climate Heritage Network has recently launched a global call to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Action (UNFCCC) to include cultural heritage, the arts and creative sectors in climate policy towards COP 28.
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