::: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR CULTURE :::
The Global Partnership for Culture builds on the work of the Funders Task Force on Culture and Development, an informal network of bilateral and multilateral agencies, banks and foundations committed to enhancing the role of culture in international development cooperation that was established at a meeting in 2012 at the European Investment Bank.
The Partnership reframes the work of the Task Force, going beyond the culture and development paradigm to address the implementation challenges of the 2030 Development Agenda through the cross-cutting lens of culture. This relates particularly to the overarching issues of sustainability and peace, while also adressing certain targets of SDGs 11 and 16 directly.
An ad-hoc steering committee made up of representatives of UNFPA and the African Union Commission provided guidance during the initial design phase of the Partnership (2016/7).
Bringing together diverse perspectives to help the culture agenda gain the necessary scale and capacity for impact, the Partnership, whose Secretariat is currently hosted by the Arts Investment Forum, functions as a multi-stakeholder knowledge-building and cooperation platform for organizations who work to advance peace and sustainable development through culture.
"We pledge to foster inter-cultural understanding, tolerance, mutual respect and an ethic of global citizenship and shared responsibility. We acknowledge the natural and cultural diversity of the world and recognize that all cultures and civilizations can contribute to, and are crucial enablers of, sustainable development."
Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development