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UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022

18 October 2022

The largest global conference on culture in the last 40 years has gathered 3,000 participants including 135 Ministers of Culture and 83 NGOs. 

150 States unanimously adopted the historic MONDIACULT Declaration on Cultural Policies on 30 September 2022 at #MONDIACULT2022 convened by UNESCO. Let’s advocate for culture as a global public good.

The largest global conference on culture in the last 40 years has gathered 3,000 participants, 135 Ministers of Culture, 83 NGOS, 32 intergovernmental organisations and 9 UN agencies uniting towards one goal: Mainstreaming culture across public policies towards a more sustainable future.

Ms Biljana Čamur Veselinović, Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, spoke of heritage and cultural diversity in crisis at #MONDIACULT2022.

Learn more: MONDIACULT 2022 | UNESCO

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