Success stories by theme
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Education
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- ALBANIA: First-ever MA in cultural resources management at Tirana University
- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Intercultural camp in the municipality of Rudo: a tool for reconciliation through the promotion of cultural diversity
- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Revitalization of the old medieval fortress and old house of the ‘Eminagica family’ in the municipality of Tesanj
- OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: Knowledge transfer and acceptance of music education for women
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Employment
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- CAMBODIA: Women’s empowerment through cultural entrepreneurship
- CHINA: Culture Based Economic Development: joint UN efforts to support entrepreneurship and business development
- COSTA RICA: Parque La Libertad Incubator
- ECUADOR: Shuar Aja (Gardens) for the Shuar People
- EGYPT: Creation and expansion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
- EGYPT: Promotion of eco-friendly creative industries
- MAURITANIA: Festivals of cultural diversity (Nouakchott), gospel music (Atar) and traditional music (Kiffa)
- MOROCCO: Mainstreaming cultural heritage and gender in local strategic planning (district development plans)
- MOZAMBIQUE: Mobilizing the community’s entrepreneurial spirit by improving tourist access to high potential cultural assets
- OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: Building synergies amongst capacity building activities in handicraft production
- SENEGAL: Inclusion of the Saloum Delta in the World Heritage List
- SENEGAL: Promoting private initiatives and cultural industries
- SENEGAL: Training of cultural actors on copyright and related rights
- URUGUAY: Cultural Enterprise Incubator
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Entrepreneurship
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- ALBANIA: Gjirokastra Artisan Incubation Centre
- CAMBODIA: Women’s empowerment through cultural entrepreneurship
- CHINA: Culture Based Economic Development: joint UN efforts to support entrepreneurship and business development
- COSTA RICA: Costa Rica's Cultural Information System
- COSTA RICA: Intercultural/Food of our Land festival
- COSTA RICA: Parque La Libertad Incubator
- ECUADOR: Cevicangre Community Tourist Complex
- EGYPT: Creation and expansion of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
- EGYPT: Promotion of eco-friendly creative industries
- HONDURAS: El Trapiche Venture
- HONDURAS: Guide for Training Craft Organizations in Product Development
- MOROCCO: Women from the Oasis areas and the 2009 district elections (in the regions of Guelmin, Assa and Tata)
- MOZAMBIQUE: Mobilizing the community’s entrepreneurial spirit by improving tourist access to high potential cultural assets
- NICARAGUA: Cultural revitalization of the Karawala community's Alwa Dance and Music in the South Atlantic Autonomous Region
- NICARAGUA: Entrepreneurial capacity built through coaching, specialized technical training, technical assistance and provision of credit
- NICARAGUA: ProCulture Fund for the promotion and development of artistic and cultural practices and expressions of indigenous peoples and people of African descent on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast
- OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: Building synergies amongst capacity building activities in handicraft production
- SENEGAL: Inclusion of the Saloum Delta in the World Heritage List
- SENEGAL: Promoting private initiatives and cultural industries
- SENEGAL: Training of cultural actors on copyright and related rights
- TURKEY: Tourism Master Plan for Kars and Local Economic Development Initiatives for Tourism Development (LDITD) Grant Scheme Programme
- URUGUAY: Cultural Enterprise Incubator
- URUGUAY: Cultural Factories and Cultural Production Plants
- URUGUAY: Handicrafts: Quality Design and Fostering Competitiveness
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Environment
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- CHINA: A Systematic Communication Approach to Strengthen Results
- COSTA RICA: Revitalization of Food Traditions
- COSTA RICA: Parque La Libertad Incubator
- ECUADOR: Cevicangre Community Tourist Complex
- ECUADOR: Shuar Aja (Gardens) for the Shuar People
- EGYPT: Promotion of eco-friendly creative industries
- HONDURAS: Cultural Volunteering in Honduras
- HONDURAS: El Trapiche Venture
- MOZAMBIQUE: Socio-cultural elements integrated into planning processes and local development strategies
- SENEGAL: Inclusion of the Saloum Delta in the World Heritage List
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Food security
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- COSTA RICA: Intercultural/Food of our Land Festival
- COSTA RICA: Revitalization of Food Traditions
- ECUADOR: Cevicangre Community Tourist Complex
- ECUADOR: Shuar Aja (Gardens) for the Shuar People
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Gender equality
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- ECUADOR: Gender and Interculturality Policy
- MOROCCO: Mainstreaming cultural heritage and gender in local strategic planning (district development plans)
- MOROCCO: Women from the Oasis areas and the 2009 district elections (in the regions of Guelmin, Assa and Tata)
- NICARAGUA: ProCulture Fund for the promotion and development of artistic and cultural practices and expressions of indigenous peoples and people of African descent on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast
- OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: Knowledge transfer and acceptance of music education for women
- URUGUAY: Cultural Factories and Cultural Production Plants
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Governance
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- MOROCCO: Cultural heritage, a national affair
- MOROCCO: Women from the Oasis areas and the 2009 district elections (in the regions of Guelmin, Assa and Tata)
- MOZAMBIQUE: Socio-cultural elements integrated into planning processes and local development strategies
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Health
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- ECUADOR: Implementation of an Intercultural Health System through Culturally Appropriate Childbirth
- ECUADOR: Shuar Aja (Gardens) for the Shuar People
- MOZAMBIQUE: Socio-cultural elements integrated into planning processes and local development strategies
- NICARAGUA: Entrepreneurial capacity built through coaching, specialized technical training, technical assistance and provision of credit
- NICARAGUA: ProCulture Fund for the promotion and development of artistic and cultural practices and expressions of indigenous peoples and people of African descent on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast
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Public policies
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- ALBANIA: Cultural marketing strategy
- CAMBODIA: Adoption of a National Living Human Treasures (LHT) System in Cambodia
- COSTA RICA: Costa Rica's Cultural Information System
- ECUADOR: Gender and Interculturality Policy
- ECUADOR: Implementation of an Intercultural Health System through Culturally Appropriate Childbirth
- HONDURAS: Construction of Active Citizenship Around Culture
- HONDURAS: Strengthening of Cultural Centres
- MOROCCO: Cultural heritage, a national affair
- MOROCCO: Mainstreaming cultural heritage and gender in local strategic planning (district development plans)
- MOROCCO: Women from the Oasis areas and the 2009 district elections (in the regions of Guelmin, Assa and Tata)
- MOZAMBIQUE: Socio-cultural elements integrated into planning processes and local development strategies
- NAMIBIA: Heritage Hunt Campaign
- OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: Building synergies amongst capacity building activities in handicraft production
- TURKEY: Creation of a Model for Strategic Direction, Prioritizing and Safeguarding of Tangible Cultural Heritage
- TURKEY: Support to the safeguarding and promotion of cultural diversity and cultural heritage, with a special focus on intangible cultural heritage and the diversity of cultural expressions
- TURKEY: Tourism Master Plan for Kars and Local Economic Development Initiatives for Tourism Development (LDITD) Grant Scheme Programme
- URUGUAY: Music Cluster
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Social cohesion
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- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Intercultural camp in the municipality of Rudo: a tool for reconciliation through the promotion of cultural diversity
- CHINA: A Systematic Communication Approach to Strengthen Results
- COSTA RICA: Parque La Libertad Incubator
- COSTA RICA: Revitalization of Food Traditions
- ECUADOR: Gender and Interculturality Policy
- ETHIOPIA: Intercultural/interreligious dialogue strengthens diverse communities in Ethiopia
- HONDURAS: Cultural Volunteering in Honduras
- MAURITANIA: Festivals of cultural diversity (Nouakchott), gospel music (Atar) and traditional music (Kiffa)
- NAMIBIA: Heritage Hunt Campaign
- NAMIBIA: Inventorying of intangible cultural heritage
- NICARAGUA: Cultural revitalization of the Karawala community's Alwa Dance and Music in the South Atlantic Autonomous Region
- NICARAGUA: ProCulture Fund for the promotion and development of artistic and cultural practices and expressions of indigenous peoples and people of African descent on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast
- TURKEY: Support to the safeguarding and promotion of cultural diversity and cultural heritage, with a special focus on intangible cultural heritage and the diversity of cultural expressions
- URUGUAY: Cultural Factories and Cultural Production Plants
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Social dialogue
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- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Intercultural camp in the municipality of Rudo: a tool for reconciliation through the promotion of cultural diversity
- CAMBODIA: Adoption of a National Living Human Treasures (LHT) System in Cambodia
- CHINA: A Systematic Communication Approach to Strengthen Results
- COSTA RICA: Intercultural/Food of our Land Festival
- ETHIOPIA: Intercultural/interreligious dialogue strengthens diverse communities in Ethiopia
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Tourism
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- ALBANIA: Cultural marketing strategy
- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Revitalization of the old medieval fortress and old house of the ‘Eminagica family’ in the municipality of Tesanj
- CHINA: Culture Based Economic Development: joint UN efforts to support entrepreneurship and business development
- COSTA RICA: Intercultural/Food of our Land Festival
- COSTA RICA: Revitalization of Food Traditions
- ECUADOR: Cevicangre Community Tourist Complex
- MAURITANIA: Festivals of cultural diversity (Nouakchott), gospel music (Atar) and traditional music (Kiffa)
- MOZAMBIQUE: Mobilizing the community’s entrepreneurial spirit by improving tourist access to high potential cultural assets
- NICARAGUA: Entrepreneurial capacity built through coaching, specialized technical training, technical assistance and provision of credit
- NICARAGUA: ProCulture Fund for the promotion and development of artistic and cultural practices and expressions of indigenous peoples and people of African descent on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast
- SENEGAL: Inclusion of the Saloum Delta in the World Heritage List
- TURKEY: Creation of a Model for Strategic Direction, Prioritizing and Safeguarding of Tangible Cultural Heritage
- TURKEY: Support to the safeguarding and promotion of cultural diversity and cultural heritage, with a special focus on intangible cultural heritage and the diversity of cultural expressions
- TURKEY: Tourism Master Plan for Kars and Local Economic Development Initiatives for Tourism Development (LDITD) Grant Scheme Programme
- URUGUAY: Handicrafts: Quality Design and Fostering Competitiveness
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Women’s empowerment
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- CAMBODIA: Women’s empowerment through cultural entrepreneurship
- CHINA: A Systematic Communication Approach to Strengthen Results
- CHINA: Culture Based Economic Development: joint UN efforts to support entrepreneurship and business development
- ECUADOR: Cevicangre Community Tourist Complex
- EGYPT: Promotion of eco-friendly creative industries
- MAURITANIA: Festivals of cultural diversity (Nouakchott), gospel music (Atar) and traditional music (Kiffa)
- MOROCCO: Women from the Oasis areas and the 2009 district elections (in the regions of Guelmin, Assa and Tata)
- MOZAMBIQUE: Mobilizing the community’s entrepreneurial spirit by improving tourist access to high potential cultural assets
- NAMIBIA: Inventorying of intangible cultural heritage
- OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: Building synergies amongst capacity building activities in handicraft production
- SENEGAL: Inclusion of the Saloum Delta in the World Heritage List
- TURKEY: Support to the safeguarding and promotion of cultural diversity and cultural heritage, with a special focus on intangible cultural heritage and the diversity of cultural expressions
- TURKEY: Tourism Master Plan for Kars and Local Economic Development Initiatives for Tourism Development (LDITD) Grant Scheme Programme
- URUGUAY: Cultural Enterprise Incubator
- URUGUAY: Cultural Factories and Cultural Production Plants