Cuba

UNESCO Chair in Culture and Development (366), established in 2002, at Centro Nacional de Superación para la Cultura, La Havane (Cuba)

 

Fields / Disciplines Culture and Development Objectives The purpose of the Chair shall be to enhance capacity-building for a cultural approach to development planning as well as for cultural policy and management in Cuba To promote, through regional training, research, information and documentation activities the network of UNESCO Chairs in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing mainly on interactions between culture and development, cultural policies and development, cultural research and statistics, cultural economics, legislation concerning culture, cultural industries, administration and management in arts and culture as well as management of leisure, including cultural tourism. It shall in particular cooperate with other UNESCO Chairs concerned with cultural policy and cultural management with a view to promoting the international network of UNESCO Chairs in cultural policies and cultural management (NETCULT). Host institution Centro Nacional de Superación para la Cultura, La Havane. Website Progress Report 2006 (short version) available in Spanish UNESCO Sector/Field Office responsible for the Chair/Network Culture, UNESCO Habana

Progress report 2006 (short version)
Activities of the UNESCO Chair in Culture and Development, established in 2002, at Centro Nacional de Superación para la Cultura, La Havane (Cuba). Available in Spanish.