Policy Monitoring
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KEY FACTS
- Publish 2 Global Reports (2015, 2017)
- Analyze 140 quadrennial periodic reports
- Mobilize 43 international experts
- Organize 36 workshops in 12 developing countries
- Train 120 governmental and civil society actors
Capacity-building activities for policy monitoring serve to support evidence-based policy, also strengthening informed, transparent and participatory systems of governance. With such an improved knowledge, governmental and civil society actors can work together and better highlight policies and strategies that promote the diversity of cultural expressions.
Such activities are being implemented, in particular, within the framework of the project “Enhancing fundamental freedoms through the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions”.
This project is part of the Programme Cooperation Agreement signed for 2014-2017 with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
The project’s overarching goal is to enhance human and institutional capabilities in developing countries in ways that enable them to improve their systems of governance for culture. It aims at raising awareness of the Convention, monitoring policies and measures to promote the diversity of cultural expressions at the international level and providing support to Parties in their efforts to engage in evidence based, transparent and participatory policy making at the country level.
To achieve this goal, the project has two components:
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Burkina Faso
Context: In recent years, Burkina Faso has seen a consolidation of its legislative support for the cultural sector as evinced by the National Policy for the Development of Culture (2009) and the Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development 2011-2015. Most recently, the National...![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/cambodia-sida.jpg?itok=4qHhUpio)
Cambodia
Context: Historically, within the cultural domain, Cambodia has often given priority to the protection of cultural heritage and traditional forms of expressions. Cambodia’s efforts have successfully resulted in inscribing Angkor and the Tempre of Preah Vihear as the World Heritage Sites...![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/senegal-sida.jpg?itok=g5MJ3R_Q)
Senegal
Context: Culture has long been considered a vehicle for self-determination and development in Senegal. Such perspective can be traced back to the early days of independence with the first president of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor and his literary ideal of Négritude which paved a way for...![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/morocco-sida.jpg?itok=XvWNJss9)
Morocco
Context: Culture is becoming increasingly recognized as levers of economic and human development in Morocco, as evidenced in the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH, 2013) and most recently in the National Strategy of Sustainable Development (2016). Furthermore, Article 26 of...![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/tunisia-sida.jpg?itok=RxjmgMTi)
Tunisia
Context: The Tunisian Constitution of 2014 has paved the way for new opportunities in the cultural sector. Amongst the fundamental rights recognized by the new Constitution, freedom of expression, information and publication as well as intellectual property, women’s rights and the right to...![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/rwanda-sida2.jpg?itok=IZiTzIjV)
Rwanda
Context: Rwanda is a country on the move. In recent years, it has achieved remarkable development and has one of the highest GDP growth rates in Africa. According to the World Bank, between 2001 and 2015, Rwanda recorded an average GDP growth rate of 8%. Drawing upon its ambitious...![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/colombia-sida3.jpg?itok=_5G1M-zR)
Colombia
Context: Colombia’s cultural scene is vibrant, contributing to more than 3% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).For the past twenty years, the Colombian government has developed institutions, policies, programmes, and projects to support its cultural industries and promote the...![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/cuba-sida.jpg?itok=77k_roFQ)
Cuba
Context: Cuba is home to incredible artistic creativity. Over the past few decades, a remarkable range of Cuba’s cultural production has found international success, extending from the athletic ballet dancing of Carlos Acosta, to the songs of Silvio Rodriguez and the paintings of Wilfredo Lam....![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/ethiopia-sida2.jpg?itok=CIcW99sg)
Ethiopia
Context: In recent years, the culture sector in Ethiopia has increasingly been seen as a central element for the country’s development, notably through the inclusion of culture within Ethiopia's second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II: 2015-2020). The country’s cultural industries...![](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20180101150946im_/http://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/styles/medium_crop_220x150/public/field_activity/zimbabwe-sida.jpg?itok=AFNGmwM0)