Promoting the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Creating an enabling environment in which all cultural expressions may be affirmed in their rich creative diversity, renewed through exchanges and partnerships, and made accessible to all, is today a central issue on the agenda of South-East Europe.
As a follow-up to the successful ratification process of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, assisting Member States of the region in promoting cultural diversity effectively and monitoring cultural change is now of necessity.
2005 Convention
The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions seeks to strengthen the five inseparable links of the same chain:
creation, production, distribution, dissemination, access, and enjoyment of cultural expressions as conveyed by cultural activities goods and services - More
Languages available : UNESDOC - (PDF) English - French - Spanish - Russian - Chinese - Arabic
La Biennale di Venezia
- 2011 Roma Pavilion : Call the Witness
- 2009 Pavilion MONTENEGRO : Dado. The Zorzi Elegies
- 2007 Pavilion BULGARIA : A Place You have Never Been Before
- 2005 Pavilion THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA : Mozart's Boat
- 2003 Pavilion BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Venice Biennale Architecture
- 2010 MONTENEGRO: Places for Re-encounters – Recycling the Space
- 2010 SAN MARINO: Architecture in the small state
Interesting facts
Romania was the first country in Europe to ratify UNESCO’s Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, in July 2006.
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