Proceedings - Hangzhou International Congress
Culture: A Driver and an Enabler of Social Cohesion
Promoting cultural diversity in national and international policies fosters social inclusion and equity. Culture-aware and culture-sensitive policies and activities are likely to yield equitable outcomes and inclusiveness. Culture-led projects have proven their effectiveness in addressing violence, especially among young people. How can we build on culture in shaping inclusive and equitable policies and actions?
Keynote address 2B: Achieving social inclusion and equity: how does culture make effective change?
- Cao Jin, Professor at Fudan University
PDF Presentation - in English - - Aníbal Gaviria Correa, Mayor of Medellin (via video message)
Case study 1: Culture‐sensitive and context‐based policies in sustainable development
- Jon Hawkes, Resident Cultural Analyst, Cultural Development Network (Victoria)
PDF Presentation - in English -
Case study 2: Empowerment of women and youth
- Elba Agusti, Cultural Development Program Coordinator, Inter‐American Development Bank Cultural Center (IDB)
PDF Presentation - in English - & PPT
Case study 3: Addressing urban violence through investment in culture
- Martha C. Fajardo, CEO of Grupo Verde Ltd., Former President of the International Federation of Landscape Architecture (IFLA)
Abstract & PPT Presentation - in English - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
Case study 4: Arts education for development
- Stephen Chifunyise, Chairman of the CHIPAWO Arts Education for Employment and Development
PDF Presentation - in English -
Panel Discussion 2B
How does culture drive and enable social cohesion and inclusion?
- Charles Vallerand (Moderator), General Secretary of the International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity
PPT Presentation - in English -
& IFFCD "Culture and Sustainability in Rio+20
& Session Summary
Panellists
- Ibone Bengoetxea, Deputy Mayor and City Councillor for Culture and Education in Bilbao City Council
PDF Presentation - in English - - Luis Fernando Carrera Castro, Minister of Foreign Affairsforthe Republic of Guatemala
Abstract - in English & in Spanish - - Frederic Jacquemin, General Director of Africalia
PDF Presentation - in French - - Jin Xiaoyi, Professor of the Institute for Population and Development Studies of Xi’an Jiaotong University
PDF Presentation - in Chinese - - Nasser D. Khalili, Founder of, The Khalili Collections, Chairman of the Maimonides Foundation, Chairman of the Nour Foundation and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
PDF Presentation - in English - - Tu Weiming, Director of the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking University
PDF Presentation - in English - "Spiritual Humanism" & "Understanding Ecological Civilization" - Carlos Javier Vilasenor Anaya, President of Cultural Interactivity and Development
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