New video: testimonies on policy monitoring from Senegal and Ethiopia

Every four years, countries who ratified the UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions commit to submit a report on the ways the Convention has been implemented at the country-level.

As part of the project Enhancing Fundamental Freedoms through the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, funded by the Government of Sweden (Swedish International Development Agency), UNESCO is supporting 12 countries (Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Tunisia, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe) in their efforts to collect information and data required to design, implement and monitor national policies and measures that promote the diversity of cultural expressions. These testimonies by civil society and  government actors recount the impact of the elaboration of periodic reports in Senegal and Ethiopia.

The process of periodic reporting provides an opportunity for countries to map the state of affairs of the cultural sector while defining new policy priorities for the coming years. It also enables greater policy dialogue between civil society and the government as well as enhancing cooperation between ministries and facilitating an open dialogue on sensitive issues such as freedom of expression and artistic freedom. Senegal and Ethiopia submitted their quadrennial periodic reports (QPR) in 2016.

Read more about the implementation of the project in Senegal and Ethiopia