Peer-to-peer learning workshop on policies for creativity in Namibia
UNESCO, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture of Namibia, is organizing a “Peer-to-peer learning workshop on policies for creativity: Monitoring and implementing the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions” from 7 to 10 December 2021 in Swakopmund, Namibia.
This workshop builds on the results and achievements of a series of sub-regional training of trainers on participatory policy monitoring held in 2019, and of the implementation of the EU/UNESCO project “Supporting new regulatory frameworks to strengthen the cultural and creative industries and promote South-South cooperation” on participatory policy making and peer-to-peer learning.
This workshop will address participatory policy monitoring and policy making processes and emerging policy areas for creativity to implement the 2005 Convention. Building an effective methodology for peer-to-peer learning and South-South cooperation mechanisms will additionally be at the centre of this workshop, which aims notably to elaborate a “Peer-to-peer learning toolkit for policies for creativity”. Through focus group sessions, the peer-to-peer exchanges aim to provide opportunities to exchange knowledge and experiences leading to mutual learning on the future of policies for creativity. Moreover, these exchanges are equally organized with a view to create a community of practice around policy monitoring and formulation for creativity as well as to build local expertise and capacities.
To this end, the workshop will count on the presence of the 12 partner countries from the EU/UNESCO project as well as several African partner countries from the UNESCO-Sida project “Reshaping cultural policies”, and representatives from the sub-region that have engaged in the Quadrennial Periodic Reporting (QPR) exercise and in the EU/UNESCO project during the first phase. Representatives from Botswana, Costa Rica, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Palestine, Panama, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe, as well as members of the 2005 Convention Expert Facility, selected national experts and representatives from UNESCO field offices will thus be present.
This peer-to-peer learning workshop on policies for creativity is part of a series of activities and advocacy events in celebration of the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, as declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2021. The workshop is supported by the European Union and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
