Publications
The Global Report explores the role of culture for sustainable urban development by analyzing the situation, trends, threats and existing opportunities in different regional contexts. Drawing on the results of a global survey and research papers, the report provides policy framework to support governments in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda, focusing on urban heritage safeguarding, conservation and management, as well as the promotion of the cultural and creative industries, as resources for sustainable urban development.
Today, the cultural and creative industries generate annual global revenues of US$2,250 billion and exports of over US$250 billion. These sectors, which currently provide nearly 30 million jobs worldwide and employ more people aged 15−29 than any other sector, can even make up to 10% of GDP in some countries. The creative economy, constituted by these sectors, has thus become a major driver of trade strategies in developed and developing countries alike.
2005 Convention Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
These guidelines provide a strategic framework for understanding, interpreting and implementing the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in a digital environment where cultural goods and services are created, produced, distributed, disseminated, consumed and/or stored electronically. These goods and services transmit cultural expressions through, for example, a computer program, a network, a text, a video, an image or an audio recording and are distributed through constantly evolving digitally-encoded platforms.
2005 Convention Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
The 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is an international treaty that provides a policy framework for the governance of culture. This Convention recognizes the distinctive nature of culture as an important contributor to economic and social development and ensures that artists, creative professionals, practitioners and citizens worldwide can create, produce, disseminate and enjoy a broad range of creative goods, services and activities, including their own.
2005 Convention Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
The 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions contains various mandatory requirements. Article 16 is one of the most powerful ones.
2005 Convention Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
Since the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was adopted in October 2005, tremendous technological transformations have taken place. The digital era has significantly changed the cultural landscape and has had a major impact on creative sectors worldwide.
2005 Convention Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
Artists and audiences are under increased threat globally, according to a new report, Art under Threat, released by Freemuse. Freemuse registered 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016 across 78 countries, continuing a worrying trend of artistic freedom increasingly coming under threat. The number of cases registered in 2016 more than doubled the amount in 2015, increasing by 119%, rising from 469 attacks. Of those more than one thousand cases, Freemuse documented 188 total serious violations of artistic freedom and 840 acts of censorship.
This initiative shows how the arts contribute to the nation’s creative ecosystem, examines the ways in which the support systems for artists are changing, and explores how the arts can connect with other sectors that want and utilize creativity. The Report Creativity Connects: Trends and Conditions Affecting U.S. Artists investigates the current conditions for artists and trends affecting their ability to create work and contribute to their communities.
New report analyses success stories and innovative instruments to facilitate access to finance for the cultural and creative sectors.
The 2005 Convention Global report publishes a synthesis of the latest information on the impact of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at country-level - including how they contribute to the Convention’s four goals – and the cutting-edge debates at the international level. The first edition of the biennial report was published in 2015.
2005 Convention Goals
Sustainable Development Goals