Networks

Civil society actors played a major role in the adoption of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in 2005. And, over the last decade, their role has only increased, as countries design and implement new cultural policies. Learn more

Become an accredited civil society partner

• Participate in the biennial Civil Society Forum by writing to convention2005@unesco.org
• Apply for International Fund for Cultural Diversity funding, if eligible
• Participate in Quadrennial Periodic Reporting

Ratify the Convention

• Apply to become a member of the Intergovernmental Committee: convention2005@unesco.org
• Apply for International Fund for Cultural Diversity funding, if eligible
• Implement the Quadrennial Periodic Reporting process

Fund activities to achieve common development goals

• Share business expertise
• Dedicate human and financial resources to UNESCO
• Provide in-kind contributions
• Sponsor events, high-level conferences and International Days

• Guidelines to become a UNESCO Chair 
• 2005 Convention UNESCO Chairs

Category 2 Institutes and Centres serve as international or regional poles of expertise and provide technical assistance and services to Member States, partners and UNESCO. Through capacity-building, knowledge sharing and research, Category 2 Institutes and Centres support global, regional, sub-regional or interregional activities carried out by UNESCO and other organizations.

There are currently 4 UNESCO Category Centres working specifically on the 2005 Convention out of 20  in Culture. Learn more 

The Expert Facility is an international pool of recognized experts (independent consultants, academics and researchers, governmental officials and civil servants, cultural operators, managers of cultural institutions or associations, etc.) that have a relevant experience in designing or implementing policies to support cultural and creative sectors (e.g., publishing, visual arts, audiovisual/cinema, music, performing arts, media arts, design, etc). Learn more

• Expert Facility

• EU / UNESCO Peer to Peer Learning 

UNESCO Honorary and Goodwill Ambassadors, widely recognized for their talent and integrity, help mobilize public interest in, and support for the purposes and principles of UNESCO.

• Naomi Kawase
• Deeyah Khan

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Increasingly, UNESCO is developing its role as implementation partner to bilateral government donors in programmes developed by these donors with specific beneficiary countries or sub-regions. It is also expanding its cooperation with emerging donors and Middle-Income countries, including by providing technical assistance for programmes developed on their own territory.
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