Culture for Development Directory

The Uganda national culture policy : a culturally vibrant, cohesive and progressive nation

| 2009
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Ministry of gender, labour and social development
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural policy, uganda
In its national culture policy Uganda attempts to enhance the integration of culture into development by strategies including advocating for culture, ensuring capacity building, ensuring research and documentation, promoting collaboration with stakeholders and mobilizing resources for culture.

Results from Commonwealth foundation questionnaire on culture and development

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Commonwealth foundation
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural policy, cultural development, commonwealth
Key findings to a survey on culture and development done by the Commonwealth Foundation, in order to gauge instinctive reactions of representatives of government, CSOs and academia to a number of fundamental questions about culture, cultural policy and development.

Making cultural policy work : consultation, Johannesburg, 19 May 2008

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: Commonwealth foundation etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural policy, cultural development, south africa
As part of its research into issues of cultural policy and culture in development, the Commonwealth Foundation, in partnership with the SACCD and DAC, held a consultation with members from key government and civil society organizations in South Africa. Views from the meeting are summarized here.

Cultural property : its illicit trafficking and restitution

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: UNESCO
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural heritage, cultural property, cultural property protection, cultural property restitution
An overview of UNESCO's role in the development of actions, tools, workshops, events and resources in support of prevention of the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property.

UNESCO world heritage convention

| 2008
  • Author(s):
  • Publisher: UNESCO
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural heritage, cultural property protection, cultural property preservation
An international convention [address]ing the fact that cultural and natural heritage are increasingly threatened with destruction not only by the traditional causes of decay, but also by changing social and economic conditions which aggravate the situation.
 

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The portal provides access to selected free, full-text electronic documents on culture for development. It is also an unique entry point for all other internet resources, including newsletters, discussion groups, websites, bibliographic databases, and directories of organizations and projects. Our ambition is to provide (almost) full coverage on the aforementioned themes.