CALL FOR INTEREST
Capacity-Building for Culture in Development: Using New UNESCO Policy/Programming Tools
Background/context:
As part of UNESCO initiatives to promote the culture and development agenda, the Organization is currently seeking consultants to support the project “Capacity-Building for Culture in Development: Using New UNESCO Policy/Programming Tools” funded by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
Project objectives and methodology:
The project intends to support decision makers and key policy actors in reviewing policies and programmes in the area of culture and development in five of the following six countries: Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mali and Morocco.
This capacity building exercise will use a set of innovative UNESCO policy tools, namely a) The Cultural Policy Framework for Mainstreaming Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue In National Development Strategies (2009), b) The Cultural Diversity Programming Lens (rev. 2010) and c) the Cultural and Creative industries Policy Guide (2009). These tools will be tested and adapted through training workshops tailored to the needs of target countries and facilitated by a group of resource persons. The project will also establish a pool of expertise supported by a knowledge-sharing platform on the policy tools, project outcomes, examples of revised policies/programmes and lessons learnt. This electronic platform will be made accessible to participating countries and other interested stakeholders though the UNESCO Culture Sector Portal.