In November 2003 the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), published Culture Is Not a Luxury: Culture in Development and Cooperation, a 44-page booklet devoted to the role of culture in development and cooperation efforts. The booklet contains background information, programme guidelines and project examples from Mali, Mozambique, Burkina Fasso, Cuba, Nicaragua, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Romania, Macedonia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. A free PDF version of the entire text is available online HERE. For more information, contact: SDC - Head office Freiburgstrasse 130, 3003 Berne Switzerland Tel.: ++41 31 322 34 75, ++41 31 324 13 48 e-mail: [email protected]