In 2009 the Committee on culture published the report “Culture, local governments and Millennium Development Goals”, available on-line at www.agenda21culture.net. The report provided evidence of policies and programmes that consider culture as a resource in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). An outstanding finding emerges: there is a correlation between successful national and local strategies to achieve MDGs, and explicit consideration of culture as a dimension in development.

In September 2010 the General Assembly of United Nations will meet in New York and review the progress towards the MDGs. The Summit will have an extraordinary impact. The Committee on culture believes that the cultural sector needs to advocate for this cause: the integration of a culture dimension in policies and programmes aiming to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. We believe UCLG can contribute to this cause.

The Committee on culture is elaborating a document on this issue, so that it is used in the advocacy campaign of UCLG for the Summit on MDGs. Please find enclosed the draft document. We invite you to send any comment or observation before 10 June 2010. Should you require any further information, please, do not hesitate to send a message to [email protected] or phone +34 933 161 009.

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Draft document

http://www.bcn.cat/cultura/agenda21cultura/circular/c40_Comments_Commitee_on_culture_MDGs_en.pdf