The missing goal? The place of culture in SDG implementation today and tomorrow
Channel: IFLA
Date: 12/07/2023

The UN Secretary General’s report on progress against the SDGs in 2023 has underlined both the potential of culture – from creators and institutions, to the underlining attitudes and beliefs that shape behaviour – to accelerate the achievement of the Goals.

Yet despite this, there is no culture goal, risking the under-valuation and under-integration of culture in the planning and delivery of development policies.

This session, organised by partners in the Culture2030Goal campaign, offered an opportunity to think together about an alternative – what if there had been a culture goal? What would it look like, how would it fit within the whole, and what might it mean in terms of national implementation of the SDGs?

Speakers:

John Crowley (independent)
Jordi Pascual (UCLG Culture Committee)
Bretony Colville (ICOMOS)
Jorge do Prado (FEBAB Brazil)

Key links:
Culture2030Goal resources (including zero draft of a culture goal): https://culture2030goal.net/resources 
UCLG Culture Committee: https://www.agenda21culture.net/
ICOMOS work on the SDGs: https://www.icomos.org/en/focus/un-sustainable-development-goals
IFLA Library Map of the World: https://librarymap.ifla.org/stories