terça-feira, 29 de setembro de 2015

A CULTURA NOS OBJETIVOS DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL




 A «culture ACTION europe», tem posição sobre a cultura no Documento dos Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável.   Um excerto da comunicação sobre isso mesmo:
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2. Shortcomings The - “The Future We Want Includes Culture” campaign leaders remain concerned, however, that the Outcome Document falls short of a full understanding and affirmation of the importance of culture to sustainable development. As the campaign has consistently underlined in several documents, culture is a driver and an enabler of sustainable development. Culture is one of the four dimensions of sustainable development, and is as essential as its economic, social and environmental dimensions. Holistic and integrated development will only be achieved when the values of creativity, heritage, knowledge and diversity are factored into all approaches to sustainable development. This means guaranteeing the availability and accessibility of cultural infrastructure (such as, but not limited to, libraries, museums, theatres, community centres, arts education centres) and the implementation of long-term cultural programmes and projects. Whilst Transforming Our World integrates some references to cultural aspects, it fails to fully take into account the evidence gathered by the international community over the past two decades, of the positive role of culture in development. In this respect, culture is referenced explicitly in only four of the 169 targets which will make up the SDGs. Finally, there are no assurances that the Post-2015 Development Agenda will be fully funded. According to UN estimates, for the new goals to be met will require as much as $11.5 trillion per year. UNCTAD has also estimated that the total investment needs in developing countries amounts to $3.3-4.5 trillion annually, which when compared to current investment shows a gap of $1.9-3.1 trillion per year. (...)». Leia na integra.


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