Murmures

FARIDA SHAHEED Special Rapporteur of the United Nations in the field of Cultural Rights

 "In our ever-faster, more globalized and technological world, it is time to pause and seriously think whether the development path we are rushing down is in fact sustainable or even desirable. For progress to be sustainable we must shift from conceiving of, planning for and implementing development in disconnected siloes to a more holistic approach conjoining the environmental, economic and social dimensions of development in a single embrace. Culture, increasingly recognised as a driver of the economy, is the threads intertwining these dimensions. Imbedded in the very fabric of our lives, culture can both facilitate and obstruct ownership of development agendas, promoting or impeding success…"

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