The Climate Heritage Network will be represented at this event by Julianne Polanco, CHN Co-Chair.
The event will be held at 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT / 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm CET. Event registration is here.
Culture is now recognized as the fourth pillar of sustainable development, and cultural and creative industries (CCI) are being celebrated in 2021 through the UN International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development.
With a unique ability to support resilience and wellbeing – acutely observed during the COVID19 pandemic – the cultural sector has an undeniable potential to make a major contribution to delivering the SDGs.
Beyond the impacts that the cultural fields, including heritage and art, have in and of themselves, partnerships involving cultural actors can also increase the impact of wider policies, everywhere from climate action to community cohesion and public health. Meaningful partnerships, based on accountability and inclusiveness, can lead not only to a more sustainable future for heritage, art, and cultural institutions at large, but also reinforce their ability to enhance our resilience and wellbeing.
Beyond the impacts that the cultural fields, including heritage and art, have in and of themselves, partnerships involving cultural actors can also increase the impact of wider policies, everywhere from climate action to community cohesion and public health. Meaningful partnerships, based on accountability and inclusiveness, can lead not only to a more sustainable future for heritage, art, and cultural institutions at large, but also reinforce their ability to enhance our resilience and wellbeing.
This event is being organised in the framework of the 2021 UN High Level Political Forum. It will look at how partnerships with the culture sector can accelerate sustainable development in the Decade of Action, while supporting the cultural life of our communities, and safeguarding our heritage for future generations. What partnership models are possible? How can unique strengths be combined? What lessons can be shared?
This session will bring together representatives of local and national governments, civil society and experts, each with experiences that can help build a global sense of how partnering through culture can power resilient and inclusive recovery.
Speakers:
Mayor Tunc Soyer, Izmir, Turkey
Mayor Peter Kurz, Mannheim, Germany
Hyung Koo Han, Secretary General, Korean National Commission for UNESCO
Stephen Wyber, Manager, Policy and Advocacy, IFLA
Jordi Pasciual, Coordinator, UCLG Culture Committee and Culture 2030 Goal Campaign
Pamela Jerome, Treasurer General, ICOMOS
Patricia O’Donnell, President, OurWorldHeritage Foundation
Stephen Stenning, Global Partnership of Mayors/British Council
Julianne Polanco, Co-Chair, Climate Heritage Network
Doris Sommer, Founder and Faculty, Cultural Agents
Katey Warran, Research Fellow, UCL
Moderator: Ege Yildirim
The high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) is the core United Nations platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The meeting of the HLPF in 2021 will be held from Tuesday, 6 July, to Thursday, 15 July 2021, under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council under the theme: “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development: building an inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”.