The Conclusions and Propositions of the U40 Americas Meeting

Held May 19-21 in Montreal, the U40 Americas meeting brought together 30 young professionals (cultural policy experts, cultural practitioners, communication experts, legal experts, emerging scholars from 11 North, Central and South American countries), each active members of civil society, government or the private sector, for two-and-a-half days of discussions focusing on three themes associated with effective implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005):

1) Integrating culture into sustainable development;

2) Promoting the principles and objectives of the Convention in other forums;

3) Adapting cultural policy models to the challenges of the digital era.

Please click here to see the proposals and conclusions and for more information about the U40 Americas initiative : http://www.cdc-ccd.org/U40-Ameriques-rencontre-de?lang=en.