UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Culture and UNESCO’s mandate

TANGIBLE HERITAGE

includes monuments, archaeological sites, movable and immovable objects, underwater heritage, historic cities and cultural landscapes

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

includes oral traditions and expressions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge about nature and the universe, and traditional craftsmanship

NATURAL HERITAGE AND BIODIVERSITY

ARTISTIC CREATIVITY

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

Culture and sustainable development:

ways in which culture contributes to the 5 Ps

PEOPLE

Identity and knowledge: cultural assets are protected and safeguarded

Inclusion and participation: access to cultural life and diverse cultural expressions is supported

Artistic freedom, creativity and innovation are nurtured

PLANET

Natural heritage and biodiversity are protected

Positive relationships between cultural and natural environments are strengthened

Resilience, including cultural resilience, is enhanced

PROSPERITY

Livelihoods based on culture and creativity are enhanced

Openness and balance in the trade of cultural goods and services is achieved

PEACE

Cultural diversity and social cohesion are promoted

Sense of identity and belonging is enhanced

Restitution of cultural goods and rapprochement are promoted

PARTNERSHIP

Governance of culture is transparent, participatory and informed

Safeguarding tangible and intangible heritage

Global trade of cultural goods and mobility of creative producers

Global inequities in the safeguarding and promotion of culture are reduced

ANNEX |UNESCO CONVENTIONS AND THE SDGS GOAL TARGET NARRATIVE

GOAL 2: END HUNGER, ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY AND IMPROVED NUTRITION AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality

GOAL 4: ENSURE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND PROMOTE LIFE-LONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL

4.4By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

4.7By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

GOAL 5: ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS

5.5Ensure women’s full and elective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

5.cAdopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels

GOAL 6: ENSURE AVAILABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL

6.6By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes

GOAL 8: PROMOTE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL

8.3Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

8.9By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products

GOAL 10: REDUCE INEQUALITY WITHIN AND AMONG COUNTRIES

10.aImplement the principle of special and differential treatment for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, in accordance with World Trade Organization agreements

GOAL 11: MAKE CITIES AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCLUSIVE, SAFE, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE

11.4Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

11.bBy 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels

GOAL 13: TAKE URGENT ACTION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT

13.1Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

GOAL 14: CONSERVE AND SUSTAINABLY USE THE OCEANS, SEAS AND MARINE RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

14.5By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information

14.7By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island Developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism

GOAL 15: PROTECT, RESTORE AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE USE OF TERRESTRIAL, ECOSYSTEMS, SUSTAINABLY MANAGE FORESTS, COMBAT DESERTIFICATION, AND HALT AND REVERSE LAND DEGRADATION AND HALT BIODIVERSITY LOSS

15.1By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements

GOAL 16: PROMOTE PEACEFUL AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ALL AND BUILD EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTABLE AND INCLUSIVE INSTITUTIONS AT ALL LEVELS

16.4By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organized crime

16.7Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels16.10Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements

16.aStrengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime

GOAL 17: STRENGTHEN THE MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND REVITALIZE THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

17.9Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

17.14Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development17.16Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

17.17Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships

17.19By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

UNESCO’s multidisciplinary approach:

an asset for the SDGs

1.COMMUNICATION SECTOR: Develop synergies to enhance fundamental freedoms through the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, in the context of the implementation of the 2005 Convention, in particular in regard to artistic freedom.

2.EDUCATION SECTOR:Integrate intangible cultural heritage into education programmes to help address key education challenges, including peace education, global citizenship education and education for the prevention of violent extremism.

3.INTERSECTORAL PARTNERSHIP ON CITIES:Enhance the sustainability of cities through policy advice, technical assistance and capacity-building, drawing on UNESCO’s long-standing normative and operational experience in the fields of education, sciences, culture and development.

4.INTERGOVERNMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC):Contribute to an improved ocean literacy, a better conservation of coastal and marine areas, and increase economic benefits to SIDS and LDCs through the sustainable use of marine resources, especially through tourism in the context of the 1972 and 2001 Conventions.

5.UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS (UIS):As the UNESCO Focal Point for monitoring target 11.4, the UIS will administer a global survey to collect internationally-comparable data needed to construct SDG Indicator 11.4.1 to allow for an improved understanding of the importance of cultural and natural heritage to the national economy.

UNESCO Prize on Culture

The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes, created in 1995, promotes good practices in integrated conservation and sustainable management of cultural landscapes in communities worldwide.