What is Mondiacult? 6 take-aways from the world’s biggest cultural policy gathering
CULTURE’S status in global society got a major boost in 2022 when it was recommended to become its own sustainable development goal. This happened at the Unesco World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – called Mondiacult. The world’s most important cultural policy gathering took place in Mexico City 40 years after its first edition in the same city. The 2022 meeting gathered 2,600 participants including 135 government ministers, 83 non-governmental organisations, 32 intergovernmental organisations and nine UN agencies. Author RIBIO NZEZA BUNKETI BUSE, Associate Professor, University of Kinshasa Mondiacult is important because it’s a decision-making meeting that helps…