The Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, met today in Paris with the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, to sign the agreement that lays the foundations for Barcelona to host the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development (MONDIACULT) from 29 September to 1 October 2025.
MONDIACULT is the leading international meeting on cultural policy, bringing together the Ministers of Culture from UNESCO's 194 Member States to define the global agenda where culture is placed at the heart of the Global Development Agenda.
“By hosting MONDIACULT 2025, Spain reaffirms its commitment to multilateralism and its support for UNESCO and the values it represents”, Minister Albares said. In fact, Spain has proposed two specific areas of interest for the conference: culture for peace and the relationship between artificial intelligence and culture.
Albares also pointed out that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will play a prominent role in MONDIACULT 2025 by co-organising two pre-conference workshops, one with the Organisation of Ibero-American States, on culture for peace, and the other with SEGIB, on financing culture.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also scheduled four side events, one dedicated to the Culture, Peace and Resilience cluster in Lviv, which was inaugurated in January. The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation's new culture and development strategy, which strengthens Spanish Cooperation's commitment to the promotion of people's cultural rights, will also be presented. Lastly, there will be two events to present the results from the two previous workshops mentioned above.
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