Agenda 21

Min­is­ter Chris­tine St-Pierre announced on Decem­ber 5th that Que­bec would be the first province to adopt its own Agenda 21 on Cul­ture. Agenda 21 allows us to carve a place for cul­ture in all polit­i­cal actions of the gov­ern­ment; Que­bec is the first province in the world to inte­grate this idea into their sus­tain­able devel­op­ment plans. The move is a response to the Con­ven­tion on the pro­tec­tion and pro­mo­tion of diver­sity of cul­tural expres­sion from UNESCO that pushes states to inte­grate cul­ture into their sus­tain­able devel­op­ment policies.

“Agenda 21 on cul­ture includes an engage­ment char­ter addressed to all play­ers in all sec­tors of soci­ety. This com­mit­ment allows for the join­ing of a col­lec­tive and col­lab­o­ra­tive move­ment that inte­grates cul­ture into sus­tain­able devel­op­ment. Par­tic­i­pants are com­mit­ted to pub­li­cize the prin­ci­ples of Agenda 21 on Cul­ture, imple­ment means to realise these objec­tives, and to share expe­ri­ence and exper­tise through exchange of infor­ma­tion. Any orga­ni­za­tion or per­son that would like to par­tic­i­pate can do so on Agenda 21’s website.”

www.agenda21c.gouv.qc.ca