Main aims:
Inviting civil society actors relevant to and active in pursuing the Convention's aims to participate in compiling the Third Quadrennial Periodic Report; including civil society expertise as part of quality control of the draft report
Target groups:
Civil society actors in the art, cultural and creative sectors; the German Commission for UNESCO expert committee on culture and communication and the advisory board on 'Diversity of Cultural Expressions' as well as members of the Federal Coalition for Cultural Diversity
Expected results:
Soliciting an initial range of views on the 'Top Ten' measures in 2018; collecting and compiling civil society contributions for the 2016-2019 reporting period; providing comments (electronically) for quality control on the first draft of the third report in winter 2019/2020 and reviewing the draft at an expert consultation day; identifying key challenges for the cultural and creative sectors in the next four years (2020 to 2023)
Civil society actors actively involved in drafting the Third Quadrennial Periodic Report through important contributions; key challenges to cultural policy in coming years identified