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04015 As part of its operational functions at country level under both biennial sectoral priorities,
Major Programme IV will further develop “showcase” projects designed around the coordinated
implementation of the various instruments and programming tools, notably through the MDG-F
extrabudgetary-funded projects, and contributions to United Nations common country processes.
04016 Efforts to mainstream culture into national poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) and joint assistance
strategies (JASs), with particular attention to the roll-out UNDAF countries, and new countries joining
the “Delivering as One” exercise will be reinforced. The sector will also continue to assist countries
wishing to take a Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) in the area of culture.
04017 Action to increase South-South and North-South-South cooperation will be a feature of assistance
to developing countries in fulfilling national development strategies. Cooperation with regional
organizations such as the African Union will be enhanced with a view to supporting regional integration
strategies. Special attention will be given to the needs of disempowered and marginalized communities
in LDCs and SIDS, and especially to indigenous peoples. Particular attention will be paid to developing
the capacities of African Member States to protect and promote their cultural heritage and diversity of
cultural expressions. Specific activities, including capacity-building, will be geared to the empowerment
of women and girls as visible actors in the promotion of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue.
04018 Given UNESCO’s unique mandate in the field of culture, Major Programme IV will strengthen
its collaboration with other Major Programmes with a view to maximizing delivery and impact.
Collaboration with Major Programme I will focus on the development of intercultural competences
as a contribution to education for sustainable development and on the implementation of flagship
dialogue programmes such as the Slave Route and Pedagogical Utilization of the General Histories,
World Heritage in Young Hands, culture-related category 2 centres and UNESCO Chairs, as well as on
museums and arts education. Collaboration with Major Programme II will centre on natural disaster
prevention and mitigating the effects of climate change on World Heritage properties and Biosphere
Reserves, as well as the environmental challenges to urban areas. It will also collaborate with the LINKS
programme on indigenous knowledge systems for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and
sustainable management of natural heritage sites. Work to address the interrelated cultural, economic,
social and environmental challenges to urbanization and governance and work to promote cultural
diversity as a vector for interaction among cultures to counter discrimination and intolerance will be
the main focus of collaboration with Major Programme III, while actions to promote the development
of multilingual contents in cyberspace, build an open access Global Platform on Culture and
Development, advance the data collection and analysis based on the UNESCO Revised International
Framework for Cultural Statistics and facilitate digital access to the UNESCO Histories and Routes of
Dialogue documents will be the principal features of collaboration with Major Programme V.
04019 The sector will work closely with all other sectors in developing the intersectoral programme
“Rabindranath Tagore, Pablo Neruda and Aimé Césaire for a Reconciled Universal”.
04020 In order to maximize the impact and visibility of programmatic priorities, emphasis will be placed on
expanding the sector’s network of strategic technical, professional and financial partnerships with key
stakeholders including donor countries, development banks, regional ministerial fora, civil society,
the private sector, IGOs, NGOs and cultural institutions to enlarge support for culture, harnessing its
capital for development and peace. In particular, a new Global Partnership for Museums, will seek to
involve museums and related institutions as vital partners in the implementation of cultural policies
for sustainable development. UNESCO will scale up its partnership with the United Nations Alliance
of Civilizations embodied in the Memorandum of Understanding signed in May 2010, through a series
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