World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

Established by the United Nations in 2002, following UNESCO’s adoption in 2001, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is an occasion to promote culture and highlight the significance of its diversity as an agent of inclusion and positive change. It represents an opportunity to celebrate culture’s manifold forms, whether the tangible and intangible, creative industries, or the diversity of cultural expressions, and how these differences contribute to dialogue, mutual understanding, and the social, environmental, and economic vectors of sustainable development.