Consultation process

As a part of the Culture and Diversity Programme's research project into culture, cultural policy and development, a number of consultative processes are being launched between March and November 2008.


Questionnaires and written submissions

Questionnaires are being distributed to those with even a small interest in culture. Participants do not need to come from a background of close involvement with culture or the arts, and indeed the process is targeted at a wide audience including, for example, Commonwealth governments, development-oriented CSOs and interested individuals from the sector.

Click here to answer the questionnaire online.

Or download the questionnaire from the bottom of this page and return it by mail or email to Mark Nowottny, Culture and Diversity Programme Researcher, at m.nowottny@commonwealth.int no later than Friday 1st August. Please contact him at 020 7747 6469 for further information.

Short Consultation Series

A series of short consultations will be run across the Commonwealth.

  • 'Culture in Development': Consultation with Civil Society Advisory Committee of the Commonwealth Foundation (London, United Kingdom, March 2008). This document can now be downloaded from the bottom of this page.
  • 'Making Cultural Policy Work': Consultation with government and civil society representatives (Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2008).
  • Future consultations in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and/or the Pacific region.

Please check back here for reports of the key findings and recommendations of each consultation.

Advisory workshop

Experts in the field are expected to meet for aone-day workshop in June 2008 toadvise the Culture and Diversity Programme on future courses of action.

E-Consultation

The Commonwealth Foundation invites you to participate in its online discussion and post a reply on one of four topics:

  • Is culture really the missing link in development?
  • What's the creative sector like in your country?
  • Culture and trade: friends or enemies?
  • Culture: creative force or drag on progress?

Click here to take part in the e-consultation.

'Sharing Strengths': Seminar on the UNESCO Convention

In March 2008 a high-level seminar met at Marlborough House to discuss the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Click here for further details of the Commonwealth Foundation's emerging work on the UNESCO Convention.


Related Documents
Commonwealth Foundation Report: Sharing Strengths 163 KB)
'Culture in Development': consultation with the Civil Society Advisory Committee 62 KB)
Questionnaire: Culture and Development (PDF) 94 KB)