The World Culture Forum: The Power of Culture in Sustainable Development will be held on 24 - 27 November 2013 in Bali, Indonesia.

World Culture Forum will be launched by the President of Indonesia setting the scene for locating culture firmly within the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

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Leading international agencies and critical thinkers will engage the participants in six themed symposia that will form the overarching framework of WCF 2013:

• Holistic Approaches to Culture in Development

• Civil Society and Cultural Democracy

• Creativity and Cultural Economics

• Culture in Environmental Sustainability

• Sustainable Urban Development

• Inter-Faith Dialogue and Community Building

Follow @Culture_Forum // Invited keynote speakers The World Culture Forum convened by the President of Indonesia in Bali from 24 to 27 November 2013 aspires to recommend:

• New pathways for locating culture as an integral part of sustainable development
• Ethical frameworks for ensuring community engagement and stakeholder benefits
• New participatory models for promoting cultural democracy
• Draft frameworks for evidence based measuring of sustainable cultural development
• Strategic inputs into the framing of Sustainable Development Goals in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

It is envisaged that the World Culture Forum will result in a shared vision and strategic directions to:

• Promote knowledge communities for intercultural, intergenerational and interfaith dialogues
• Further ethical investment and business practices for creative and cultural industries
• Establish clearing houses for people-centered projects and practices, emphasising local knowledge systems
• Draft conceptual frameworks informing the Post 2015 Development Agenda
• Foster corporate governance for evidence based measures in ensuring meaningful outcomes for primary stakeholders