The results of this pilot project will provide valuable lessons for other developing countries wanting to invest in strengthening the performance and competitiveness of their creative industries as a way of reducing poverty and promoting sustainable economic and social development.

UNESCO: Culture

The Director-General also discussed the important role of culture and development in creating jobs and promoting social inclusion, peace and reconciliation.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Promoting literacy for all as a tool for personal empowerment and social and human development.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Literacy

New technologies are an effective tool to generate opportunities for development, which will help to reduce the asymmetries between the regions and the cities, promoting social, economic and cultural inclusion of disadvantaged sectors of the population.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Dr. Som Somuny, president of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences and chair of the conference, emphasized the important role of Bilingual Education in promoting learning for sustainable development.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN PHNOM PENH

It combines natural and social sciences, economics and education to improve human livelihoods and safeguard natural ecosystems, thus promoting innovative approaches to economic development that is socially and culturally appropriate and environmentally sustainable.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples