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Viet Nam and the
City of Hue

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Partners

Implementation of the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators in Viet Nam and the city of Hue is with the support and partnership of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and the Local Government of Thua Thien Hue with UNESCO. The Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS), a research institution under MoCST was chosen as the main counterpart to implement the project at the national level.

The implementation is generously supported by the contributions of the European Union and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) under a co-funded project titled 'Culture 2030 Indicators: Measuring Culture's contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'.

Brief

The UNESCO Thematic Indicators for Culture ( UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators) is a framework of thematic indicators whose purpose is to measure and monitor culture’s enabling contribution to the national and local implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It has been developed with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and other partners.

It provides 22 indicators grouped in four thematic dimensions:

Environment & Resilience

Prosperity & Livelihoods

Knowledge & Skills

Inclusion & Participation

Each dimension is linked to the sustainable development goals and the UNESCO Culture Conventions.

‘SDG 5’ on Gender equality and ‘SDG 17’ on Partnerships are cross-cutting across the dimensions. Additional indicators are also under development to measure culture’s contribution to 'SDG 16 on peacebuilding

Learn more about the framework

UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators Poster EN .pdf

Stakeholders

While relying in priority on national statistical institutes, the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators will seek to bring together a variety of data sources, including from different ministries, observatories and public agencies, information systems for culture, specific barometers, specific national and regional surveys, and professional volunteer organization. The project will also support countries to enhance existing data within the UNESCO Culture Conventions periodic reports as well as the cultural data produced by UIS.

This process is highly collaborative engaging a wide of range of stakeholders involved in the policy spectrum, Ministries, departments, agencies operating in the four thematic dimensions of the framework (e.g. culture, development and planning, education, trade and industry, gender etc.), culture related organizations and networks, civil society and professional organizations, research institutions including academia and national institutes.

Implementation

The implementation of the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators trains and sensitizes national and municipal technical specialists, notably within statistical agencies or cultural institutions, in collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data in the field of culture.

As part of the preparatory phase, Viet Nam and the city of Hue organized their kick off workshop on 10 and 11 November 2021, gathering 32 participants, including representatives and institutions from the national and local authorities, as well as civil society organizations, academics, the private sector, and other competent entities whose work is informed by culture and heritage.

On 19 September 2022, the final restitution workshop for the pilot implementation was organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS) and the Local Government of Thua Thien Hue with UNESCO. The workshop also served to promote results dissemination, encourage policy action at national and urban level, and seek inputs from stakeholders on policy recommendations towards strengthening data collection, measurement, and monitoring for culture.

Learn more about implementation