The WORLD CULTURE FORUM 2016
Culture for an inclusive sustainable planet
The World Culture Forum (WCF) 2016 is an initiative organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia, and will be held in Bali, from 10 to 14 October 2016. Previously, the 1st WCF was held in Bali, from 24 to 27 November 2013, organized and hosted by the Government of Indonesia under the patronage of UNESCO. The first World Culture Forum produced the Bali Promise, which was welcomed in the UN General Assembly Resolution 68/223 on 20 December 2013. It highlighted the power of culture as the fourth dimension of sustainable development. Several working groups and high level discussions followed, yet at the release of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 Targets, relevance and place were not given to culture.