Third UNESCO World Forum on Culture and the Cultural Industries to Be Held in Italy

The third edition of the UNESCO World Forum on Culture and the Cultural Industries will be held October 2 to 4, 2014 in Florence, Italy.

The focus of the 2014 edition will be Culture, Creativity and Sustainable Development. UNESCO is organizing the event in cooperation with the Italian Government and with the support of the Tuscany region and the Municipality of Florence.

Along with other UNESCO initiatives, the Forum intends to ensure that culture and the arts are taken into account in international development policies, while feeding the elaboration process of the post-2015 development agenda.