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The lack of reliable data collection, measurement and monitoring processes has represented a significant and criticalobstacle adequately recognizing the importance of cultural heritage and creativity.

This insufficiency of evidence, as well as the fragmentation of culture related data, produced by different institutions, have tended to marginalize culture in national and local development strategies and policies as well as providing evidence for funding through multilateral funding mechanisms.

Bringing the data together and setting up more reliable measurement systems is essential to provide a better understanding of the multiple ways culture contributes to the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.

Implementation of the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators is on a voluntary basis by countries and cities. The thematic framework of indicators provides evidence of culture’s transformative role, making it more visible and tangible.

Rather than monitoring the contribution of culture to each relevant SDG Target and SDG indicator, theUNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators consider the contribution of culture across several of the Goals and Targets, with a view to linking them thematically.

By making visible through qualitative and quantitative data the contribution of culture to the Goals and Targets of the 2030 Agenda, theUNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators helps build a coherent and strong narrative on culture and development that is evidence-based and a support to decision makers for evidence-based policies and actions.

The UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators aims to reap the benefits of UNESCO's unique expertise in collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data in the field of culture.

While relying in priority on national statistical institutes, the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators methodoligy seeks 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 organizations. Implementing the framework also allows countries and cities to analise existing data within the UNESCO Culture Conventions and Recommendations periodic reporting as well as the cultural data produced by UIS.

Once the framework is implemented by a city or a country, the data, analytical material and good practices help to build a better understanding through the knowledge base of theCulture|2030 Indicators databank.

The data also contributes to the formation of a global management platform overview of the state of progress of the contribution of culture to the 2030 Agenda and provides evidence-based and analytical material to support the participation of UNESCO in UN-wide reporting mechanisms related to the 2030 Agenda as well as to the Resolutions of the UN General Assembly pertaining to Culture and Development.

TheUNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators framework integrates data from reporting on UNESCO Culture Conventions, Recommendations and programmes. Concepts of sustainable development lie at the core of the UNESCO Culture Conventions and programmes, each of them bringing a specific perspective or focus in line with its individual scope and conceptual framework. With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, all of the Conventions have incorporated relevant SDGs within their implementation and monitoring mechanisms by aligning their concepts and identifying specific SDGs or Targets to be integrated into their results framework.

The summary of the consultation outcomes is included in an Information Document for the occasion of the 207th session of the Executive Board,
(9 - 23 October 2019).