ACTIONS
- Protect and safeguard cultural and natural heritage
- Learning and educational opportunities
- Cultural participation/social inclusion
- Sustainable tourism
- Support research
- Employment (recruiting, training, safety)
- Energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions
- Waste management and reduction
- Transport (forms of, energy use)
- Commercial activities including copyright and IP
- Governance and management
- Security, disaster preparedness, risk reduction
- External partnerships and collaborations
SDGs
- Publication/report
- Toolkit/framework/roadmap
- Case studies
Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth
Intended Audience
Those working in the cultural heritage and local development fields
- Rosanna Lewis, Kate Arthurs, Melike Berker, Alex Bishop, Thom Louis, Jo Slack, Stephen Stenning, Helen Thomas and Ian Thomas, British Council
2018
“This report explores the notion of inclusive growth, and the role that heritage can play in contributing to social inclusion and economic growth for sustainable development. It is intended to explore and develop a theory behind the notion that cultural heritage can help build inclusive growth, and to share this approach with the UK sector and countries overseas, as a way of putting UK cultural relations into practice.” (p.6)
Avaiable in
- English
Actions
- Protect and safeguard cultural and natural heritage
- Learning and educational opportunities
- Cultural participation/social inclusion
- Sustainable tourism
- Support research
- Employment (recruiting, training, safety)
- Commercial activities including copyright and IP
- Governance and management
- External partnerships and collaborations
SDGs LINKAGES
Implementing the resource supports a number of SDG targets. Inclusive growth relates to both social and economic aspects of sustainable development (note that environmental aspects of sustainability are not covered in the resource). The focus can be said to be 10.2 (social, economic and cultural inclusion of all).
‘Valuing’ and ‘Sharing’ interventions relate to SDGs 1.4 (access to property and services, including heritage), 5.1 (gender equality), 10.2, 10.3 (removing discriminatory policies), 10.4 (introducing inclusive policies), 11.3 (participatory decision-making), 11.A (links between rural and urban areas), 16.6 (effective, transparent and accountable institutions), 16.7 (inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making), 16.10 (protecting fundamental freedoms, which would include the Right to Development), 16.B (non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development), 17.16 (international partnerships for sustainable development) and 17.17 (multistakeholder partnerships for sustainable development.
‘Learning’ interventions support SDGs 4.3 (vocational education), 4.4 (skills for work), 4.5 (access to education for all), 4.6 (literacy and numeracy), 4.7 (Education for Sustainable Development), 4.A (effective learning environments), 12.8 (information for lifestyles in harmony with nature) and 13.3 (climate education).
‘Protecting’ interventions support SDG 9.1 (develop sustainable infrastructure), SDG 11.4 (protecting and safeguarding cultural and natural heritage) and 11.7 (accessible green and public spaces).
Outcomes of interventions would support, for example, poverty reduction (SDGs 1.1 and 1.2, 10.1), building resilience of impoverished people (SDG 1.5), SDGs 8.1 (sustain per capita economic growth), 8.2 (productivity), 8.3 (support for productive activities), 8.5 (employment and decent work), 8.6 (youth in training, education or employment) and 8.9 (sustainable tourism) and 14.7 (sustainable tourism in island states), and 9.2 (sustainable industrialization).
Policy interventions that support poverty reduction support SDG 1.B, and 17.9 (international support for capacity-
building in developing countries).
Click on the SDG Target to discover Our Collections Matter indicators
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of educational programmes that explore poverty as a multidimensional and complex issue, and that empower people to act to address extreme poverty.
- Number of educational programmes that are targeted towards people living in extreme poverty.
- Proactive steps taken to ensure that all people, including those living in extreme poverty, can access services.
- Promotion of poverty-reducing programmes, locally and worldwide, focussed on those in extreme poverty.
- Proactive support for economically disadvantaged and marginalized people in supply chains.
- Pro-poor decisions incorporated into all forms of operations, including financial decisions.
- Transparency in reporting on the supply chain, incorporating actions to address extreme poverty locally and worldwide.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of programmes drawing on collections (educational, awareness-raising, research, partnerships) that explore poverty as a multidimensional and complex issue, and that empower people to act to address poverty in all its forms.
- Number of educational programmes that are targeted towards people living in poverty.
- Proactive steps taken to ensure that all people, including those living in poverty, can access services.
- Collections development to support such programmes.
- Promotion of poverty-reducing programmes, locally and worldwide.
- Proactive support for economically disadvantaged and marginalized people in supply chains.
- Pro-poor decisions incorporated into all forms of operations, including financial decisions.
- Transparency in reporting on the supply chain, incorporating actions to address poverty locally and worldwide.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Numbers and proportions of people from particular groups using collections in comparison with demographics in broader society.
- Numbers of people accessing collections.
- Number of targeted programmes that aim to enhance access to collections by disadvantaged groups.
- Sustainable tourism that enhances local communities’ access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property (including cultural and natural heritage), as well as to technology and markets.
- Involvement of people from disadvantaged groups in decision-making activities and processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of collecting programmes that aim to build resilience to climate-related events and other shocks and disasters, for example by forming collections that can contribute to related educational and research programmes.
- Number of educational programmes drawing on collections that incorporate resilience perspectives.
- Number of targeted programmes drawing on collections that are aimed at vulnerable groups, to build their resilience to climate-related and other shocks and disasters.
- Number of research programmes drawing on collections that are aimed at building resilience to climate-related and other shocks and disasters.
- Strengthen the resilience of employees, communities and suppliers by paying at a minimum the living wage and offering insurance to employees and their families, such as accident insurance; and by paying fair prices to all suppliers.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of policies and policy frameworks that support targeted, accelerated investment to eradicate poverty.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of learning programmes in schools, colleges and universities that make use of collections.
- Proportion of learning programmes in schools and colleges making use of collections that prioritise disadvantaged areas.
- Gender balance of students in learning programmes.
- Number of programmes using collections that aim to encourage people to participate in education in schools, colleges and universities.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of young people and adults in skills-development activities and programmes drawing on collections, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
- Increase in number of young people and adults in such programmes.
- Number and proportion of staff who have received training in the last year, to better support their contribution to the SDGs.
- Programs and processes in place to ensure the availability of a skilled workforce.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of educational and/or training programmes drawing on collections directed to eliminate gender disparities in education.
- Number of educational and/or training programmes drawing on collections directed to meet the particular needs of persons with disabilities.
- Number of educational and/or training programmes drawing on collections directed to meet the particular needs of Indigenous peoples’ groups.
- Number of educational and/or training programmes drawing on collections directed to meet the particular needs of children in vulnerable situations.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of programmes drawing on collections to support literacy and numeracy among youth.
- Number of programmes drawing on collections to support literacy and numeracy among adults.
- Number of programmes drawing on collections to support literacy and numeracy among marginalized groups.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Numbers of people in each type of programme drawing on collections from different demographic groups.
- Increases in numbers of people in each type of programme from different demographic groups.
- Proportion of people involved in such programmes in relation to overall audience size.
- Evidence that learners have acquired knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number and proportion of education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive.
- Proportion of education facilities that provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all.
- Number and type of initiatives to improve effectiveness of learning environments.
- Support given to other education facilities to make them more inclusive and effective.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Collections development to ensure that collections effectively meet the needs of all, irrespective of sex or gender.
- Number and proportion of educational and participatory programmes that promote participation irrespective of sex or gender.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people making use of collections in relation to the demographic of the local population.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people involved in focused programmes aimed at promoting social, economic and political inclusion.
- Numbers and proportions of girls, women and gender-diverse people from different demographic groups involved in decision-making processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
- Number and types of partnerships that build relationships with people of different sex and gender.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Economic value added to the local economy.
- Number of jobs created, notably for marginalized and under-represented groups.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of innovation-driven projects that aim to enhance or add to the range of activities drawing on collections.
- Staff training initiatives aimed at innovation, skills for enterprise.
- Number of public-facing activities that make use of new or emerging technologies, involving collections.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Development-oriented policies in place for the range of activities, or development-oriented considerations are included in other policies.
- Number of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises supported.
- Number and proportion of formalised arrangements with micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises.
- Total value of financial services or financial support provided to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Increase in number of people in full and productive employment relating to collections, through job creation and recruitment.
- Increase in proportion of existing staff working with collections in productive employment.
- Increase in number of men, women, young people and persons with disabilities in development and training programmes drawing on collections that support them in employment.
- Removal of pay disparities by gender and/or other status for those working with collections.
- Policies and plans in place to ensure that all suppliers and others in the supply chain are in decent and productive work.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of young people in employment, education or training relating to collections.
- Number of people in dedicated programmes relating to collections, who would otherwise not be in employment, education or training.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Numbers of jobs created or supported that relate to sustainable tourism drawing on local products (e.g. craft producers).
- Develop and implement plans to reduce and remove negative impacts of tourism.
- Numbers of activities and/or products drawing on local culture.
- Value to artisans and source communities of activities and products drawing on local culture.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Development of research-useful collections to support reliable, sustainable and resilient use by researchers and others.
- Number and proportion of collections facilities and stores that support economic development and human well-being.
- Number and proportion of collections facilities and stores that provide affordable and equitable access for all.
- Investment in collections facilities.
- Inclusion of collections information in regional and transborder initiatives, notably via digital access for discoverability.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of products and services developed, either alone or in partnership, that contribute to the green economy in some way.
- Number of jobs created, and working hours spent, that contribute to the green economy.
- Number of partnerships that produce products and services that add value to the economy, and that have positive social and environmental impacts.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Policies in place for fair pay in line with national recommendations.
- Policies in place to ensure equal pay for equal value.
- Policies in place, and reporting mechanisms in place, to ensure transparent information on inequality within organisations, and to address inequality in income.
- Policies in place to actively support markets and market access for low-income groups and populations, at any point in the value chain.
- Targeted programmes to support those on lowest incomes, and zero income.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Collections development to ensure that collections effectively meet the needs of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
- Number and proportion of educational and participatory programmes that promote participation irrespective of social or other status.
- Numbers and proportions of people making use of collections in relation to the demographic of the local population.
- Numbers and proportions of people involved in focused programmes aimed at promoting social, economic and political inclusion.
- Numbers and proportions of people from different demographic groups involved in decision-making processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
- Number and types of partnerships that build relationships with marginalized groups, individuals and communities.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Identification of discriminatory policies and practices, with clear plans to address these, to ensure equal opportunity for all and reduce inequalities of outcome.
- Collections development to uphold and promote legislation and anti-discriminatory perspectives, with the aim of reducing inequality within and between countries.
- Education and participatory programmes that promote anti-discriminatory legislation, policies and action, with the aim of reducing inequality within and between countries.
- Research that supports anti-discriminatory legislation, policies and action, with the aim of reducing inequality within and between countries.
- Participation in partnerships that promote anti-discriminatory legislation, policies and action, with the aim of reducing inequality within and between countries.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number and proportion of policies that proactively address equality issues relating to fiscal, wage and social protection considerations.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically.
- Plans in place for collections-based institutions to facilitate the incorporation of communities’ views into local planning and town management processes in a regular way.
- Plans in place for collections-based institutions to facilitate the incorporation of minorities’ views into local planning and town management processes in a regular way.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Total expenditure (public and private) per capita spent on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by type of heritage.
- Plans, policies and procedures in place for the safe use of collections for a variety of purposes, protecting and safeguarding both collections and those who use them.
- Plans, policies and procedures in place for the identification, safeguarding and protection of cultural and natural heritage at risk.
- Collecting programmes in place to protect, safeguard and make use of cultural and natural heritage, addressing the needs of communities and stakeholders, and ensuring that collections can be an effective resource for sustainable development.
- Number and diversity of educational, awareness-raising, research programmes, and partnerships that aim to strengthen protection of cultural and natural heritage.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Numbers of people accessing collecting institutions from different demographic groups, notably women, children, older people and persons with disabilities.
- Increases in numbers of people accessing collecting institutions from different demographic groups.
- Measures taken to remove barriers to access green and public spaces.
- Extent of green space provided by collections institutions.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Considerations of regional economic, social and environmental trends and risks incorporated into collecting institutions’ planning.
- Participation in local and regional planning, to foster access to services, cultural participation, prevent exclusion, and support equitable urbanisation.
- Ensure data collection and metrics can be useful for planning in conjunction with other sectors and between urban and rural areas.
- Number of outreach and other activities that promote awareness and accessibility of collecting institutions in urban and rural areas, and that promote awareness of regional development plans and risks, with opportunities for people and communities to input into such plans.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development (including climate change education) are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment.
- Extent to which global citizenship education and education for sustainable development (including climate change education) are mainstreamed in formal, informal and non-formal education programmes and activities drawing on and related to collections.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Plans in place to enhance positive contributions to addressing climate change through use of collections. Plans in place to ensure collections, collections institutions and broader society can adapt effectively to climate change.
- Plans in place for effective education and awareness raising on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.
- Plans in place to reduce negative contributions of collections-related functions, e.g. measuring greenhouse emissions with plans and targets in place to reduce them.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number of activities that support sustainable tourism relating to Small Island developing States and least developed countries.
- Economic benefits by value to Small Island Developing States and least developed countries.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Proportion of the population [audience/users/non-users] satisfied with their last experience of public services.
- Access to information, and accountability policies and mechanisms, in place.
- Effective institutional arrangements, both for own working and for working in partnership with other sectors, in place.
- Plans and arrangements in place for extraordinary circumstances such as natural and human-caused disasters.
- Effective arrangements in place to fulfil legal and social obligations and responsibilities.
- Effective arrangements in place for transparent communication and reporting of institutional performance.
- Effective arrangements in place for transparent decision-making and accountability.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions.
- Proportion of population [audience/users/non-users] who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group.
- Decision-making addresses societal, environmental and economic challenges related to the community, considering short-term and long-term risks and opportunities.
- Decision-making draws on diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and interests, reflecting a broad base of stakeholders, and working to promote inclusion and provide effective services for all of society.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information.
- Plans in place, and plans implemented to enhance public access to information relating to collections.
- Plans in place, and plans implemented to support fundamental freedoms, in line with human rights, national and international agreements and legislation.
- Plans and procedures in place for public access to information relating to the operation and management of collections-based institutions.
- Complaint mechanism in place for public to use where public access to information and fundamental freedoms not supported or fulfilled.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number and diversity of international capacity-building activities to aid implementation of each and all of the SDGs.
- Number and diversity of North-South, South-South, and/or triangular co-operations and partnerships to aid implementation of each and all of the SDGs.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of global and international multi-stakeholder partnerships that share collection-related knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to address the SDGs, or that otherwise involve collections-based organisations and institutions.
- Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of global and international multi-stakeholder partnerships involving developing countries that share collection-related knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to address the SDGs.
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Our Collections Matter indicators:
- Amount of United States dollars committed to public-private and civil society partnerships.
- Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of local, national and regional multi-stakeholder (public, public-private and civil society) partnerships that address the SDGs drawing on collections, or that otherwise involve collections-based organisations and institutions.