The IFACCA delegation at MONDIACULT 2025 brought together executive leaders from National Member institutions across all world regions. The IFACCA delegation at MONDIACULT 2025 is a special arrangement between IFACCA and UNESCO, supported by the Ministry of Culture Spain, to attend the conference. Their upcoming participation at MONDIACULT 2025 will underscore IFACCA’s role in fostering international thought leadership and collaboration on critical issues facing the cultural and creative sector. 

Image: IFACCA Delegation at MONDIACULT 2025. Photo courtesy of the National Council of Culture and Arts, Catalonia.

Following on the 2022 edition, IFACCA’s Dossier for MONDIACULT 2025: Charting the future: Culture as our compass draws on the knowledge and expertise of the Federation – and informed by discussions and deliberations during the 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture as summarised in our Summit report – this Dossier offers our perspective on priorities and considerations for the future as a contribution to MONDIACULT 2025. The Dossier presents a set of key findings and recommendations related to the issues faced by our National Members worldwide.

IFACCA is proud to be a partner and recognises MONDIACULT 2025 as a pivotal moment to come together for governments and policymakers from around the world to set priorities and prepare the case for culture within a post-2030 development agenda.

Read the Dossier here

IFACCA hosted a side event at MONDIACULT 2025 titled Sustainable pathways for charting the future of arts and culture: In conversation with public agencies in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Spain. It brought together leaders from Ministries of Culture and arts councils worldwide to collectively assess opportunities and challenges towards reimagining sustainable pathways for the value of culture, its investment and diverse types of support. Please note that this side event is happening during the MONDIACULT 2025 conference and is only open to MONDIACULT 2025 registered delegates. 

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IFACCA’s side event here 

IFACCA hosted member activities at MONDIACULT 2025 including regional chapter meetings in collaboration the Ministry of Culture of Spain and supported by Consell Nacional de la Cultura i de les Arts – CoNCA (National Council of Culture and Arts, Catalonia). 

IFACCA is also involved in other side events as knowledge partners, and we will be updating this page with more information as it becomes available.

The IFACCA delegation at MONDIACULT brought together executive leaders from 27 National Members across all world regions, who received special invitations to attend the conference in person.

Their participation underscored IFACCA’s role in fostering international thought leadership and collaboration on critical issues facing the cultural and creative sector.

Image: IFACCA Delegation at MONDIACULT 2022. Photo courtesy of INBAL - Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura.

From Symbolic Acknowledgement To Tangible Recognition: Pathways to harness the values of culture, IFACCA’s dossier for MONDIACULT 2022 framed the collective response of our Members to the fast-evolving realities in which they strive to build a more sustainable and inclusive future for the cultural and creative sectors. The Dossier delineates the key values of culture; makes the case for activating and sustaining various pathways and actions to recognise these values; and presents a set of recommendations related to the issues faced by our National Members worldwide.

Led by the Government of Mexico and IFACCA, this global civil society consultation invited cultural voices worldwide to contribute ideas and priorities for MONDIACULT 2022. The initiative provided an open, participatory platform for artists, creatives, and cultural professionals to share their visions for future cultural policies. Supported by CECUT, Universidad Panamericana, Universidad Iberoamericana, and NACDI, the resulting report reflected diverse regional perspectives and was presented to governments at the UNESCO World Conference.

Re-Shifting Centres and Peripheries: Towards a new sustainability paradigm is the report of Share Your Voice for MONDIACULT: Global Virtual Open Mic civil society consultation process for MONDIACULT 2022. The report, prepared by IFACCA, includes the vital contribution from artists, cultural workers, researchers, organisations, and networks, integrating their perspectives and shared roles in the important debate about the future sustainability of arts, culture and heritage. This public report was presented to UNESCO and the official delegates of MONDIACULT 2022.