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Taking into account the results and experiences stemming from the implementation of cultural development cooperation projects financed by the EU (Spanish Cooperation, other Member States and European Commission), the Seminar's primary target will be to encourage the agents responsible for cooperation in partner and donor countries, and in International Organizations, to integrate culture in their development policies. The Seminar will review experiences reflecting that investing in culture is a way to attain diverse objectives in the fight against poverty, and will analyse a series of programmes and projects that can serve as a collection of "best practices". The role of Spain as host country will be to share the large and fruitful experience of the Spanish Cooperation in this field. The Seminar will be open to the contributions of Member States and key multilateral actors concerning their current lines of action towards this matter. The European Commission will seek to further integrate culture in its development policies while emphasizing the key message that culture can be financed not only by establishing culture as a focal sector in the Indicative National Programmes (NIPs), but also by operating along horizontal cooperation lines such as “non-state actors”, “governance”, etc.
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