In this way, culture can make an important contribution to achieving the Goals worldwide, including in Europe and in the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (such as Goal 16: Peace, Justice, a Strong Institutions; Goal 4: Quality Education; Goal 8, which includes ensuring the cultural and creative sectors contribute to jobs and growth; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, the sustainable use of natural resources to help achieve Goals 12-15). Sustainable, environmentally friendly resource management should actually be in the interests of all Mediterranean countries. Intercultural and transcultural collaboration, including scientific collaboration, can strengthen and empower civil society organisations and actors in almost all of these areas.
Horizontal cooperation on issues of general concern (such as climate change, migration, and youth culture) can create a new cultural closeness, which has, to some extent, been lost in Euro-Mediterranean civil society circles over recent years, partly due to Europe’s approach to the migration issue. What is meant is inter- and transcultural cooperation that puts people and their social, cultural and economic rights first, while being open, inclusive and sustainable.
What is meant is inter- and transcultural cooperation that puts people and their social, cultural and economic rights first, while being open, inclusive and sustainable.