Culture 21 Plus
A renewed commitment to making culture central in sustainable cities and communities.
Culture 21 Plus is our framework document, guiding cities and territories to connect culture with
sustainability, human rights and local development.
The Culture 21 Plus Frame, in detail
Culture 21 Plus is structured around 6 fields and 30 thematic areas, covering how culture connects with
rights, communities, prosperity, territories, nature and governance.
It offers cities and local governments worldwide a shared framework, useful to:
- conduct self- assessment processes of the current state of local cultural policies
- design local cultural strategies based on cultural rights and sustainability.
Explore the full framework document.
Culture 21 Plus Initial Roadmap
Culture 21 Plus Initial Roadmap is a new, free of charge, global digital tool that turns your city's cultural
priorities into a concrete action plan — in just a minute!
How it works:
- Choose your cultural priorities.
- Share the cultural vision of your city for 2050 in one sentence.
- An algorithm built on the Culture 21 Plus framework will analyse your input and instantly generate
your tailored initial roadmap
What you get — for free:
- In just a minute, you will receive a 3-page PDF with your Culture 21 Plus Roadmap
- 6 Priority Actions tailored to your city
- 3 Strategic Pathways to work on in the short term
- Options to further engage with the Culture Committee of UCLG and our programmes
Start your journey now!
Built with cities, for cities
Culture 21 Plus was not designed behind a desk. It was co-created with cities and regions from all corners
of the world.
From 2023-2025, through a wide range of consultation and on-site tests, the framework was refined to
reflect the real priorities and challenges that local governments face when placing culture at the heart of
sustainable development. The Culture 21 Plus was approved at the UCLG Executive Bureau in Seville, April
2025.
Do you have questions about the process? Check the FAQs below. In addition, you will find below the
reports from the test workshops that have been carried out.
Built with cities, for cities
Culture 21 Plus was not designed behind a desk. It was co-created with cities and regions from all corners
of the world.
From 2023-2025, through a wide range of consultation and on-site tests, the framework was refined to
reflect the real priorities and challenges that local governments face when placing culture at the heart of
sustainable development. The Culture 21 Plus was approved at the UCLG Executive Bureau in Seville, April
2025.
Do you have questions about the process? Check the FAQs below. In addition, you will find below the
reports from the test workshops that have been carried out.
