January. Organisation of Culture 21 Plus tests in the UCLG Eurasia and UCLG MEWA (Middle East and West Asia) regions.
February. 17-21 February, UCLG Annual Retreat & Campus in Barcelona.
Celebration of 22th the annual meeting of the Culture Committee on 27 February, online (see the report in this page).
March. Publication of the Committee’s contribution to the 7th Global Report on Local Democracy and Decentralisation (GOLD VII): “How cultural rights can enable practices of care”.
First Agora meeting of the Culture 2030Goal campaign, on 24 March, and implementation of the “Roadmap 2025” of the campaign.
April. Approval of the Culture 21 Plus, our global toolkit on Cultural Rights in Sustainable Development, at the UCLG Executive Bureau in Seville.
May. Celebration of the 21th anniversary of the Agenda 21 for culture on 8 May, online. Release of this poster.
July. Global advocacy on the Culture Goal: #Culture2030Goal side-events in the context of the UN HLPF 2025.
Publication of the report “Culture in the 2025 Voluntary National Reviews: Culturally informed, culturally grounded, culturally powered”.
Launch of the document “The Culture Goal in brief”.
September. Organisation of the 6th UCLG Culture Summit in Barcelona. Release of the Statement “Culture is Always in the Answer” and the final report.
Culture2030Goal campaign: launch of the documents “The Culture Goal, from Necessity to Reality” and “The Analytical Report on the Culture Goal, its Targets and Indicators”, at the UCLG Culture Summit on 27 September 2025.
Global advocacy on the Culture Goal: #Culture2030Goal side-events in the context of UNESCO’s Mondiacult 2025 (29-30 September and 1 October 2025).
Contribution to the Civic Agora, organised by the City Council of Barcelona, the Government of Catalonia, the Provincial Council of Barcelona and the Ministry of Culture of Spain
December. Launch of the 7th edition of the International Award UCLG – Mexico City – Culture 21.
Agora meeting of the Culture2030Goal campaign, 11 December, online.
Addition of new good practices to the OBS of good practices.
