TOURISM AND CULTURE
Brazil’s G20 presidency champions culture for global equity
T hroughout 2024, Brazil’s Ministry of Culture is chairing the G20 Culture Working Group, committed to making culture a key part of the multilateral agenda and debates among the world’s leading economies. Culture is an essential tool for promoting more inclusive and representative global governance, and for ensuring sustainable development as a pathway to a more democratic and equitable future for all people. In our G20 presidency, we have followed the guidance of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is committed to upholding culture as a strategic tool for better income distribution, more equitable social and human development, addressing and reducing asymmetries among our countries, and expanding dialogue and understanding in the international arena. Thus, the G20 Culture Working Group’s priority agenda has highlighted the interconnection between cultural policies and other public policies in a holistic, decentralised and globally connected manner, addressing environmental, social and global dimensions. MOBILISING THE GLOBAL SOUTH We understand that this is an important moment for the Global South within the G20. We assumed the presidency from India in 2023 and South Africa will have the presidency in 2025. It is, therefore, a very timely moment for us to mobilise the voices of the Global South, as a bridge that connects us with developed countries. The role of the Brazilian presidency has been to seek common paths of understanding and As chair of the G20 Culture Working Group, Brazil aims to integrate culture into global governance, driving inclusive development and sustainable progress
advances on the global cultural agenda, focusing on preserving knowledge and traditions; safeguarding cultural heritage and memory, which have been affected by climate change and its harmful effects; appreciating our various cultural manifestations and expressions in diverse territories and communities including traditional communities, Indigenous peoples, Afro-American populations, peripheral communities, the LGBTQIA+ population, people in downtrodden areas and historically marginalised groups; and
Margareth Menezes, minister of culture, Brazil
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G20 BRAZIL: THE RIO SUMMIT — 2024
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