Culture in Times of COVID-19Resilience, Recovery and Revival

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The culture sector faces a time of great change after weathering the global challenges wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the destructive wake of lost livelihoods and revenue, this report provides a first global assessment of the pandemic's varying impacts across sub-sectors and regions, and presents an integrated policy framework to support the recovery of the sector. Advocating for a paradigm shift in the governance of culture to bolster its resilience and sustainability, the report sets forth collaborative and multidisciplinary action areas to improve the socioeconomic status of artists and cultural professionals, and to nurture an interconnected ecosystem rooted in cultural diversity and creativity. This system-wide approach is supported by key data that underscores the importance of promoting culture as a public good and protecting equality and opportunity across the entire cultural value chain. Culture in Times of COVID-19: Resilience, Recovery and Revival outlines untapped opportunities for stakeholders across government, civil society, and the private and public sectors, and calls for coordinated efforts to fortify the culture sector, secure its resiliency in the future, and unleash its potential as a driver of sustainable and inclusive development.