UNESCO-Aschberg Programme for Artists and Cultural ...

exports of cultural services. Artistic exchanges also remain unequal, with freedom of movement varying depending on the country of citizenship and on access to funding, projects and programmes that encourage mobility. The UNESCO-Aschberg Programme thus supports national policies and measures to facilitate a balanced flow of cultural goods and services and promote the mobility of artists and cultural professionals from the Global South. This work stems from Article 16 of the UNESCO 2005 [...] Fostering equitable access to global markets for cultural goods and services, as well as facilitating transborder mobility of artists and cultural professionals is also a critical dimension of supporting their status while also promoting balanced cultural exchanges. Yet, according to the UNESCO 2022 Global Report Re|shaping Policies for Creativity, trade from least developed countries makes up less than 0.5% of global exchanges of cultural goods, whereas the Global North dominates 95% of total [...] Balanced Flow of Cultural Goods and Services Developed countries shall facilitate cultural exchanges with developing countries by granting, through the appropriate institutional and legal frameworks, preferential treatment to artists and other cultural professionals and practitioners, as well as cultural goods and services from developing countries. ### We thank our donors Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche x Rossy de Palma ## Contact For additional information, please contact: aschberg@unesco.org