The guide ‘Agency, participation and solidarity: People-centred sustainable development - A guide for museums and cultural institutions’ encourages a deeper understanding of sustainable development as a dynamic, rights-based, and transformational process that goes beyond environmental concerns to include human rights, social justice, and cultural participation. It aims to equip museums and decision-makers with practical tools, quality guidance, and reference frameworks to embed sustainability into their work in meaningful and impactful ways.
Key features of the guide include:
- A focus on both bottom-up participation and top-down enabling environments.
- Clear connections between museum work and international frameworks such as the UN’s Our Common Agenda (2021) and the Pact for the Future (2024).
- An emphasis on culture’s integral role in sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Insight into the risks of shallow or misapplied sustainability practices.
- A call for transformative action to build a fairer, more sustainable future.
Section 3.5 of the guide refers to NEMO’s own Barometer on political interference in museum. If you haven’t already, check out NEMO’s new page dedicated to the independence of museums.
