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Culture and Public Policy for Sustainable Development

Continued from Page14 cators combine a variety of data, thematic overview is the exact municate, inform, and raise aware-
including quantitative and quali- example of how culture, creativity, ness on the importance of creativ-
The Culture | 2030 Framework tative indicators, and will rely as and knowledge can foster innova- ity, culture, knowledge for innova-
The Culture|2030 indicators is a much as possible on existing data tion, or the fact that the creative tion and sustainable development.
framework consisting of thematic sources within a society. All data industry in synergy with the knowl- By doing this we start the dialogue
indicators that intend to measure collected in Aruba will contribute edge economy can stimulate in- and provide fact-based evidence
and monitor the progress of cul- to the formation of a global over- novation in societies. This report on global and regional develop-
ture’s enabling contribution to the view of the state of progress of the can serve so much information and ments on these topics, so that to-
national and local implementa- contribution of culture to the 2030 tools for government officials, gov- gether we can make a difference
tion of the Goals and targets of Agenda and also within the Carib- ernment institutions, local NGOs, in our community. In the coming
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable bean region. education institutions, academic months the Creative Islander will
Development, both as a sector of institutions, community organiza- break down the Culture| 2030
activity, and transversally across The framework is divided into four tions, and the overall civil society, framework into smaller pieces ac-
other sectors. In short, this means dimensions (sections), which in- on how to draft grant proposals, cording to the four dimensions.
that Aruba can use this framework clude: environment and resilience; policy reports, project proposals Special attention will be drawn to
to measure the contribution of cul- prosperity and livelihoods; knowl- and research projects. how Aruba can use current best
ture in the implementation of the edge and skills; and inclusion and practices to solidify this new shift in
SDGs. It reaches out extensively to participation. Each section is fur- The “Creative Islander” and the the cultural sector. So, stay tuned
all economic, social, infrastructural ther clustered in sub group themes, Culture | 2030 Framework for more dialogue on how culture
and environmental horizons within which are related to the SDG tar- The main purpose of the Creative can accelerate innovative sustain-
a country. The Culture|2030 Indi- gets. This overview of the cultural Islander is to in a critical way com- able development on Aruba.q

Biography - Thaïs G. Franken (24) is a recently graduated Aruban student at the University of Maastricht
(UM). She obtained her graduate double master of science degree in Public Policy and Human Develop-
ment in collaboration with the United Nations University Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute
on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). Back home, on the beautiful island of Aruba, she completed
her Bachelor of Arts in Organization, Governance & Management (OGM) at the University of Aruba (UA),
where she successfully defended her thesis titled “Placing Culture and Creativity at the Heart of the Aru-
ban Sustainable Development”. It was precisely this research project that inspired the emergence of the
“Creative Islander” column in 2018. Thaïs is very passionate about topics such as sustainability, innovation,
culture, creativity, social entrepreneurship and their role in public management. Next to her academic in-
terests, she enjoys reading, writing, dancing and cooking.