Ppt barcelona-2004

1. Presented at
International Congress on Cultural Rights and
Human Development
23-27 August 2004, Barcelona
Participation and Development:
Asian Perspective

2. Presented by
Prof. Sultan Muhammad Razzak

3. Acknowledge with Thanks to

4. Culture is participation and Participation is culture
Participation is driving force of development
Participation is the measure of human rights

5.  Asia is the home of 65% population of the world.
 More than 1,000 ethnic groups
 Geographic Area over 44 million sq km.
 Melting pot of diversified human cultures
 Asia is the birthplace of the civilization of the world.
Physical position

6.  Now we are at the 21 century
 Digital Era crossed behind the Modern age
 Explosion of technologies is reshaping culture
 Increasing Individualism through connectivity
 Emerging of hybrid culture
Present situation

7.  Asia has the potentiality of globalization
 Huge market with 65% consumers
 People's wisdom, culture are future commodities
 Holding wide sector of resources and market
Asia is important for future

8.  WTO imposing unethical pressure
 Target to Americanized the world
 Monopoly business development
 No equal distribution
 Targeting cultural and intellectual production
 The approach of WTO is aggressive
 Narrowed the rights of other countries
 Narrowed implementation of own cultural policy
 Narrowed artists right
WTO and culture

9.  75% movie business carried out by the Hollywood.
 By the year 2050 English would be a common
language for half of the population of the world.
 Fragmented the national culture
 Creating a hybrid culture
 Promoting English goods
 National culture being occupied by language
Cultural vulnerability

10.  Change of Asia not remarkable
 No common regional policy on culture
 No political commitment on culture
 Suffering for individualism
Political situation

11.  A common platform for the Asian Countries.
 Regional long-term regional participatory strategic
planning
 National level participatory cultural strategic
planning.
 Cultural exchange and cultural business policy
Needs for Asia is Participation

12.  Global situation and find out possible emerging
situation critically.
 Importance of Cross-understanding,
 Culture vs. Globalization,
 Regional promotion and exchange
 Participatory action and partnership
Considering issues

13.  An assessment of cultural policies of Asian countries
 Country-wise situation analyses
 Finding out conflicting areas and conflict of interest
 Finding out cultural resources
 Market analyses
 “Asian Cultural March” for regional mobilization
Participatory actions for NGO

14.  Development of Asian Cultural Charter
 Governments of Asian Countries should ratify
 Development of Asian long term Asian cultural
strategic planing
 Establishment of Asian cultural exchange and
commerce alliance (ACECA)
Participatory actions for GO/NGO

15. Thanks
Forum for Culture and Human Development