Nhimbe Trust’s Governance for Culture Tracker is a tracking mechanism for Nhimbe’s policy programming.
It takes a two-pronged approach - The Programming Tracker & Legislative Tracker
| Framework | Type | Cluster(s) | Goegraphic Scope | Overview | State of ownership | Point of Intervention | Primary Target Stakeholders | Primary Guiding Frameworks | Priority SDGs | Timeline Status | Access Links |
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| Regional Engagement Strategy (RES) | Strategy | Cultural rights | Africa Region |
The Nhimbe Trust Regional Engagement Strategy (RES) is based on the recognition of the need to systematically engage the African Union (AU) human rights mechanisms in the realization of their commitments, and ensuring space and voice of artists and cultural professionals at all levels. It recognises that advocacy by creative civil society is key to strengthen accountability for the implementation of UNESCO/AU human rights commitments |
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UNESCO/African Union |
AU and UNESCO frameworks on cultural rights promotion and protection |
The framework addresses all SDGs, with particular reference to AU / UNESCO commitments that are at the intersection of SDGs and human / cultural rights promotion |
Strategy released in July 2021 |
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| The Seven Keys | Workshop | Cultural cooperation | City of Bulawayo |
A program designed by the UCLG Committee on Culture to promote the integration of culture in the localisation of sustainable development goals. The 7 keys developed by the City of Bulawayo represent concrete commitments for the localisation of sustainable development goals through culture policymaking. |
UCLG program. Workshop jointly hosted by Nhimbe Trust and Bulawayo City Council |
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Bulawayo City's keys address 16 of the 17 SDGs. The SDG that was not captured in the keys is #13 (climate action) |
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| Framework for Engagement in Integrating Culture in Sustainable Development | Strategy | Cultural cooperation | Zimbabwe |
Nhimbe Trust's guiding framework for the integration of culture in sustainable development through engagements with various stakeholders in Zimbabwe |
Nhimbe Trust |
Develop cultural cooperation partnerships |
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The framework provides a guide on how Nhimbe Trust can engage various stakeholders in the domestication and localisation of all SDGs in Zimbabwe. SDGs of prioritisation are guided by cultural cooperation partnerships |
Framework developed in July 2021 |
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| Manicaland Cultural Leadership Network | Program | Cultural governance | Manicaland Province |
A program designed for Manicaland Province to enhance the participation of the province's local government authorities in cultural governance |
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The program enhances the capacity of local government authorities to domesticate and localise all SDGs through cultural governance capacities. Capacity enhancement programs are pivoted on SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions), target 16.6 (development of effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels) |
Launched in September 2021 |
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| Artistic Freedom Election Monitoring (AFEM) | Program | Artistic freedom | Africa Region |
Develops mechanisms of monitoring artistic freedom violations in electoral processes |
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Through the lens of promoting and protecting artistic freedom, the program monitors and evaluates the realisation, or lack thereof, of these SDGs during electoral processes: SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG 5: Gender Equality SDG 5 targets of focus:
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Launched in January 2020 |
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| Bulawayo Arts Festival (BAF) | Report | Cultural cooperation | City of Bulawayo |
Provides an overview of the 2nd edition of Bulawayo Arts Festival held from 1 - 5 June 2021. The festival promotes and strengthens the role of arts, culture and heritage as drivers of inclusive sustainable development. It emerged through a cultural cooperation partnership between Nhimbe Trust and Bulawayo City Council |
Report developed by Nhimbe Trust for the City of Bulawayo |
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Bulawayo Arts Festival's priority SDGs are: SDG 5: Gender equality |
Report published in August 2021 |
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| Report on the state of artistic freedom in Zimbabwe | Report | Artistic freedom | Zimbabwe |
Second report on Zimbabwe jointly developed by Nhimbe Trust and Freemuse for submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council under the Universal Peer Review Mechanism. It assesses Zimbabwe's compliance with international human rights standards and constitutional guarantees with respect to fundamental freedoms and cultural rights |
Report jointly developed by Nhimbe Trust and Freemuse |
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SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions The report's overall analysis captures the state of Zimbabwe's implementation of these specific targets articulated under SDG 16:
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Report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council in July 2021 |