Culture as a key solution for global challenges: innovative practices introduced by UNESCO chairs in the field of cultural policies and management

Ivana Otašević is an Assistant Director and Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. She holds a doctorate in international law and is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Laval University. Since 2009 she has been interested in the relationship between the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005) and trade agreements, the cultural dimension of sustainable development and the legal status of the concept of cultural diversity in international law. In recent years, her research and publications focus more specifically on cultural rights of migrants and minority groups as well as the protection and promotion of their cultural expressions. 

Latest publications : 

Véronique Guèvremont, Laurence Cuny and Ivana Otasevic, Accessing oneself. Accessing the other. The role of cities and local authorities in protecting and promoting the diversity and cultural rights of migrants, May 2024, UNESCO Chair on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 108 pages.

Ivana Otasevic, Véronique Guèvremont (dir.), L'accessibilité des programmes d'aide et de soutien aux industries culturelles canadiennes par les artistes et autres professionnels de la culture autochtones et appartenant à des minorités visibles, de même que par des organismes les représentant ou collaborant avec ceux-ci, research report submitted to the Department of Canadian Heritage, March 31, 2024, 98 pages.