Cultural Institutes – Enablers of Sustainable Development

• Authors: Constantin Oprean , Eva Nicoleta Burdusel , Liu Qian
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The primary goal of this study is to examine the role of culture - as one of the most enduring, vital and long-lived components of sustainable development, with multifarious potential continuously explored and capitalized by individuals, communities or institutions. All definitions of the phrase sustainable development include culture as a sine-qua-non element that is also inextricably connected and interdependent with the other three pillars: economic, social and environmental. In this context of cultural centres worldwide, Confucius Institutes represent a successful and efficient managerial model by capitalizing on the most important resource of an organization: human capital.

Keywords

EN

sustainable development; culture; human capital; resource; intangible asset

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Management of Sustainable Development
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 31-33

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2016-02-12

Contributors

author

Constantin Oprean

• ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania

author

Eva Nicoleta Burdusel

• ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania

author

Liu Qian

• Beijing Language and Culture University, Confucius Institute, China

References

• 1. for further reference see UNESCO website at http://en.unesco.org/themes/culture-sustainabledevelopment and Culture the Fourth Pillar of Sustainable Development at http://www.agenda21culture.net/index.php/docman/-1/393-zzculture4pillarsden/file
• 2. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001896/189621e.p df
• 3. http://en.unesco.org/themes/protecting-our-heritage-andfostering- creativity
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• 5. idem p. 5
• 6. http://www.agenda21culture.net/images/a21c/nueva-A21C/C21A/C21_015_en.pdf
• 7. UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression, Paris, 20 Oct. 2005, pp. 2-3
• 8. Idem p 4
• 9. Judith Eva Furjesz, The Role of Cultural Institutes in the European Integration 2013“… national cultural institutes abroad contribute to re-establish the peaceful international relations, since through the opening toward other cultures, the differences can be known, understood, and it leads finally to the respect of each other.” P. 4, text available online at www.culturaldiplomacy.org
• 10. Idem pp. 6-7
• 11. Martha Nussbaum “Skills for Life” in Times Literary Supplement, 6th April 2010, pp.2,4
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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/msd-2015-0027