IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno hosts the inaugural lecture on the role of culture in development by Ibero-American Secretary General Enrique V. Iglesias
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Cultural Center will present Secretary Iglesias in the inaugural lecture of the Enrique V. Iglesias Chair for Culture and Development on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. at the IDB’s downtown Washington, DC headquarters.
The Chair is named after the former president who founded the IDB Cultural Center 20 years ago, and who has continuously pioneered and championed the concept of culture as an integral component of international development around the world. The lecture, titled “Culture and Development,” will outline his reasoning on how culture as industry, and culture as heritage, both contribute to uplift and sustain socio-economic life standards in developing nations.
IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno will inaugurate the lectureship with a dedication to Enrique V. Iglesias, Ibero-American Secretary General, as the inspiration of a movement working over decades to open the world’s eyes to the importance of cultural economy and creativity, which now represents 4 percent of regional GDP in nations like Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Cultural development creates exceptional opportunities for youth employment, innovation, and financial stimulus for small and medium-sized businesses.
The IDB is the first and only multi-lateral financial organization with an established Cultural Center that works to increase access to culture and use it as a tool for social inclusion. From now on, every year the Enrique V. Iglesias Chair for Culture and Development will honor the best minds in Latin America and the Caribbean whose outstanding contributions to culture and development have changed lives and increased knowledge.
WHAT: Inauguration of the Enrique V. Iglesias Chair for Culture and Development
WHEN: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: IDB, Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center Auditorium
1330 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20577
WHO:
Enrique V. Iglesias, Ibero-American Secretary General, and
former President of the IDB (1988–2005)
Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the IDB
Marcelo Cabrol, Manager, IDB Office of External Relations
For more information, please visit iadb.org/cultural
The event is free and will be webcast at www.livestream.com/IDBchair
To register, send an email to annev@iadb.org with your contact information. Participate in Twitter using @BIDCultura