Overview
Within its unique global mandate, UNESCO demonstrates several comparative strengths in mobilizing History, Memory and fostering Intercultural Dialogue (ICD) as illustrated through a portfolio of different projects and initiatives, such as the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures, the Slave Route Project, the Phase II of the General History of Africa Project, and the UNESCO Silk Roads Programme. Each of these projects/initiatives was found to be highly relevant and contributed to a great extent to the production of knowledge, the development of tools and manuals linking people and cultures and creating a space for shared dialogue and revising histories. However, HMID, as a strand of work with a significant potential for contributing to the Agenda 2030, still needs to achieve greater visibility, be positioned more strategically, and more adequately resourced within the Organization