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Our Story · March 1998 Stockholm, Sweden. UNESCO's Conference on Culture for Development concludes that globalization is undermining local and traditional cultures, and that cultural groups should form global networks to counteract this trend June 1998 Ottawa, Canada. Canadian Heritage Minister Sheila Copps invites Ministers of Culture to a conference in Canada which founds the International Network for Cultural Policy (INCP). The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA), in collaboration with the Swedish Joint Committee of Literary and Artistic Professionals (KLYS) organize a parallel non-governmental conference November 1998 Stockholm and Ottawa. The emerging non-governmental network creates a steering committee, which begins to meet regularly by teleconference. August 1999 Steering committee members elaborate guiding principles for the network and meet with cultural activists in Mexico prior to the second meeting of the ministerial INCP. December 1999 Seattle, USA, INCD representatives bring cultural issues to the WTO meetings and counter- meetings, which galvanize the anti-globalization movement. September 2000 Santorini, Greece, 70 cultural representatives from 21 countries gather to found the INCD. Steering committee members report the formation of the INCD to the third meeting of the network of Ministers of Culture. August 2001 Durban, South Africa, INCD representatives bring cultural issues to the UN World Conference against Racism in South Africa. September 2001 Lucerne, Switzerland, At the second conference of the INCD, Towards a Global Cultural Pact, 85 delegates from 33 countries agree to the Lucerne Declaration, calling for the development of a new international instrument for cultural diversity which would create a permanent legal foundation for the protection of cultural diversity. November 2001 Doha, Qatar, the INCD sends a representative to the WTO ministerial to monitor the ongoing trade negotiations.
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