"Governance of Cultural Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development and Peaceful Coexistence in Africa"

The Regional Conference on "Diversity Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development and Peaceful Coexistence in Africa" is currently being held in Accra, Ghana, from 10 to 11 October 2019. It is based on a collaboration established by UNESCO with research institutions, centres (including the Alliance for Governance Renewal in Africa) and key United Nations agencies, with the close involvement of the Ghanaian National Commission for UNESCO. ARGA Coordinator, Assane Mbaye, moderates the second session "Governance of Cultural Diversity".

The sessions are organized around six sub-themes as follows:

• (i) Conceptualization of cultural diversity in Africa
• (ii) Governance of cultural diversity:
• (iii) Governance of cultural diversity and formation of national unity;
• (iv) Indigenous peoples and minority groups
• (iv) Report on diversity, conflict and violence in a multi-ethnic society: the role of the media;
• (vi) Evaluate, measure and enhance cultural diversity