CUSP aims to strengthen arts and cultural institutions in LMIC countries, leading to these institutions becoming leaders in conflict transformation research. This will bring immediate and long-term value to all CUSP partners.

Increasing women and girls participation, particularly in leadership roles, is one of CUSP’s key aims. By following their lead we will find the best ways of their work being recognised and valued by local communities.

Strengthening LMIC arts and cultural institutions/organisations to become a reference point for the identification and transformation of social conflict, including gender-based violence, coercion and injustice.

Ensuring equal participation of women and girls, including in leadership roles, in artistic and cultural work for peacebuilding, whilst attending to environmental justice.

These goals will be reached through three strands of research:

Original research with our CUSP partners

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Commissioning new research to new partners.

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Generation of insights and knowledge exchange

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Key Aim

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Conduct fragile, and presently resilient cultural work in communities of the global south.

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Examine the arts and cultural work in southern contexts as means to explore and share relevant strategies for conflict prevention and conflict transformation.

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Employ the arts and cultural work for the promotion of individual wellbeing and sustainable employment.

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Encourage south-south and south-north partnership building and networking towards the sharing of sustainable cultural and governance practices to maximise the reach and usability of digital technologies for artistic sustainability and peaceful cultural change.

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