Dhaka: Bangladesh will participate in the third international conference on ‘Cultural Policy, Policy for Culture: The Role of Culture in Sustainable Development in Post-2015 Agenda’ to be held in Yerevan, Armenia on 10-14 July.  

Cultural Affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor will represent Bangladesh in the conference, said an official here on Thursday.  

Noor is scheduled to leave for Armenia on Thursday. Ministry’s Cultural Adviser M Mofidur Rahman will accompany him.  

The minister will deliver a speech on ‘The Future of Culture, Culture of Future’ on 13 July.  

Earlier, Armenian Cultural Affairs Minister Hasmik Poghosyan invited her Bangladesh counterpart to attend the conference.  

The conference aims to elaborate relevant recommendations for the updating cultural policies, taking into account the UNESCO standard-setting instruments and an integrated approach to cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and sustainable development.

It will help reinforce institutional, including legislative capacities and those of policy-makers and culture professionals with a view to developing the arts education and integrating culture into all other development policies.