The concept of "sustainable development" cannot be separated from the concepts of prevention, precaution, responsibility and solidarity. For a project to further the cause of "sustainable development", all these concepts must be present too.
Understanding the faces of sustainable development
As we have already mentioned, Sustainable Development consists of three necessary elements: good economic management, social advances and the preservation of the environment.
What about culture ?
The concept of "sustainable development" is associated more and more with areas which traditionally were neglected by development. Culture is one of them: in 2001, it was recognized as a source of development in its own right in the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity adopted by UNESCO.
