This work was recognised by the United Cities and Local Government Committee on Culture, who endorsed the Cultural Forum initiative as one of 120 global ‘good practice’ examples in the area of culture and local sustainable development.

This report presents the findings of an assessment of 24 cultural development plans published by councils across Victoria, based on their alignment with principles in CDN’s Framework for Cultural Development Planning.

This paper presents results of a state-wide survey about cultural planning practices in local government across Victoria, reporting on breadth of cultural planning, amount of investment, policy influences in their development and planning processes.

This chapter by Kim Dunphy of the Cultural Development Network in Australia contributes to an international research report investigating the revitalisation of rural communities through arts and culture. The Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver and the Creative...