UNESCO decided to fund two projects submitted by groups associated to the international movement of Coalitions for cultural diversity

Read the IFCCD press release

Coalitions for Cultural Diversity from 37 countries on all continents and representing organizations from the cultural and the arts sectors gathered in Seville, Spain from September 18-19, 2007 and declared the official creation of the International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCD). The Federation recognized the 42 existing coalitions as its founding members.
Read the declaration (.pdf file)

Two hundred participants attended the first session of the IGC of the 2005 UNESCO Convention: 23 delegations out of 24 (Senegal was not represented), observers from the 17 countries which have ratified the Convention but are not members of the IGC, observers from the 17 countries which are not members of the Convention and representatives from 6 NGOs, among which the International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCD)
Refer to the speech the IFCCD made in the name of the NGOs present on:

• the role and participation of civil society in the implementation of the Convention (word file)
• the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (word file)

Official speeches, decisions and documents are available on the UNESCO site.