Cultural Heritage for the Construction of Social Capital in the Agenda 2030 Territorialization Process

The 2030 Agenda and the 17 sustainable development Goals (SDGs) are a universal commitment and the new indispensable framework for building a future of real sustainability for all, without leaving anyone behind. Their territorialisation therefore requires a strong involvement of all the components of society, businesses and the public sector, civil society and philanthropic institutions, universities and research centers, information and culture operators. In this framework, the United Nations incorporates the conservation and promotion of the global cultural heritage within the Goal 11 with the 11.4 Target, aiming to raise awareness among member states on the definition of policies that guarantee both the protection and the responsible use of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of small and large communities. In this perspective, the opportunities that heritage can provide in terms of creating new meeting spaces, community hubs, places of social integration and inclusion, which are the basis of the connected identity processes, are of particular interest. to local development. The issue of the inseparable relationship between culture and development is, therefore, more than ever relevant with the continuous triggering of new dynamics, in which the social dimension of cultural heritage takes on a fundamental role as driver in all sustainability-oriented transformation processes.