This article deals with the question of whether regional cultural competence centers foster the diversity of cultural expressions and how the objectives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Convention on Cultural Diversity are implemented. By introducing the Convention on Cultural Diversity, the conditions of regional cultural policy governance, and the idea of regional cultural competence centers, a framework for evaluation is outlined. The evaluation of four regional cultural competence centers in the Swiss Central Region shows that fostering cultural diversity is complex and has many different approaches and effects. The final discussion concludes that principles such as “interculturality,” “freedom,” and “access for all” under the Convention on Cultural Diversity can promote a diversity of cultural expressions but that these criteria have to be set from outside—for example, by public funding institutions—so that regional actors implement them.

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在区域层面实施教科文组织《文化多样性公约》：评估文化能力中心的经验

本文探讨区域文化能力中心是否促进文化表现形式的多样性以及如何实施联合国教育、科学及文化组织 (UNESCO) 的《文化多样性公约》的目标的问题。通过引入《文化多样性公约》、区域文化政策治理的条件以及区域文化能力中心的理念，勾勒出评估框架。对瑞士中部地区四个区域文化能力中心的评估表明，促进文化多样性是复杂的，并且具有许多不同的方法和效果。最后的讨论得出结论，诸如“跨文化”、“自由、