working to revitalize and improve its role in capacity development.x Here too, ambition
will need to be scaled up, especially in the immediate term, not only by the United
Nations, but by all partners in the process.
131. As we seek to build capacities and to help the new agenda to take root,
volunteerism can be another powerful and cross-cutting means of implementation.
Volunteerism can help to expand and mobilize constituencies, and to engage people in
national planning and implementation for sustainable development goals. And volunteer
groups can help to localize the new agenda by providing new spaces of interaction
between governments and people for concrete and scalable actions.
132. Finally, we must also mobilize the power of culture in the transformative change
we seek. Our world is a remarkable mosaic of diverse cultures, informing our evolving
understanding of sustainable development. We still have much to learn from cultures as
we build the world we want. If we are to succeed, the new agenda cannot remain the
exclusive domain of institutions and governments. It must be embraced by people.
Culture, in different aspects, will thus be an important force in supporting the new
agenda.