2024“一带一路”青年创意与遗产论坛成功举办
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9月27日，2024“一带一路”青年创意与遗产论坛在南京顺利闭幕。联合国教科文组织社会与人文科学助理总干事加布里埃拉·拉莫斯、南京市长陈之常视频致辞，中国联合国教科文组织全国委员会秘书处副秘书长葛思颖，联合国教科文组织协会亚太地区联合会主席李善珠出席闭幕式并致辞。
本次论坛上，来自53个国家的青年代表们围绕“重新构想我们的遗产：韧性和变革的故事”主题开展研讨交流，并参加了丰富多彩的文化活动。闭幕式上，“一带一路”青年代表发言，举行了“家乡之美”主题创意优秀作品颁奖仪式。
在27日下午的专题分享环节中，青年代表们纷纷表示，年轻人和科技可以塑造遗产保护的未来。
来自博茨瓦纳的马特拉（Maatla)介绍了当地遗产保护的现状，分享了通过3D扫描、数字记录、人工智能等技术追踪文物古迹、分析遗产风险的案例，并邀约更多投资者来到她的家乡，挖掘当地巨大的发展潜力。
在阿拉伯国家摩洛哥，传统建筑无法满足城市人口密度增大、个人居住需求提升等问题正困扰着身为建筑师的瑞姆（Rime）。她通过数字模型对比分析直观呈现了韩国韩屋和摩洛哥传统建筑里亚德的适居度差异，希望通过本次论坛，找到建筑整改转型的解决方案。
其他青年代表
Ahnaf
（孟加拉国）
Fatima（阿拉伯联合酋长国）
Malika
（哈萨克斯坦）
Zehra
（巴基斯坦）
60位青年围绕着论坛的主题展开了深入的讨论，也在短短7天时间内结下了深厚的友谊。后续将继续将所思所感转化为创意与文化遗产保护的实践动力。
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2024 International Youth Forum on Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Roads concluded in Nanjing
On September 27, the 2024 International Youth Forum on Creativity and Heritage along the Silk Roads concluded in Nanjing. Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO, delivered a video message, along with Chen Zhichang, Mayor of Nanjing People's Municipal Government. Ge Siying, Deputy Secretary-General of Chinese the National Commission of China for UNESCO, and Sunjoo Lee, President of Asia Pacific Federation of Clubs and Associations for UNESCO, also attended the closing ceremony and delivered speeches.
This year, youth participants from 53 countries engaged in discussions around the theme "Reimagining Our Heritage: Stories of Resilience and Change" and participated in a variety of cultural activities. During the plenary session and the closing ceremony, some youth representatives shared their reflections of the forum spoke in public about their reflection and inspiration from the whole event, and an award ceremony was held for 18 outstanding creative works themed "Taste of My Hometown" which were selected from global creative works submitted for the “My Beautiful Hometown” competition.
Youth delegates participated in many immersive learning and field trip activities, “I like to capture the stories in the intangible cultural heritage, this feeling is like watching a movie, I hope to know more about the city of Nanjing next.” Cultural innovation and youth entrepreneurship study tour gave Cherelys from Suriname a different experience. on September 26th, participants climbed to the Taicheng section of the Ming City Wall, visited the World Literature Hall, and then to the Nanjing Youth Science and Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Base. Through the trips, exchange of ideas, they gained in-depth experience of Nanjing's urban heritage and vitality.
On the morning of September 27, Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Exchange Meeting was held in the Art Museum of Nanjing University of Arts. 9 youth representatives shared their case studies from various perspectives and elaborated their insights on how the power of technologygical innovations promotes heritage conservation.
During the plenary session in the afternoon, Maatla Komaetsile, a youth participant from Botswana, shared that “Technology is a powerful tool for preserving our history. Youth and technology will shape the future of cultural heritage preservation.” She introduced the current situation of local heritage conservation in her country, shared cases of tracking monuments and analyzing heritage risks through 3D scanning, digital recording, artificial intelligence and other technologies, and invited more investors to come to her hometown to tap into the huge development potential of the region.
Wu Weijie, a student from Hunan, dynamically demonstrated the exploration of digitalization and heritage protection based on the "Drum Tower of Dong Ethnicity Group in Gaobu Village, Hunan".
For the participant from Morocco, the inability of traditional architecture to meet the problems of increasing urban population and rising individual living needs is troubling for Rime as a young architect. She visualized the difference in livability between Korean hanoks and traditional Moroccan riads through comparative analysis of digital models, hoping to find solutions for the transformation of architectural rectification through this forum.
The 60 youth participants had an in-depth discussion around the theme of the forum and formed a deep friendship in just 7 days. In the future, they will continue to transform thoughts and insights into practical motivation for action on creativity and cultural heritage protection.
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