2018年“大河对话”将于十月在武汉举行

(English version at the bottom)

 

      今天，长江文明馆（武汉自然博物馆）与联合国教科文组织驻华代表处开启了关于2018年及2020年“大河对话”的相关合作，本次合作得到了武汉市人民政府的大力支持。江河是大地的血脉，是孕育人类文明的摇篮，“大河对话”将成为一个独特的机会，集天下之才智，以交流思想，分享经验，同时忠于全人类的共同价值。

 

      2018“大河对话”将于今年10月28日至30日在武汉市长江文明馆举行围绕“汇聚大河文明 - 高质量发展的可持续未来”。这一主题，本届论坛将设置三个平行分论坛，分别聚焦“大河文明：保护和发展自然与文化遗产”，“水博物馆与大河文明 - 遗产，记忆和地域感”以及“大河沿岸城市的发展 - 重新连接城市及其河流”三大主题。

 

 

      两年一度的“大河对话”为各学科领域的专家与管理人员提供了一个国际性的交流平台，与会人员将以此为契机，探讨大河文明在实现世界可持续发展方面应发挥的作用“。各个友好城市和联合国教科文组织网络（包括世界遗产，创意城市，生物圈保护区和生态水文试点）的参与将有助于推动大河流域，特别是生态和文化环境的高质量发展，“联合国驻华代表处自然科学处项目专家贝斐然说。

 

      武汉在2017年年成为了联合国教科文组织全球创意城市网络的“设计之都”，同时，武汉也是长江流域的中心节点城市，是孕育长江文明的摇篮之一。武汉市人民政府与联合国教科文组织的这次合作，将为推广大河文明及可持续发展作出有力贡献。

 

2018 Great Rivers Forum will be held in Wuhan in October

 

Today, the Changjiang Civilization Museum (Wuhan Natural History Museum) and UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office launched their cooperation for the co-organizing of the 2018 and 2020 Great Reivers Forums (GRF), supported by the Municipal Government of Wuhan. Rivers are the blood vessels of the earth and the cradles of human civilizations. The GRF will be a unique opportunity to gather global intelligence to exchange ideas and share experiences while sticking to the common values of all humans. 

 

The 2018 GRF will be held at the Changjiang Civilization Museum in Wuhan on 28-30 October. Focusing on the theme of “Confluence: Great Rivers Civilizations – High Quality Development for a Sustainable Future”, this forum will have three parallel sub-forums on the topics of “Great River Civilization: Preserve and Let Evolve Their Natural and Cultural Heritage”, “Water Museums and Great Rivers Civilizations – Heritage, Memory and Sense of Place”, and “Urban Development along Great Rivers – Reconnecting the City with its River”.

 

Every second year, the GRF offers itself as an international open platform for experts and managers from various horizons and disciplines. Participants will have a great chance to explore the role great river civilizations should have in achieving a more sustainable development of the world. “The involvement of sister cities and UNESCO networks (World Heritage sites, Creative Cities, Biosphere Reserves and Ecohydrology Pilot Sites) in this cooperative effort will contribute to push forward high-quality development along great rivers, with particular attention to their ecological and cultural environment,” said Philippe Pypaert, Programme Specialist of the Natural Science sector of UNESCO Beijing. 

 

Wuhan has joined UNESCO Creative Cities Network as the “City of Design” in 2017. It is also a central city in the Changjiang River Basin, as well as one of the cradles of the Changjiang River Civilization. The cooperation between the Municipal Government of Wuhan and UNESCO will contribute greatly to the promotion of Great Rivers Civilization and Sustainable Development Goals.