WELCOME DIGITAL EVENT FOR THE NEW UNESCO GLOBAL Thursday 16th July 2020, at 15:00 GMT INVITATION You are cordially invited to participate in the Welcome Digital Event co-organized by UNESCO and the Global Network to celebrate the nomination of 16 New UNESCO Global Geoparks:

• Cliff s of Fundy () • Discovery (Canada) • Xiangxi () • Zhangye (China) • Lauhanvuori-Haemeenkangas () • Toba Caldera () • Hantangang (Republic of Korea) • Rio Coco () • Djerdap () • () • Maestrazgo (Spain) • Estrela () • Yangan Tau (Russian Federation) • Kula- Salihli () • Black Country (UK) • Dak Nong ()

For warmly welcoming these 16 new territories we would like to invite to participate:

• The 16 new UNESCO Global Geoparks • The Permanent Delegations at UNESCO of the respected Member States • The 146 UNESCO Global Geoparks Representatives • The GGN and UNESCO Global Geoparks Council Members

Please connect to the platform: https://www.gotomeet.me/Petrifi edForest/welcome-digital-event at 14h45 GMT, checking that your camera and micro are off .

Please select in the GoToMeeting menu: in “window”: fullscreen and in “webcam”: person speaking. WELCOME DIGITAL EVENT FOR THE NEW UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARKS Thursday 16th July 2020, at 15:00 GMT

PROGRAMME 14h45 GMT: Connection of the participants in the platform 15h00 GMT: UNESCO/GGN Welcome Digital Event opening Short welcoming speeches: • Global Geoparks Network President • UNESCO Representative Rio Coco UGGp (Nicaragua) • UNESCO Global Geoparks Council Chairman Traditional music nicaraguense 15h10 GMT: Welcoming of the new UNESCO Geoparks (each new UNESCO Global Geoparks will be invited to provide a speech - 3 minutes maximum). • Cliff s of Fundy (Canada) • Discovery (Canada) • Xiangxi (China) • Zhangye (China) 15h30 GMT M’Goun UGGp () • Lauhanvuori-Haemeenkangas Traditional Berbere Music (Finland) • Toba Caldera (Indonesia) • Hantangang (Republic of Korea) • Rio Coco (Nicaragua) 15h50 GMT • Djerdap (Serbia) • Granada (Spain) • Maestrazgo (Spain) • Estrela (Portugal) 16h10 GMT Maestrazgo UGGp (Spain) • Yangan Tau (Russian Federation) Traditional Music Aragonese • Kula- Salihli (Turkey) • Black Country (UK) • Dak Nong (Vietnam) 16h25 GMT: Closing speech by Nickolas Zouros, GGN President 16h30 GMT: End of the Digital event

During the event, 4 UNESCO Global Geoparks Dak Nong UGGp (Vietnam) will present live music (representing each of Gong traditional Music from Ede Ethnic the 4 continents). group UNESCO Intangible heritage List