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QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER t http://www.unesco.org/venice JULY - SEPTEMBER 2013 Bridges UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe
Issue 3 t2013
Calendar of events & Editorial page 2
Eastern Partnership Initiative & UN House in Sarajevo pages 3-4 Venice Office Regional Bureau for Science News and Highlights from Science & Culture pages 5-12 and Culture in Europe United Nations Back story & People page 13 Cultural Organization
In memoriam & Post-2015 Development Agenda page 14 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Dear reader, JULY ` R c X $ ` F = !^ \H R H $ $ >X $ I am pleased to invite you to discover this latest G ` R 5 $ ` G $ _ 1 5 !F F = H J ! R L ` H G “Bridges”. @ $ R G P J ^RPJ_7 R South-East Europe F R L X c X $ ` Working in partnership with young people has G \ ` P $ been a long-standing priority for UNESCO, one H $ ` @ P @ < $ Territories” G L R $ > ` G R $ ` \ ^ \_? R G R $ H T G R L RG $ $ ` ! $ $ $ $ $ : $ ` $ G ` $ X $ ` $ ` $ R ; ` intangible cultural heritage P $ R L T G G R G > $ U @ $ and protect our precious water resources ^ _ $ = G AUGUST L X ` ` X ` $ ` $ X G ^ _5 $ = $ $ [ T ` J 5 2013 ^ _5 $ \ H 12 August : Each year, a theme is with and for this key group of stakeholders, Balkans H R T $ J ! JR J G $ 7 R J $ $ J ! G $ < SEPTEMBER 22-23 October 2013 Moving Development Forward’. ` G $ ` >G $ ? ` 5 $ 6 $ $ ` 6 G >H $ $ P ? J $ Young people today face pressing R $ Belgrade G G ` F $ G $ $ F ` \ ` 6 ` 5 G $ T $ R R G $ < ` G R $ Director, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science H $ G $ and Culture in Europe R P @ $ R G :P R>\F; H R G
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>> all events Bridges Issue 3 [ 2013 [ page 2 First-ever Eastern Partnership Ministerial Conference on Culture 0 0 & ' ] 0 on 27-28 June 2013 in Tbilisi, Georgia, was organised by the & ] ) II T / & 5 ) 5 I5 5] ) ©Eastern Partnership - ! I ' / G 1 G 9 ] ] ) T R J FTJR J @HF The conference represented a ` F What happens in the countries in F $ c Eastern Europe and the Southern ` F 5 $ ` G ` ©Eastern Partnership c - $ $ ` ` F $ H R ! F $ $ ` G G $ - R ` R 7 We, the Ministers and Heads of delega- 5 - er to the EU and their security, sta- F F $ R ` bility and prosperity increasingly ] ] & ' - ` 6 ; R ` 6 R c5 \ ` R ` nership Ministerial Conference on Culture, c ` ` - held on 28 June 2013, in Tbilisi, Georgia: T $ $7 5 G ing the EU’s energy supplies is one J $ P ` $ = G 6 5 $ 6 6 5 ^H _5 R J $7 R ` F - R ` R R R ` cultural issues, in the spirit of acknowl- T 5 $ - F > G F ? F X ` $ $ ` $ 5 $ 5 - the principles underpinning the Eastern $ ` ` ` R ` $ G $ $ 7 $ - ` 5 RG F 5 $ - dialogue on culture between the EU and ` 5 F 6 5 $ 5 ^ 7 $ 6 R Androulla Vassiliou, European R F H 5 ` 5 ` R $ ` > $ T $ $ ` ` 6 $ 6 R G G 5 ` 5 ^ F_ G 5 X $ 6 ` R ` ` ` $ ` F 5 - 5 how the EU’s security begins out- end encourage and strengthen dialogue G P < H 5 F X ` $ $ ` $ 6 > $ 6 ` F 5 \ G R ` 6 R ` - ` > $ 5 T 5 T< G = 5 $ G $ F F $ 5 G R G 5 ward concrete ideas for enhancing P 5 ^ 5 F 5 J G ^ _ ` $ G ` ` ` $ ` $ and strategic approach to cultural and 7 T 5 ` X < intercultural dialogue as an integral part of ` ` $ 5 $ T< G = 5 P 5 > $ 5 J - 6 = $ 5 G 5 G ` X The conference highlighted T ` = ` - G $ G 6 5 R ^ $ 5 - R G $ $ 6 5 $ _5 $ $ $ 5 $ ^ $ ` $ _5 ` $ - G $ c ` ` 5 R ` ` ` $7 ` 5 5 ` $ 5 $ ^ ` 5 5 ` 5 R $ and able to enter into a deeper 5 ` $ ` L \ ` R $ G $ 6 $ $ $ $ - 5 = G ` >>full story F ^ 5 R F $ 5 H _5 $ G _6 G ` R ` 7 ` ` R - the principles stated in the UNESCO Con- F ` $ $ G - F F ` X \HT ` $ 5 R ` < - 5 G ` F - $ $ \ ` 6 ` _ ` $ X G October 2005, including the link between 5 G $ R F 5 5 G ` ` G $ $ $ 5 ` $5 $ ` 6 ` F strengthen energy security, pro- $ ` F $ 6 ` - ` ` 6 7 R ` 5 ` 5 R 5 $ - 6 6 ` F - ple to people contacts, support > R G ` R ` ` weathercock - EU F $ G $ c ` $ ` Neighborhood info Europe and enshrined in The European Cul- ` 7 R` ` G = R Eastern Partnership Youth F G G J $ ^ FJ _ F ` \ ` _ ` 6 J $7 6 ` G 6]] \ R G \ - to look at ways of enhancing cultural R F R ` R $ ` ` Bridges Issue 3 [ 2013 [ page 3 @ < $ 5 ` J ` $ 5 H \ F ^H\F _ H $ ` @ $ $ ` \ 5 $ R P @ < $ @ P H< G $ I5 X G ` P @ F 5 ^ $ > = 5 P @ X ` ! $ Tc 5 X \ 5 F ` J G 5 = = I5 F X ` \F P @ < $ R J G 5 I5 $ ` @ F X ` ! P @ < $ J $ P ` ` P @5 F 5 @ ` @ G and Culture in Europe, Venice \ $ P @ ` P ^H _5 5 ` J ` @ < $ 5 $ T ©UNDP Bosnia and R c5 \ ` = >>full story UN House in Sarajevo inaugurated @ < $
< ? 5 H 5 @ Following through on 9 1 ] ` Sarajevo by Helen Clark, United T$ = ` $ $ R ` | 0 < 0 ]I ' II c ` P G P @ > to “Safeguard the cultural Novo Brdo/Novobërdë (UNDP) Administrator and Chair @ < $ c $ ` `a? Fortress, one of the ` 5 of the UN Development Group 5 < $ most important late $ R I 0 ^ /_ ` @ < G 0 I5 G $ _ Member of the Bosnia and $ ` 5 $ G= 5 ` P L G[ [ in the central Balkans P @ < $ ^P @_ 5 $ $ Herzegovina Presidency. Yolanda ? ` $ 5 5 &5)< ` R P Regional Bureau for Science and “All UN agencies want to support $ `! $ $ 5 $ Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), $ displaced $ $ ` persons, ` $ represented UNESCO at the ` P @ R $ ` L \ J $ \ $ G H P in a ruinous state, growing increasingly R = @ G F \ P ` G ` and as part of the European Union G 5 ` T 5 6 _ G 5 >P J $ $ $ 6 $ \ ? P L G[ [ $ ` 6 6 ` = P 7 Its growth was predicated on the Further, UNESCO considers the < ` 5 $ ` $ heritage asset and archeological ©UNDP Bosnia and @ < $ R @ 6 6 G R ` 5 6 ; $ $ R c G $ ` G ` $ P 6 G 5 G ` ` 5 ` $ ` $ $ R P @ < $ $ ` F 5 $ ` $ G $ 5 $ $ $ $ $ G $ $ _ 5 R during, and especially following, the European Union has partnered with 6 5 G ^ $ L $ = $ = $ G _ ^ _ ^ _ < $ ` ` $ ` $ $ $ >>full story \F P @ < $ ©UNDP Bosnia and R T G ` @ < $ R @ 6 G 5 c ^G_ $ $ < $ R P 5 ` @ < $ T P L G[ [ $ ; $ `a T G = 5 ` $ R J ^ _ R 5 ` Bridges Issue 3 [ 2013 [ page 4 Transboundary Biosphere Reserves: 1 I 0 I I I and sustainable development of bordering territories
Within the 2013 EuroMAB Network ` ] 5 Canada, the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), will hold a workshop on Transboundary Biosphere Reserves on 17 October 2013 with the aim to enhance the capacity of EuroMAB countries to establish and manage G ] 0 5 ] $ \ T ^ transboundary ones, and to look & 5 G ` < Mountains, Bulgaria G ] Development in Biospheres Reserves and other within the EuroMAB network 0 0 ]] Designated Areas at EuroMAB 2013 0 G development. Within the 2013 EuroMAB Network $ < 5 5 c 6 G $ ) 5 &5)< ` $ 5 G $ G 5 R G X R X R\ R\ G Regional Bureau for Science and $ Transboundary Biosphere J Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), ` PJ \ is scheduling a training seminar R $ R The Frontenac Arch Biosphere will L $ $ & 5 G G \ ^ \_ MIO-ECSDE, the handbook is an G ` G ` G RPJ ` PJ ` Development from 19-20 October R ` XTP ` XTP R XTP 6 G 2013. This event shall contribute $ There is a need to facilitate these ` ` XTP F $ to enhancing the capacity of 6 6 $ ` ` 5 G $ T 5 ` 5 ` ] | 0 $ 5 $ LG G $ ` $ _ G \ G 0 ] \ $ to encourage and guide further G $ & 5 G $ $ 6 G 0 ]I 0 PJ 6 ` $ ` XTP F $ $ $ 5 G Finally, the workshop shall contribute and, by doing so, to widen their ` PJ $ $ G R ` G ` I] 1 $ $ $ 6 $ ^ _ PJ G 5 encouraging sustainable ways of ` ` PJ5 $ ` $ G 6 5 living. \ = region of the world, there is no H 5 The workshop on Transboundary $ ` R doubt this resource book contains R G P J P J $ ` EuroMAB is the oldest and largest R G > ` ` ` ^RPJ _ all interested countries and their ^ _ regional network of Biosphere G \ G ` XTP 5 capacity of EuroMAB countries to XTP ` ` J 5 $ ` P J especially for those interested G $ X $ R $ R \ $ T 7 T J P $ ` P J T PJ^ _5 G $ G \ $ network represents a wealth of for Educators in South-Eastern trainers and educators seeking to transboundary ones, and look at South East European, Mediterranean, $ >>full story 6 5 $ Europe and the Mediterranean” will $ G Black Sea and Caucasus countries G G = 5 $ PJ the EuroMAB network through G $ XTP $