biuletyn 2013 PRZEGLÑD POLSKIEGO KOMITETU DO SPRAW UNESCO PRZEGLÑD POLSKIEGO KOMITETU DO SPRAW UNESCO biuletynbiuletyn|| 2013 2013 POLISH NATIONAL COMMISSION for UNESCO Reviev bulletin | bulletin | for UNESCO Review UNESCO for POLISH NATIONAL COMMISSION COMMISSION NATIONAL POLISH bulletin 2013 covBIUL13gr.indd 1 14-11-03 14:34 POLISH NATIONAL COMMISSION for UNESCO Review bulletin| 2013 Table of Contents Andrzej Rottermund Workshop for Restorers A Few Words 53 in Nesvizh 5 About Our Activities Last Year Marek Konopka UNESCO 55 Anamnesis – Re-minding Programme Priorities 8 for the Coming Years 61 Kraków – UNESCO City of Literature What We Dealt with Sławomir Ratajski 12 in 2013 UNESCO 2005 Convention 63 A Tool of Cultural Policy Why and How to Protect Cultural 21 Heritage by Modern Means? Intercultural Education Workshops 72 for Teachers Bogusław Szmygin Protecting Our Heritage Libyan Journalists 25 – Contemporary Approach 73 on a Study Visit to Poland Leszek Kolankiewicz The Concept of Intangible Euro-Arab Dialogue Conference Cultural Heritage “Our Commonly Shared Values” 32 in the 2003 Convention 75 held in Algarve Mariusz Czuba Anna Kalinowska Wooden Orthodox Churches Contemporary Man In Dialogue (Tserkvas) of the Polish 77 With The Environment? and Ukrainian Carpathian Region 43 on the World Heritage List Magdalena Machinko-Nagrabecka How to Teach Katarzyna Piotrowska 85 on Sustainable Development? Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines Educating in Dialogue 46 on UNESCO World Heritage List 90 with the Environment 93 ASPnet for Global Citizenship Polish National Commission’s 113 Honorary Patronage 2013 Zygmunt Krzemiński We Were There! Poland and the Global Network 116 94 of Biosphere Reserves Members of the Polish National 118 Commission for UNESCO UNESCO/Poland Co-Sponsored Fellowships at the UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology and Engineering 101 Education at the AGH-UST in Kraków The International UNESCO Chair on 104 Lifelong Guidance and Counseling Towards Knowledge Societies, 105 for Peace and Sustainable Development The Processes of Digitization of Audio-visual Resources 106 (Film and TV Production) The 13th Edition of the L’Oréal Poland 108 for Women in Science Project 110 Under the Patronage of UNESCO Anniversary of Witold Lutosławski 111 Celebrated Under the Auspices of UNESCO The 9th Edition of Brave Festival 112 Against Cultural Exile A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES IN 2013 5 A Few Words About Our Activities Prof. Andrzej RottermundLast Year President of the Polish National Commission for UNESCO As in years past, so in 2013 Polish National Commission for UNESCO dedicated much of its effort to cultural events and issues associated with the protection and promotion of cultural and natural heritage. It was therefore with great joy that we received the news of our success at the 19th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, at which Poland was elected a member of the World Heritage Committee for a four year term. Our satisfaction was that much greater as it became the crowning success of a two year long campaign run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in unison with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in close co-operation with our Commission. The role of Poland’s delegation in the work of the World Heritage Committee comes down to a responsibility on setting heritage protection standards throughout the world that requires the commitment of eminent Polish experts, able and willing to serve the international community with their knowledge and experience. All the more so as we will be jointly responsible for World Heritage List nominations, which many unique historic and natural sites aspire to join every year. We ourselves achieved great success in that respect, when in June 2013, following years of hard work, 6 A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES IN 2013 16 Orthodox churches located in the Polish and Ukrainian Carpathian region, as well as the Bochnia Salt Mine – an extension of the Wieliczka Salt Mines site – were added to the World Heritage List. I feel privileged and obligated to thank all those who worked with such determination to ensure our applications were debated by the World Heritage Committee. We also managed to have the Paris based Towarzystwo Historyczno-Literackie (Polish Library in Paris) and the peace treaties between the Kingdom of Poland and the Ottoman Empire – from the mid fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century – added to the equally prestigious Memory of the World Register. On several occasions in the past year we worked with the World Heritage Centre in areas aimed at setting protection conditions for World Heritage sites in Poland. The Polish government approached UNESCO experts on three occasions for an opinion in connection with current investments undertaken at or near such sites that might threaten their Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). Opinions issued by the Centre were very helpful in determining courses of action that reconciled the interests of all parties as well ensuring that objects of historic interest are adequately protected. Whilst Poland has reason to be proud of its fourteen World Heritage Sites that encompass 27 objects and 12 positions on the Memory of the World Register, there is at the same time a recognition of a need to re-think the present heritage protection system ensuring a more thorough implementation of the principles set in the 1972 Convention. In that context it is appropriate to mention – from amongst a great number of activities – a conference organised jointly by our Commission and the Polish Parliament. Last year’s conference dealt with the question of “Why and how to protect our cultural heritage by modern means”, convened in the Polish Parliament on February 25th, 2013. The main thrust of the debate dealt with the need to improve laws governing the protection of Poland’s cultural heritage. Polish National Commission for UNESCO contributed to the debate by publishing “Recommendations relating to the implementation of UNESCO legislation into Polish law”; a post-conference publication appeared in print in the first half of 2014. With regard to activities undertaken in the area of heritage protection, I would also note the workshops organised jointly with the Commission of the Republic of Belarus for UNESCO in Nesvizh for restorers operating in the Republic of Belarus and the region. Nine Polish restorers shared their knowledge and experience with thirty workshop participants. We very much hope that such meetings will be run at regular intervals, because sharing expertise in the conservation field decidedly contributes to raising world heritage protection standards. From amongst the many visits that took place last year, I would like to point out a studio visit by journalists from Libya end of November, beginning of December. Six leading journalists involved in the social A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES IN 2013 7 and political transformations taking place in that country, came to Poland to study Poland’s modern media market, learn about the role and workings of the press, radio and television in a modern democracy. Our guests attended numerous meetings at major editorial offices and media institutions. Dear Readers, in this short introduction I have been able to mention only the most prominent activities undertaken by Polish National Commission for UNESCO. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well as the Polish Parliament and the Office of the President of Poland, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Sport and Tourism, Polish Academy of Sciences and Polish Television for their help and co-operation. • Prof. Andrzej Rottermund President of the Polish National Commission for UNESCO 8 A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES IN 2013 UNESCO Programme Priorities for the Coming Years The 37th session of UNESCO’s General Conference (Paris, November 5-20, 2013) adopted the Medium-Term Strategy for the years 2014-2017 (37 C/4) and the Programme and Budget for the years 2014-2017 (37/C5). Draft decision relating to both documents were prepared following consultations with all Member States, negotiated during earlier Executive Board sessions. The General Conference is UNESCO’s highest decision making body, composed of representatives of 195 Member States. Anguilla, a dependent territory of the United Kingdom, most recently brought the number of Associate Members taking part in the session to 9. The General Conference recognized peace and sustainable development as UNESCO’s overarching objectives, that will guide all of the Organisations activities Countries having suffered from conflicts and natural disasters will continue to number amongst the organisation’s central concerns. The Draft Medium-Term Strategy was passed with a few minor changes. Its adoption implies that UNESCO’s activities will for the next eight years be subject to the following nine strategic aims to: • Support Member States in developing education systems designed to foster quality lifelong learning opportunities for all; • Empower learners to be creative and responsible global citizens Opening ceremony of the 37th Session • Continue efforts aimed at implementing the Education for All UNESCO General Conference, November 5th, 2013. Programme and shaping the future education agenda; Photo: © UNESCO / Emilien URBANO A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES IN