2018“大河对话”： 汇聚大河文明 探索可持续未来
2018“大河对话”：
汇聚大河文明 探索可持续未来
(English version at the bottom)
2018大河对话于10月28日至30日在武汉长江文明馆隆重举行。论坛主题为“汇聚大河文明——高质量发展的可持续未来”。本次论坛由武汉市人民政府和联合国教科文组织联合主办，联合国教科文组织驻华代表处、武汉市文化局、武汉市外办、长江文明馆承办。
2018大河对话旨在以世界各大河流域为背景，为各学科领域的专家及管理者提供一个国际性的交流平台，各友好城市和教科文组织网络（世界遗产、创意城市、生物圈保护区和生态水文基地）共同参与研讨，推动全球大河流域生态和文化环境的高质量发展。
四大会场，聚集流域文明视角
本届论坛设三个分论坛及一个高级别圆桌会议，三个分论坛主题分别为：“河流文化：保护和发展大河自然与文化遗产”、“大河沿岸“水世界”——水博物馆，遗产，记忆，地域感”、“大河沿岸城市发展——重塑城市与河流的纽带”；高级别圆桌会议主题为“大河流域管理中的河流文化与环境整合”。四大会场汇聚不同领域的专家、学者、管理者，交流互鉴，从不同的角度探寻大河及其流域的可持续发展之道。
开幕式 / Opening Ceremony
2018大河对话开幕式于10月29日在长江文明馆学术报告厅举行，武汉市人民政府市长周先旺、联合国教科文组织助理总干事马多克（Firmin Edouard Matoko），中国联合国教科文组织全国委员会秘书长秦昌威，中国水利部长江水利委员会主任马建华在开幕式上致辞。
武汉市人民政府市长 周先旺 / Mr. Zhou Xianwang, Mayor of Wuhan Municipal People's Government
联合国教科文组织助理总干事 马多克 / Mr. Firmin Edouard Matoko, Assistant Director-general, Africa Department, UNESCO
中国联合国教科文组织全国委员会秘书长 秦昌威 / Mr. Qin Changwei, Secretary-General of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO
中国水利部长江水利委员会主任 马建华 / Mr. Ma Jianhua, Commissioner, Changjiang Water Resources Commission, Ministry of Water Resources of China
主旨论坛由联合国教科文组织驻华代表处自然科学项目官员贝斐然（Philippe Pypaert）主持，主旨发言嘉宾有联合国教科文组织“河流与遗产——大河文化”项目教席卡尔·万增教授，历史文化学家、武汉大学人文社会科学资深教授冯天瑜先生，全球水博物馆网络协调员埃里贝托·尤里西斯博士，国际博物馆协会（ICOM）副主席、中国博物馆协会副理事长兼秘书长安来顺博士，瑞典国际文化遗产专家、建筑师和城市规划师、SAR / MSA成员卡特丽·利兹斯汀教授，中国科学院院士、中国地质大学（武汉）教授殷鸿福先生。
联合国教科文组织驻华代表处主任 欧敏行 / Ms. Marielza Oliveira, Director of UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office
联合国教科文组织驻华代表处自然科学项目官员 贝斐然 / Mr. Philippe Pypaert, Programme Specialist for Natural Sciences, UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office
大咖云集，共论大河发展之道
2018大河对话，大咖云集。共邀请了150余名国内外嘉宾，其中国外嘉宾约76人，国内嘉宾80余人，涉及28个国家、19条大河、50个国内、国外研究机构、组织，18家国际、国内文博单位，28所国内外高校。
参会嘉宾中，既有政府和联合国教科文组织的官员，也有世界流域管委会和国际博物馆协会的领导；既有世界水博物馆的负责人，也有来自哥伦比亚大学、俄罗斯科学院远东研究所的著名学者，还有国内一些知名院士等，共同为大河及其流域的可持续发展建言献策、贡献力量。
两届对话，持续探索人与大河未来
相较于2016大河对话，2018大河对话参会人员规模、会议规格皆有所提高，涵盖的领域更为广泛，由首届论坛的两个分论坛升级为三个分论坛及一个高级别圆桌会议，分论坛又设多个子论坛，主题更加细分、专注，联合国教科文组织的参与，为本届大河对话提供了更开阔、更国际化的视野。联合国教科文组织驻华代表处欧敏行代表指出，大河对话以大河文明为主题举办的国际论坛将填补联合国教科文组织相关论坛的空白。
2018大河对话特设的高级别圆桌会议，政府相关部门负责人和多个河流如黄河、珠江、萨瓦河、波河的流域组织代表共11人参会，共同讨论“大河流域管理中的河流文化与环境整合”。
值得一提的是，2018大河对话还设置了“水汇聚仪式”：参会的河流代表将各自流域的水倒入同一个容器之中，象征2018大河对话的论坛精神——汇聚大河文明，以世界大河流域为背景，以对话为形式，将开放包容的中国精神融入构建人类命运共同体的伟大进程。
大河对话，将秉持这种精神，持续汇聚流域最前沿的发展经验、生态保护方法、经济智慧、文化吸引力，成为具备国际影响力的论坛。
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媒体联络
甘佩玲，邮箱 p.gan@unesco.org
2018 Great Rivers Forum:
Converging Rivers Civilizations for
a Sustainable Future
From October 28 to 30, the 2018 Great Rivers Forum (GRF) is held at the Changjiang Civilization Museum in Wuhan, China, on the theme of “Confluence: Great Rivers Civilizations—High Quality Development for a Sustainable Future”. This forum is jointly organized by the Municipal Government of Wuhan and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through its Beijing Office. It is hosted by the Cultural Bureau of Wuhan, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Government of Wuhan, and the Changjiang Civilization Museum, and supported by the Great Rivers Civilization Research Center.
The Great Rivers Forum offers itself as an open international platform for experts and managers from various fields. 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.
Expert Perspectives on Rivers Civilizations and Sustainable Development
The 2018 GRF will run one high-level round-table and three parallel expert sessions. At the high-level round-table, heads and officials of relevant institutions and river basin authorities will discuss “The Integration of River Culture and Environment in the Management of Great River Basins”, from the perspective of managers.
The three expert sessions will focus on: “River Culture: preserve and let evolve natural and cultural heritages”, “Visualizing Water Worlds along Great Rivers – Water Museums, Heritage, Memory and Sense of Place”, and “Urban development along great rivers – re-connecting the city with its river”.
These sessions will gather experts, scholars, and officials from different fields to exchange and learn from each other, and to explore the sustainable development of rivers and basins from different angles.
Future Development of Rivers
Over 150 guests will participate in this forum, including more than 80 guests from China and over 70 international guests.
The Forum can count on the participation of experts and officials from international organizations such as UNESCO, the International Council of Museums, and the Global Network of Water Museums; senior researchers from great rivers areas; researchers from academic institutions such as the Columbia University, the Russian Academy of Sciences, or the Wuhan University; UNESCO centers and chairs; and well-known Chinese academicians. They will share their expertise on the sustainable development of great rivers, their basins and cities.
GRFs Provide Venue for Ongoing Collaboration and International Influence
The GRF is held every two years. Following the first successful edition in 2016, the 2018 GRF has been improved in many aspects. The contribution of UNESCO in its organization has brought a broader and more international perspective, considering in particular the number of overseas participants, the size of the forum, the fields it covers and the themes it addresses.
At the “Water Confluences Ceremony” of this forum, representatives from different river basins will pour water from their respective rivers into the same container, symbolizing the spirit of the 2018 GRF—“integrating the open and inclusive Chinese spirit into the great process of building the shared future of mankind, via dialogues, in the context of the world's great river basins.”
GRF will uphold this spirit and continue to bring together cutting-edge development experiences, environmental management approaches, economic wisdom, and the cultural appeal of the rivers, to become a forum of international relevance and influence.
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Media Contact:
GAN Peiling, p.gan@unesco.org