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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-04-24
CONTENTS
[01] Culture's role as tool of soft power and economic development
discussed at Civilizations Forum
[01] Culture's role as tool of soft power and economic development
discussed at Civilizations Forum
The many ways in which countries can cooperate in promoting cultural
heritage and intercultural dialog were the main topics discussed by the
foreign ministers of Greece, Italy, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq,
Peru, Bolivia and Mexico in the "Ancient Civilizations" conference held
in Athens on Monday.
The two-day event, an initiative of Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias who
organized it together with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, gathered
in Zappeion Mansion ministers and academics from 10 countries with great
cultural history.
The first conference on Monday was titled "Culture – a smart tool of
soft diplomatic power" and was coordinated by Dr Platonas Mavromoustakos,
Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Athens. The second was
titled "Culture, a factor of economic development" and was coordinated by
Dr Nikos Leandros, Professor of Economics, specializing in the Economics
of Media, at Pantion University.
Well-known Greek and foreign archaeologists, professors and museum
directors from these ten countries spoke about the proposed actions and
successful examples of culture management. Dr Mavromoustakos spoke of
the creation of an unofficial academic network as part of the forum,
where academics, researchers and specialists will be able to acquaint
themselves better with each other's civilizations and their impact on
contemporary times. He presented as example the European Network of
Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient Greek Drama, a
circle of courses with the participation of 25 countries which links
cooperation in research with the use of ancient theaters. He also
mentioned the great potential offered by the Massive Open Online Courses
(free online courses) both in highlighting cultural heritage and in
extending university and other type of cooperation.
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