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10/19/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/19/2021 01:33

Turkmenistan embarked on a path to preserve documentary heritage

On 13 and 14 October 2021, UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office in cooperation with Turkmen National Commission for UNESCO organized the first-ever Memory of the World Capacity Building Workshop for Turkmen experts.

The virtual event was attended by 40 participants including directors and experts from the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, Magtymguly National institute of language, literature and manuscripts of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Ministry of Education, State Library as well as students majoring in documentation and archival studies, Protection and restoration of Cultural Heritage studies, Theatre and cinema studies and Tourism management studies.

Officer-in-Charge of UNESCO Tehran, Mr Cvetan Cvetkovski, opened the workshop by congratulating Dr Chinar Rustemova, the executive secretary of the Turkmen National Commission for UNESCO for being awarded the title of "Hero of Turkmenistan" as the highest degree of distinction in the country and the gold medal of "Altyn Aý". He continued to express the background of UNESCO Memory of the World Program, the importance of preservation of and providing accesses to the documentary heritage as a guardian of our collective memory, and state that this program is a vision for peace embodied in maps, books and manuscripts, with the power to change the minds of men and women and to shape a different future for all.