Mr Richard ENGELHARDT
r.engelhardt@unescobkk.org
Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO
Mr Engelhardt is the UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific, based in Bangkok, where he heads UNESCO’s culture sector programmes for the Asia-Pacific region. He was educated in history, archaeology and anthropology of the Asia-Pacific region at Yale and Harvard universities. Following his graduation, he joined the United Nations where, for the past 25 years, he has directed heritage conservation and culture development projects throughout Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. In this capacity, Mr Engelhardt has pioneered many regional initiatives in the fields of culture, heritage and the creativity, including the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Conservation Awards.
As Head of the UNESCO Office in Cambodia, Mr Engelhardt launched and directed the international safeguarding campaign for Angkor during the 1990s. In recognition of his services in the preservation of the Angkor monuments, H.M. King Norodom Sihanouk awarded Mr. Engelhardt the prestigious title of Commandeur de l’Ordre Royal du Cambodge.
Cooperation in Culture towards Collective Prosperity: A Strategic Vision for Asia
This presentation will be structured in three parts:
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New Opportunities for Culture in Development |
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The Promotion of Creativity: A Strategy for Poverty Reduction and Community Regeneration, and |
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Drivers of Creative Development |
Within this framework 4 Key Concepts will be elaborated:
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Creativity as the key to collective prosperity, being the only resource which is possessed by all societies and all segments of every society; |
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A 100% skilled work force as the logical outcome of the drive towards education-for-all, and therefore a future goal of social policy; |
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The need for quality information and statistical data on the creative sector as pre-requisite for informed and effective policy. |
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The role of government in providing enabling environments and infrastructure to stimulate private sector investment and growth in the cultural industries. |
Richard A ENGELHARDT先生
Engelhardt先生是聯合國教科文組織駐曼谷的亞太文化地區顧問。他於哈佛及耶魯大學受教育，畢業後加入聯合國，過去25年來從事文化遺產保育工作。
「從文化合作到共同繁榮-給亞洲的策略性願景」
筆者的報告有三大重點:
1)文化在發展的新機會；
2)推動創意為滅貧和社區更新的策略及
3)創意發展的動力 – 高質資訊環境與政府促進文化產業發展的角色。
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