One of the key thematic areas of the World Public Assembly is "Spiritual and Cultural Unity and Service to Values." There will be several venues, one of them is the International round table "Traditions as a Resource of the Future." It is dedicated to the preservation of local cultural heritage through the transmission of cultural symbols and codes of territories.
Leaders of territorial development, representatives of non-governmental organizations, masters of folk-art crafts and decorative and applied arts, leaders and activists of urban and rural communities from nine countries of the world will come together.
The main message of the dialogue about "living cities" is how to organize the interaction of socially active citizens and representatives of creative professions aimed at the development of the territory? The dialogue will include discussions about the revitalization of locations through the rise of folk arts and crafts, about partnerships between local communities, about the system of exchange of experience and best practices in the preservation and development of cultural heritage.
The list of experts includes heads of territories and representatives of craft, research, and cultural organizations. The participation have been already confirmed by:
Anar Izden, Chairman of the Association of legal entities "Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations of the Kyzylorda region" (Kazakhstan),
Asif Shaikh, an Indian embroiderer and textile expert, the founder of the Craft Design Society (CDS) (India),
Carolina Gaspar, Director of the Mexico-Russia Cultural Center (Mexico), representatives of the International World Council of Crafts (UAE),
Sergey Lisin, Head of the Vacha Municipal District Nizhny Novgorod Region (Russia),
Elmira Samokhina, Head of the Representative Office of the World Peoples in the Sverdlovsk Region (Russia). Experts from Portugal, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan are expected. Also, the world-famous film director
Emir Kusturica, the founder of the micro-city of Kustendorf (Serbia), has already received an invitation to participate in the round table.
Representatives of creative communities will have the opportunity to present their creativity, products and projects. One of them,
the International Creative Action "Belt of Peace", will be a model for sharing experiences.In July 2024, the World Peoples Assembly, the Center for Social Technologies "Dealing with Meaning" and the administration of the Vacha Municipal District of the Nizhny Novgorod Region launched the International Action "Belt of Peace",
which presents cultural symbols of a particular territory and helps to understand their meanings and expand worldview.