Speaking at the forum here on Thursday, Fadli emphasized the need to strengthen cultural cooperation, advance cultural diplomacy for peace, and ensure responsible digital innovation that aligns with environmental goals.
The Culture, Heritage, Art, Narrative, Diplomacy, and Innovation 2025 Forum, held on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on September 2–5, brought together ministers and cultural leaders from across the world to outline five global commitments for the future of culture.
These commitments include integrating culture into sustainable development, advancing cultural diplomacy, promoting responsible use of digital technologies and artificial intelligence, empowering youth and the creative economy, and enhancing protection, repatriation, and regulation of cultural heritage.
Held under the theme “Culture Beyond 2030: Safeguarding Heritage, Building Peace, and Advancing Cultural and Creative Industries in a Digital Future,” the forum builds on MONDIACULT 2022, where member states called for culture to be recognized as a standalone goal in the post-2030 development agenda.
Fadli said that CHANDI 2025 creates space for collective dialogue on urgent global cultural issues.
Four key topics dominated the discussions: climate threats to heritage, with one in six cultural sites globally at risk; digital transformation and ethical AI use; culture as an economic engine through Creative and Cultural Industries; and the protection of cultural assets in conflict zones.
Weak legal frameworks and limited cross-border cooperation continue to expose cultural sites to looting and destruction.
Delegates from more than 20 countries, including Zimbabwe, Brunei, Libya, Palestine, Singapore, Syria, Iran, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Cambodia, Fiji, Malaysia, Thailand, Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, and Belarus, shared national strategies.
Syrian Culture Minister Mohammed Yassin Saleh said that culture is the heart of diplomacy and a compass for peace, echoing remarks from the Palestinian minister on the loss of identity and history due to conflict.
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