On October 13, the International Training Workshop of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme, themed "Empowering Documentary Diversity," opened in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Turkmenistan is represented at the event by Chinar Rustemova, Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO, and Maksat Meredov, a researcher at the Institute of Language, Literature and National Manuscripts of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan.

The main goal of the workshop is to strengthen international cooperation and build the capacity of human and technical resources in the Asia-Pacific region for the effective preservation and nomination of valuable documentary heritage to the international register of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme.

The event is organized by the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI) in cooperation with the National Commissions of the Republic of Korea and Indonesia for UNESCO, as well as the Korea Heritage Service. The opening ceremony was attended by Giring Ganesha, Deputy Minister of Culture of Indonesia, and Kwibae Kim, Chairperson of the UNESCO Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP).

The workshop aims to be the largest in the history of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. It brings together representatives from Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Palau, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tuvalu.

The agenda includes practical sessions covering methods for nominating items, evaluating the physical condition of collections, risk management, preparing materials for long-term digital preservation, and other key topics.

The workshop will continue until October 18.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan