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Arrangement of the Monitoring Framework and Implementation Plan for
Information Strategy Plan Project for Digital Platform UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme
Youngsoo Bahn
Jiyoung Noh

Building an inclusive MoW (Memory of from August 31st, 2022, is a 3-year UNESCO has been upholding the continuous
the World) information sharing platform: implementation plan for projects related management of document ar y herit age.
ICDH is conducting an ISP (Information to building the platform, which will start As stated in the “Recommendation Concerning
Strategy Planning) project to build next year. It is being conducted by the the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary
an MoW digital platform. As part of Research and Development division Heritage Including in Digital Form (2015),”
the centre's main strategic task, the of the centre, with an expert group Member States are invited to support and develop
establishment of a documentary heri- selected through a fair competition of policies and initiatives affecting documentary
tage information hub, the centre will proposed evaluations. After completing heritage, including monitoring the status of
utilize this MoW information-dedicated the project, the centre will review documentary heritage inscribed on the MoW
platform as a tool for practical MoW the adequacy of the results with the (Memory of the World).
information sharing and will link with Ministry of Economy and Finance for As stated in the mission statement, ICDH has
other centre strategic tasks. the upcoming distribution of the yearly been striving to support UNESCO and the
Accordingly, since the 1st of April this budget. MoW programme by taking an initiative in
year the centre has been conducting the developing methods to safeguard and enhance
ISP project to establish a target model the accessibility of documentary heritage. ICDH
and construct specific implementation completed consultation research on discovering
plans before proceeding with the actual methods to manage the MoW inscriptions in 2020.
building of the digital platform. Through From 2021 and on, ICDH continues to improve
this project, the centre will analyze the ways to strengthen the MoW programme by
present environment of the platform, set conducting intensive research on the development
the direction for its promotion, and form of the guidelines for monitoring the inscriptions.
a systematic strategy for building the The research suggests the framework of the MoW
Digital Platform platform. monitoring, from the general guideline to the
This project, which will be carried out follow-up process.

ICDH-IICAS agreed on Memorandum of Understanding for Silk Roads study Taking a step closer to Memory of the World
Youngsoo Bahn Sojung Lee

ICDH and the International Institute cooperation of the MoU. There have been diverse contents to its channel on the foundation day
for Central Asia Studies (henceforth First, they will focus on the categorizing explaining and educating about the of ICDH.It is a science-specialized
referred to as IICAS) have agreed process of the Sogdian scripts and Memory of the World to the public. content channel joining scientists
to sign an MoU this July. Through documents scattered around Central However, most of them talk about its and science-related correspondents.
this agreement, the parties have Asian countries. To preserve and inscription and / or deliver olny the Its cast members wii talk about
expressed their interest to cooperate amplify potential nomination to the Nicolaus brief information of the documentary Nicolaus Copernicus and his work “De
with other IICAS Member States in the MoW, both institutes will share best heritage. Threfore, ICDH would revolutionibus libri sex”. They will make
Copernicus
discovery, preservation and inventory practices in identifying Silk Roads like to deal with the Memory of the science more accessible to the public.
of documentary heritage related with documentary heritage for the possible World’s historical significance and
the history, anthropology, archaeology, inscription at the regional and its value by telling the context of the
architecture, ethnography, literature, international levels. documentary heritage and behind the
linguistics, and other cultural legacy scenes. In this line, celebrating the
of the Silk Road with focus on Central 2nd anniversary of the foundation of The <Nicolaus Copernicus’ masterpiece
Asia and its cultural interlinkages. ICDH, the first MoW promotional video “De revolutionibus libri sex”> is an interim
The cooperation aims to promote the Science with People content released on July 13, 2022. And manu script between the draft and the
UNESCO programme on “Memory of the selected MoW for this content is complete work.One of the uniqueness
this documentary heritage has is that this
the World” focusing on Silk Roads <Nicolaus Copernicus’ masterpiece “De documentary heritage was hand-written by
countries. Both institutes agreed on revolutionibus libri sex”> inscribed by Nicolaus Copernicus himself. Therefore, we
the “2022-2023 Road Map on Regional Poland in 1999. can find traces of modification and delete
Cooperation for Preservation of the Silk The Youtube channel <Science with of texts, and even ink blots as well. These
errors make this documentary heritage
Roads Documentary Heritage,” which People(과학하고 앉아있네)> uploaded more special.
reflects the several scopes of practical the first MoW promotional video content

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