The Silk Roads Programme

On Tuesday 28th of November 2022, ‘Traditional Tea Processing Techniques and Associated Social Practices in China’ and the ‘Culture of Çay (tea), a symbol of identity, hospitality and social interaction’ in Türkiye and Azerbaijan, were inscribed onto the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Humanity.

World Philosophy Day Parallel Sessions International Symposium on Scientific and Cultural Exchanges along the Silk Roads And Roundtable on Philosophical Dialogue between East and West along the Silk Roads On November 18, the UNESCO Silk Roads Programme organised a daylong event entitled ‘Philosophy along the Silk Roads – World Philosophy Day Parallel Sessions’ to mark the occasion of World Philosophy Day 2022 held both online and at UNESCO HQ in Paris.

UNESCO Silk Roads Youth Research Grant – Reinforcing the Capacity and Contribution of Young Researchers to the Silk Roads UNESCO is delighted to announce the awardees of the 2022 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant.

UNESCO is pleased to announce the online publication of the ‘Textiles and Clothing’ volume of the ‘Thematic Collection of the Cultural Exchanges along the Silk Roads’.

Open Ceremony of an Avant-garde Painting Exhibition of Works from the National State Museum of Arts of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan On Monday 26 September 2022, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Khiva Declaration, an exhibition of Avant-garde paintings from the State Museum of Art of the Republic of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan, was organised by the Government of Uzbekistan with support from the UNESCO Office in Tashkent and inaugurated at UNESCO HQ in Paris.