Draft Declaration

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Draft Declaration
Dr. Toma Boh

• 7th March 2009

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The process

• 1st step overview of relevant documents and
  preparation of general framework of the
  declaration (futures committee)
• 2nd step preparation of the draft declaration
  (speakers and participants on the BF)
• 3rd step the draft declaration is open for
  comments and suggestions for 1 month
• 4th step inclusion of comments into the
  declaration and dissemination to relevant
  stakeholders

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Who we would like to address

• United nations
• European Union
• EU Presidency
• Council of Ministers
• European Commission
• European Parliament
• Decision makers from the SEE region
• National decision makers
• NGOs

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Main focuses and emphasis

• Recognising that the world of human experiences
  is the world of the culture
• Understanding the inevitable connection between
  culture and sciences where the inherent human
  curiosity is expressed by different means
• Understanding the central role of creativity in
  and for the development of modern knowledge based
  societies
• Acknowledging the ideal of Renaissance tradition
  where the creativity of artists was not separated
  from the curiosity of scientists

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main focuses and emphasis

• Understanding the joint influence between science
  and culture which fertilised new ways of thinking
  and opening of important social dimensions
• Recognising that by heeding the wisdom of culture
  and science can gain the kinds of new insights
  and perspectives that are the seeds of scientific
  progress
• Recognising that culture contributes to
  understanding and interpretations of society and
  helps facing its growing issues.

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main focuses and emphasis

• Understanding the potential of culture in broader
  sense and art in particular for communicating
  science and bringing it closer to everyday life
  with a special consideration on its potentials to
  stimulate curiosity, raising awareness and
  collecting feedback from society
• Recognising that arts and science have different
  but complementary outputs - science produces
  knowledge while art produces meaning
• Recognising the importance of direct and indirect
  role of creative industries as a potential for
  new economic development
• Recognising the role of culture as a bridging
  element within South Eastern Europe as well as
  with other parts of Europe where solutions
  provided by the science enable the transfer of
  knowledge, ideas and intellectual potential
  between these parts

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Results

• call upon the decision makers to establish the
  conditions for the use of foresight which can
  provide an appropriate way of bridging the gap
  between science and culture and therefore offer
  background for future development or development
  of the future
• call for the actions to remove the barriers
  between artistic and scientific creativity and
  create conditions for development of new
  renaissance based on fusion and synergies
  between art and science
• call upon the actors from the fields of science,
  technology and art and culture in its broader
  sense to cooperate in bringing innovations to the
  market

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results

• call for the implementation of the 5th freedom,
  free flow of knowledge across Europe, and
  bringing together European Research and European
  Cultural area
• call upon the institutions of the EU to use the
  potential of culture for facing challenges of
  democratic deficit, innovation deficit and
  intercultural dialogue
• call upon the creation of conditions for
  development of scienceandart where the
  distinction between two elements will be
  minimised or would even disappear

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results

• call upon the decision makers in EU to include
  region of South Eastern Europe and neighbouring
  countries into scienceandart which can act as a
  cultural and political bridge between regions
• call upon all the decision makers and those
  working in the business to take their share of
  responsibility for creation of sustainable
  future.

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Further activities

• On Monday upload a draft document on Bled Forum
  web page http//www.bled-forum.org
• Declaration will be open for comments till the
  7th April 2009
• Send comments to info.cegd_at_cegd.eu
• 15th April - final version of declaration

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• Thank you for your attention!