Around 1,000 participants from 30 countries are expected Sunday to attend the World Culture Forum (WCF), which aims to discuss ideas to include culture in the goals for the post-2015 UN sustainable development agenda.
The event, themed “The Power of Culture in Sustainable Development”, will be held Nov. 24-27 at the Bali International Convention Center (BICC) in Nusa Dua.
Deputy Education and Culture Minister Wiendu Nuryanti has said through the event, Indonesia hoped to be a world cultural leader.
WCF was initiated after a debate in the UN General Assembly in New York in June on the significance of the role of culture in development.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in the debate that “the significance of the nexus between culture and development for the post-2015 agenda is not yet fully grasped”.
The forum is presenting a space to address the urgent need to promote cultural democracy as an
empowering tool.
The event aims to result in a shared vision and strategic directions among the participating countries on how to, among others, promote knowledge communities for intercultural, intergenerational and interfaith dialogues, and further ethical investment and business practices for creative and cultural industries.
Besides Yudhoyono, invited keynote speakers expected to attend the conference are Indian Nobel Laureate for Economic Sciences Amartya Sen, UNESCO director general Irina Bokova and noted journalist and writer Fareed Rafiq Zakaria.
A gala dinner and cultural performance will start the series of events on Sunday. The conference will start on Monday. Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially open the forum, which will be attended by 12 cultural ministers from 12 countries, including China, Russia, Poland, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
As many as 64 speakers from 30 countries will talk during several parallel sessions held over two days, discussing global culture, including its relationship with the economy, democracy and environment.
Source :
http://www.thejakartapost.com/bali-daily/2013-11-23/world-culture-forum-set-kick-sunday.html
Grammar Side :
1. “Deputy Education and Culture Minister Wiendu Nuryanti has said through the event”
Sentence number one using Past Perfect Tense (has said). Which is the form of past perfect tense is :
Present Perfect Tense : Positive : S + have/has + V3 Negative : S + have/sas Not + V3 Introgative : Have/has + S + V3
2. “Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in the debate”
Sentence number two using Past Tense (said). Which is the form of Past Tense is :
Past Tense: Positive : S + V2 Negative : S + did not + V1 Introgative : Did + S + V1
3. “A gala dinner and cultural performance will start the series of events on Sunday.”
Sentence number 3 using Future Tense (will). Which is the form of Future Tense is :
Future Tense : Positive : S + will + V1 Negative : S + will + not + V1 Introgative : Will + S + V1
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