In 2018, UNESCO partnered with the European Union to launch the Silk Roads Heritage Corridors in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran—International Dimension of the European Year of Cultural Heritage. The project focuses on safeguarding, preserving, and promoting the common heritage along the Silk Roads. The action aims to promote the region’s cultural heritage and develop heritage-based tourism, diversifying tourism products and delivering high-quality visitor experiences along in participating countries and improve the livelihoods of the communities in the region, including youth and women, through capacity building and the creation of opportunities for income-generation and jobs, and, through this, demonstrate the role of culture in sustainable development. The project is implemented along the following main components: 1. Valorization and promotion of tangible and intangible cultural heritage 2. Strengthening capacities in heritage safeguarding, protection and management for the promotion of sustainable tourism 3. Strengthen human and institutional capacities 4. Awareness-raising initiatives to further promote and facilitate partnerships and improve communication.

Moderator to Participants: If you will allow me, because of a shortage of time, one question can be applied to everybody. Mr. Park this question is related to the one I asked you. The issue is related to challenges and is related to artificial intelligence. Because as Mr. Kwon Huh mentioned earlier in his presentation that we have to continue networking both online and offline. And if we are talking about online networking, I think one of the possible challenges in front of us is artificial intelligence, which is coming to every site and from your point of view, what is the extent of artificial intelligence could be an essential tool for promoting this ICH Silk Roads network? To what extent do we have to consider? I know that Krista Pikkat was looking after a communications center, so she knows very well about artificial Intelligence, and she has many ideas on artificial intelligence. It is coming; it is coming everywhere already. So, my question to you, from your point of view, artificial intelligence and the Silk Roads network. What can be the challenges here and what would be your proposal?