运河联通世界｜突尼斯青年外交官赴约WCCO秘书处共话运河文明与SDGs|wcco|大运河|突尼斯|联合国

大运河传媒讯（董明徐蓉）“这次到扬州访问WCCO，让我们亲身感受到，运河早已不止是一处历史地标。它转变为文化与经济交流的桥梁，成为经验互鉴的平台，也是开展合作、共享发展的空间。” 中阿改革发展研究中心第二十九期阿拉伯国家官员研修班团长、突尼斯国际外交学院教育培训处负责人维赛姆·穆阿特马里（Wissem Moatemri）公使先生说。9月18日，他带领阿拉伯国家官员研修班的近30余名来自突尼斯国际外交学院的青年外交官和学者，走进世界运河历史文化城市合作组织（WCCO）秘书处，参与“运河联通世界 Canal Link”文化交流活动，以运河为纽带，围绕文化遗产与联合国可持续发展目标（SDGs）展开跨文明对话。Grand Canal Media News (Dong Ming, Xu Rong) “This visit to Yangzhou with WCCO allows us to realize that the canal is no longer just a historical landmark. It has become a bridge for cultural and economic exchanges, a platform for the sharing of experiences, and a space for cooperation and shared development,” said Wissem Moatemri, head of the 29th training program for Arab officials from Tunisian International Diplomatic Academy, and the person in charge of the education and training department at the academy. On September 18th, he led nearly 30 young diplomats and scholars from the Tunisian International Diplomatic Academy to the secretariat of the World Historic and Cultural Canal Cities Cooperation Organization (WCCO), where they participated in the “Canal Link” cultural exchange event. Using the canal as a link, they engaged in intercultural dialogue related to cultural heritage and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

位于非洲北端的突尼斯，地处地中海腹地，自古以来便是文明交汇之地、互通往来的要道。该国拥有比塞大运河、拉古莱特运河等水系。其中，比塞大运河上，中国企业承建的突尼斯比塞大大桥是突尼斯最大的在建基础设施项目，建成后将极大方便两岸百姓往来。Tunisia, located at the northern tip of Africa and situated in the heart of the Mediterranean region, has been a place where civilizations meet and trade takes place since ancient times. The country has several waterways, such as the Bizerte Grand Canal and the Lagouledt Canal. Among these, the Bizerte Grand Canal is home to the Bizerte-Beyrouth Bridge constructed by Chinese companies. This bridge represents the largest ongoing infrastructure project in Tunisia, and its completion will greatly facilitate travel between the two sides of the canal.

“这座大桥不仅将带动沿岸经济发展，更兼顾了当地的动植物保护，诠释了运河水系与基建工程如何赋能城市可持续发展，呼应联合国可持续发展目标。”维赛姆·穆阿特马里（Wissem Moatemri）认为，我们看待运河遗产，不只是将其视作过往的记忆，更视它为通往未来的桥梁，是不同民族、不同文明之间对话的语言。活动现场，嘉宾参观WCCO主题展厅，系统了解WCCO的发展历程与国际合作成果，并走进世界运河文化裸眼3D沉浸式展示馆，领略全球运河风貌与当代活力。“This bridge will not only drive economic development along the coast, but also contribute to the protection of local flora and fauna. It demonstrates how canal systems and infrastructure projects can support sustainable urban development and align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals,” said Wissem Moatemri. He believes that we should view canal heritage not just as a memory of the past, but as a bridge to the future—a medium for dialogue among different nations and civilizations. At the event, guests visited the WCCO theme exhibition to learn about the organization’s history and international cooperation achievements. They also toured the World Canal Culture Immersive 3D exhibit, allowing them to experience the beauty of global canals and their contemporary vitality.

此次活动，创意设置了SDGs知识问答、马赛克手工拼贴画、“漂流瓶”计划等互动环节。“联合国可持续发展目标共有多少个？”“以下哪条水道沟通了北海和波罗的海？”“比利时拥有哪条世界遗产水道？”一个又一个问题抛出，却难不倒这群青年外交官。他们踊跃举手、积极作答，在互动中，对运河赋能SDGs发展的认识更加清晰。During this event, various interactive activities were organized, including SDGs knowledge quizzes, mosaics collage workshops, and the “Drift Bottle” program. Questions such as “How many Sustainable Development Goals are there in total?” and “Which waterway connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea?” and “What world heritage waterway does Belgium have?” were posed to the young diplomats. They actively raised their hands and answered these questions, and through these interactions, their understanding of how canals can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs became clearer.

马赛克手工拼贴画环节，大家尽情发挥创意与审美，先以铅笔勾勒出运河、桥梁、绿地等轮廓，再挑选不同颜色的马赛克瓷砖进行填充。方寸画板之上，一幅幅栩栩如生的运河主题作品应运而生，尽显大家对运河细致的观察力与出色的艺术创造力。During the mosaic collage activity, everyone could fully express their creativity and aesthetic sense. First, they used pencils to outline the contours of canals, bridges, and green spaces, and then selected different colored mosaic tiles to fill in those outlines. On this small canvas, vivid works related to canals were created, demonstrating everyone’s keen observation skills and outstanding artistic creativity.

整场活动最有趣的莫过于“漂流瓶计划”。这一环节致力于让每一期参与“运河联通世界 Canal Link”活动的国际青年能够展开跨越时空的对话，让运河城市之间的青年友谊代代传递下去。The most interesting aspect of the entire event is the “Drift Bottle Program”. This activity aims to enable each international youth participant in the “Canal Link” program to engage in conversations across time and space, thereby ensuring that the friendship between young people from different canal cities continues from generation to generation.

突尼斯青年外交官们首先拆封并阅读此前在河北沧州举办的“运河联通世界 Canal Link”活动中，国际留学生留下的暖心寄语。一位法国留学生写下的“充分享受这段美好的经历，并与你身边的人分享”承载着上一期国际青年的美好期待，也让大家感受到，“运河联通世界 Canal Link”不仅仅是一句口号，而是一场持续流动、不断延续的全球青年运河对话。The Tunisian young diplomats first opened and read the heartwarming messages left by international students during the “Canal Link” event held in Cangzhou, Hebei. A French student wrote, “Enjoy this wonderful experience fully, and share it with those around you.” These messages reflected the hopes of the international youth from the previous issue, and they also showed that “Canal Link” is not just a slogan, but a continuous global dialogue among young people related to the canal.

带着这份期许，大家也纷纷写下了自己的寄语，投进漂流瓶中并封存，期待着下一期的外国朋友们打开，再传递下去。“我以前只在互联网上了解过中国大运河，今天终于在中国大运河的源头读懂了运河的真正意义。很高兴能通过这个活动认识到大运河。”马拉姆·巴基尼（Maram Bakini）说。With this hope in mind, everyone wrote down their own messages, placed them in the floating bottles, and sealed them away. They waited for future foreign friends to open them and continue passing on those messages. “I only learned about the Grand Canal of China through the Internet before. Today, I finally understood the true meaning of the canal at its source. I’m glad that I got to know the Grand Canal through this activity,” said Maram Bakini.

此次阿拉伯国家官员研修班来访，是WCCO助力中外运河文明双向对话的生动实践。WCCO执行副秘书长朱媛介绍，“运河联通世界Canal Link”包含运河联通可持续发展目标、运河联通青年力量、运河联通遗产与旅游、运河联通数字创新四大板块，旨在将运河遗产转化为当代文明纽带，推动全球互联互通、合作共赢、共同繁荣。活动也让有可持续发展共识的世界青年相聚运河沿线，让千年运河文明联通世界、赋能未来。The visit by officials from Arab countries represents a vivid example of WCCO’s efforts to facilitate two-way dialogue between canal civilizations in China and abroad. Zhu Yuan, Deputy Executive Secretary-General of WCCO, explained that the “Canal Link for Global Connection” initiative includes four main areas: connecting canals with sustainable development goals, leveraging the youth’s role in this process, promoting canal heritage and tourism, and encouraging digital innovation related to canals. The goal is to transform canal heritage into a link between contemporary civilizations, thereby promoting global connectivity, cooperation, and shared prosperity. This event also brings young people from countries with shared concerns regarding sustainable development together along the canals, enabling the century-old canal civilization to connect the world and empower the future.