Inxusa le-UAE kanye ne-Smithsonian Institution ukuze basebenzisane kokuqukethwe kwamasiko nezinhlelo zokuthuthukisa amandla

Inxusa lase-United Arab Emirates (UAE) u-Yousef Al Otaiba kanye noNobhala we-Smithsonian uDkt. David J. Skorton basanda kusayina i-Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ezothuthukisa ukuhwebelana ngamasiko futhi idale amathuba amasha okubambisana phakathi kwe-Smithsonian Institution kanye nocwaningo lwamasiko nocwaningo olusekelwe e-UAE. izinhlangano.

I-MOU ihlonza izindawo eziningi zokusebenzelana kwesikhathi esizayo, okuhlanganisa ukuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zokwakha ulwazi, njengokufundisa ngebanga, ama-workshops okuqeqesha, ama-internship kanye nobudlelwane obuzosekela imizamo yokwakha amandla kuwo wonke umkhakha wamasiko we-UAE.

Abaqondisi bemnyuziyamu ye-UAE, abalondolozi, abagcini bomlando nabacwaningi bazophinde basebenze nozakwabo eSmithsonian ukuze bahlonze amathuba okusingatha imicimbi ngokuhlanganyela, ukwenza ucwaningo oluhlanganyelwe nezinhlelo zesayensi, ukuthuthukisa ubambiswano lokulondoloza noma imibukiso, noma ukushicilela izindatshana zemfundo. I-MOU iphinde ihlonze amathuba okusiza ngokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo ezintsha zemfundo ze-STEM e-UAE kusetshenziswa ikharikhulamu nezinsiza ze-Smithsonian.

“Umkhakha wemnyuziyamu namasiko we-UAE ukhula ngesivinini esikhulu, futhi imizamo emisha iyaqhubeka nokugcina amagugu ezwe nokuthola ulwazi olusha. Njengoba le mikhakha ithuthuka, kubalulekile ukuthi izinhlangano ze-UAE zisebenzisane nozakwethu abaseqophelweni eliphezulu abangabelana ngemininingwane nezindlela ezihamba phambili,” kusho Inxusa le-UAE u-Yousef Al Otaiba. "Ayikho enye inhlangano enolwazi noma ububanzi bobuchwepheshe iSmithsonian enabo, futhi sijabule kakhulu ukusiza kwethula lolu hlelo olusha."

I-UAE neSmithsonian banomlando wokubambisana ezinhlelweni zocwaningo, ezokongiwa kwemvelo nezobuciko. Ngo-2016, abacwaningi abavela eSmithsonian Conservation Biology Institute basebenzisana ne-Environmental Agency yase-Abu Dhabi ukubuyisela umhlambi wezimpondo ze-scimitar-horned oryx endle. Lezi zinhlobo zazingasekho endle kusukela maphakathi nawo-1980. Abalondolozi bemvelo bakwaSmithsonian, abacwaningi nabalondolozi baphinde bacobelelana ngolwazi mayelana nezinqubo ezingcono kakhulu, ukuqeqeshwa nokuthuthukiswa komnyuziyamu nezinhlangano zamasiko ezisekelwe e-UAE. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukwaziswa kwakamuva nobuholi obuvela e-UAE's Zayed National Museum, ezokwakhiwa e-Saadiyat Island e-UAE.

“Le MOU idala amathuba amasha okuthi iSmithsonian kanye neNxusa leNxusa lase-UAE basebenzisane ezinhlelweni ezihlukahlukene, imicimbi kanye nezinye izinhlelo,” kusho unobhala uSkorton. "Ngokusebenzisana kwethu kwamanje - nalabo esizokudala ngokuzayo - sizokwakha ukuxhumana okukhulu phakathi kwemiphakathi yethu."

I-MOU iza ngemva kokuvakasha e-UAE kwethimba elihlanganisa izikhulu eziphezulu ze-Smithsonian, abalondolozi, kanye nabafundisi. Inhloso yokuvakasha bekuwukubona amaphrojekthi amasha, ucwaningo kanye nemicimbi engagqamisa ukusungulwa kwamasiko namaciko avela e-UAE futhi kugqugquzelwe ukushintshana ngamasiko phakathi kwalezi zizwe ezimbili.

Ngokuvulwa kweminyuziyamu esezingeni lomhlaba, njengeLouvre Abu Dhabi, amagalari, izindawo zomlando, izikhungo zokusebenza nezinye izindawo zamasiko, i-UAE isiphenduke isikhungo sezobuciko eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Unyaka ngamunye, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabathandi bobuciko nabaqoqi abavela emhlabeni wonke bavakashela i-UAE for Art Dubai, Dubai Design Week, Abu Dhabi Art noma Sharjah Biennial.

“Ubuciko buxhumanisa abantu ngaphandle kwemingcele namasiko. Le MOU ivumela iNxusa leNxusa lase-UAE ukuthi lisebenzise amandla aphelele okubambisana neSmithsonian,” kusho iNxusa u-Al Otaiba. "Ngalesi sivumelwano, sizokwazi ukuhwebelana ngemibono esezingeni eliphezulu futhi sinikeze amathuba amasha okukhombisa izihlabani ezivela e-UAE e-United States."

Kusukela yasungulwa ngo-1846, iSmithsonian Institution izibophezele ekukhuthazeni izizukulwane ngolwazi nokutholwa. I-Smithsonian iyimnyuziyamu enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, inxanxathela yezemfundo nocwaningo, ehlanganisa iminyuziyamu engu-19, iNational Zoological Park kanye nezindawo zocwaningo eziyisishiyagalolunye. Kunabasebenzi abangu-6,500 6,300 bakwaSmithsonian kanye namavolontiya ayi-30. Kube nokuvakashelwa kwezigidi ezingu-2016 ku-Smithsonian ngo-154. Ingqikithi yenani lezinto, imisebenzi yobuciko kanye nezibonelo e-Smithsonian ilinganiselwa cishe ezigidini ezingu-145, lapho izigidi ezingu-XNUMX ziyizibonelo zesayensi ku-National Museum of Natural History.