On 4 and 5 December 2018, Turkmenistan hosted the international conference “Importance of the Great Silk Road: Present and Future Development”. UNESCO organised it with the Government of Turkmenistan. Experts on traditional games and sports (TGS) from the Interactive Atlas of Cultural Interactions along the Silk Roads took part.

Specialists selected from around the world spent two intensive and productive days at the conference. Professor Pere Lavega i Burgués, principal investigator of GIAM, took an active part.

UNESCO’s Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Traditional Sports and Games and other experts from the UNESCO Silk Roads Programme took part in the work and meetings.

The specialists invited by UNESCO also included Dr Pierre Parlebas, honorary president of AIPRAM.