Saudi commission to host World Food Atlas discussion.

Saudi Arabia’s Culinary Arts Commission will organize a remote open World Food Atlas meeting on Wednesday.

The meeting will host those interested in discussing this Saudi initiative adopted by UNESCO to preserve and enhance food production methods and pass them on to future generations.

The meeting will cover several areas, including an introduction to the World Food Atlas and the Saudi Fund at UNESCO, along with its projects.

It will also address the link between the World Food Atlas and the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, as well as the connection between the five categories of cultural heritage and culinary arts, on which the atlas initiative was based.

Furthermore, the meeting will discuss the expected returns for local communities joining the World Food Atlas platform, as well as defining the concept of “food way.”

Last year, the commission had developed the initiative, called “The International Food Atlas and Digital Platform for Preserving, Promoting and Transmitting Foodways to Tomorrow’s Generations.” This initiative seeks to preserve and document cultural heritage to ensure its sustainable transmission across generations.

This meeting is part of a series of open discussions organized periodically by the commission, serving as a channel of communication through which to engage with the culinary arts community in the Kingdom and those interested in this creative field.

These meetings aim to highlight all relevant subjects in this sector, share the commission’s visions and aspirations for developing it, and listen to development ideas and suggestions that enhance the Kingdom’s culinary arts in alignment with the goals of the commission, under the umbrella of the national strategy for culture.