阐释《建设学习型城市北京宣言》的第一承诺——“Empowering Individuals and Promoting Social Cohesion”的意涵和践履

Interpretation of the First Commitment of Beijing Declaration on Building Learning Cities——The Essence and the Implementation of "Empowering Individuals and Promoting Social Cohesion"

2013年10月"首届国际学习型城市大会"在北京隆重召开。102个国家的500多名代表一致通过了《建设学习型城市北京宣言》。其中有十二项承诺,而第一承诺便是"Empowering Individuals and Promoting Social Cohesion"(促进个体赋权增能和增强社会凝聚)。何谓"赋权增能"和"社会凝聚"不能从简单的汉译来理解,需从词源来准确辨析,更需要从政治学、社会学、法学、心理学等角度领略其深刻的内涵。"赋权增能"与"社会凝聚"有密切的内在联系,其指向目标、目的、效能等核心价值构成完整体系。学习型城市建设与"赋权增能"和"社会凝聚"有着高度的重要关联。在改革开放的今天,践履"第一承诺"已经成为我国唯一选择。怎样践履这一庄严承诺,《北京宣言》指出了基本路向,在表达教育机会、基本能力、社会参与、性别平等、贫富差距、社区建设等兑现承诺的特定语境中,充分揭示了《北京宣言》将"赋权增能"、"社会凝聚"作为第一承诺的理由和重要意义。这应是对《北京宣言》第一承诺的完整理解。

In October of 2013, the first International Conference on Learning Cities was held in Beijing, in which over 500 deputies form more than 100 countries unanimously adopted Beijing Declaration on Building Learning Cities. The first one of twelve commitments proposed in Beijing Declaration on Building Learning Cities, ＂Empowering Individuals and Promoting Social Cohesion＂, should be interpreted from the etymology instead of its Chinese translation, and the essence of it should be comprehended from such perspectives as politics, sociology, jurisprudence, psychology, etc. ＂Individual empowerment＂ and ＂social cohesion＂ are deeply related with each other, the target, the objective, the efficiency and other core values of which constitute a complete system. Since building learning cities has a great association with ＂individual empowerment＂ and ＂social cohesion＂, with the deepening of reform and opening up, to implement the first commitment has become the only choice of China. Beijing Declaration on Building Learning Cities points out the basic way to implement the first commitment. The reason for and the significance of making ＂empowering individuals＂ and ＂social cohesion＂ as the first commitment are fully reflected in the specific contexts mentioned in it, such as the educational opportunity, the basic ability, the social participation, the gender equality, the gap between the rich and the poor, the construction of community and so on. The above mentioned is the full interpretation of the first commitment of Beijing Declaration on Building Learning Cities.