IAK and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

IAK and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

A Cultural Association, a Living Digital Academy, and a Growing International Network

IAK与联合国可持续发展目标

一个文化协会、一座活态数字书院与一个持续生长的国际网络

Rooted in Switzerland, Connected with the World

扎根瑞士，与世界相连

The Interessensgemeinschaft Asiatische Kultur (IAK) is a Swiss non-profit cultural association based in Bad Ragaz. Through cultural preservation, education, intercultural dialogue, and shared practice, it connects individuals, institutions, and communities from different countries and fields.

瑞士亚洲文化协会（IAK）是一家位于巴德拉加兹的瑞士非营利文化协会，通过文化保存、教育、跨文化对话与共同实践，连接来自不同国家和领域的个人、机构与社群。

Over years of continuous development, IAK has also established a living digital academy: an open cultural and educational platform connecting its multilingual Library, Archive, Academy, Glossary, original publications, programmes, and records of cultural practice.

经过多年的持续建设，IAK也逐渐建立起一座活态数字书院：一个开放的文化与教育平台，将多语种图书馆、数字馆藏、书院、跨文化词汇表、原创著作、课程项目及文化实践记录连接为一个完整的知识体系。

Through this system, people from different linguistic, cultural, and social backgrounds can encounter Asian classical wisdom, understand its cultural foundations, and explore its relevance to contemporary life.

通过这一知识体系，不同语言、文化与社会背景的人们，都可以接近亚洲古典智慧，理解其文化根源，并探索它与当代生活之间的联系。

IAK did not begin this work in order to align itself with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Rather, its long-standing commitment to cultural preservation, public education, self-cultivation, and international cooperation naturally contributes to these shared global objectives.

IAK并不是为了对应联合国可持续发展目标才开展这些工作。恰恰相反，IAK多年来持续进行的文化保存、公共教育、生命修养与国际合作，本身就与这些全球共同目标形成了自然而具体的呼应。

Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, IAK’s work is particularly connected with Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG 4), Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10), Sustainable Cities and Communities—especially the safeguarding of cultural heritage (SDG 11), and Partnerships for the Goals (SDG 17). Through intercultural dialogue, IAK also supports the broader vision of peaceful and inclusive societies expressed in SDG 16.

在联合国17项可持续发展目标中，IAK的实践尤其与良好健康与福祉（SDG 3）、优质教育（SDG 4）、减少不平等（SDG 10）、可持续城市和社区——特别是文化遗产保护（SDG 11），以及促进目标实现的伙伴关系（SDG 17）密切相关。通过跨文化对话，IAK也支持SDG 16所倡导的和平与包容社会。

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals

SDG 3 — Good Health and Well-being

良好健康与福祉

Modern life offers unprecedented access to information and technology, yet it also brings accelerated rhythms, technological overload, isolation, and growing pressure upon the human mind.

现代生活带来了前所未有的信息与技术，同时也伴随着生活节奏加速、技术过载、人与人之间的疏离，以及不断增加的精神压力。

Material progress alone cannot answer the enduring questions of how to live, how to cultivate inner balance, and how to relate harmoniously to oneself, others, and nature.

仅有物质进步，并不能回答人应当如何生活、如何保持内在平衡，以及如何与自己、他人和天地和谐相处这些长久的问题。

Through the Health & Happiness Ecosystem initiated by IAK founder Jian Geyang, classical approaches to self-cultivation enter into dialogue with contemporary understandings of human well-being. Chinese philosophy, breathing culture, Daoyin, Taiji, Qin practice, meditation, and the cultivation of body and mind are understood not as isolated techniques, but as interconnected ways of understanding and caring for life.

在IAK创始人简歌扬倡导的“健康与幸福生态系统”中，古典生命修养传统与当代人的福祉需求彼此对话。中国哲学、呼吸文化、导引、太极、古琴、静坐及身心修养，并非彼此割裂的技术，而是相互关联的生命认识与实践方式。

IAK preserves the cultural foundations of these traditions, interprets them across languages, and makes them accessible for learning, reflection, and everyday practice. This work supports human well-being through culture and education; it does not replace professional medical or psychological care.

IAK保存这些传统背后的文化根源，通过跨语言阐释帮助人们理解，并为学习、反思与日常实践提供开放的入口。这些内容以文化和教育的方式支持人的福祉，但不能替代专业的医疗或心理服务。

IAK and IBF: A Partnership for Breathing and Well-being

IAK与IBF：为呼吸与人的福祉而合作

The formal partnership between IAK and the International Breathwork Foundation (IBF) was established on 24 September 2022. The agreement recognises the alignment of the two organisations’ missions and core values and commits both partners to reciprocal collaboration in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

IAK与国际呼吸基金会（International Breathwork Foundation，IBF）于2022年9月24日正式建立合作伙伴关系。合作协议确认双方的使命与核心价值相互契合，并承诺通过平等、互惠的合作，共同支持联合国可持续发展目标的实现。

Since July 2016, IBF has held Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Through its United Nations Workgroup, IBF promotes conscious breathing and develops initiatives aligned with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

IBF自2016年7月起拥有联合国经济及社会理事会（ECOSOC）特别咨商地位，并通过其联合国工作组推动有意识呼吸及与联合国《2030年可持续发展议程》相一致的实践项目。

IBF United Nations Workgroup https://ibfbreathwork.org/ibf-un-workgroup/

The partnership creates a meaningful bridge between Asian traditions of breathing and self-cultivation and an international network of contemporary breathwork knowledge and practice. It also provides a clear and documented connection between IAK’s cultural and educational work, IBF’s international network, and their shared commitment to the UN 2030 Agenda.

这项合作在亚洲传统呼吸与生命修养文化，以及当代国际呼吸知识与实践网络之间，建立了一座切实的桥梁。它也在IAK的文化教育实践、IBF的国际网络，以及双方对联合国《2030年可持续发展议程》的共同承诺之间，建立了清晰而有文件依据的联系。

IAK–IBF Partnership Agreement, signed on 24 September 2022. The agreement commits both organisations to reciprocal collaboration in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

IAK与IBF于2022年9月24日签署的合作协议。双方承诺通过互惠合作，共同支持联合国可持续发展目标的实现。

IAK is also officially listed among IBF’s partner organisations.

IAK同时被IBF正式列入其合作伙伴名单。

View the IBF Partners page｜查看IBF合作伙伴页面 https://ibfbreathwork.org/partners/

SDG 4 — Quality Education

优质教育

The United Nations defines SDG 4 as a commitment to ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.

联合国将SDG 4定义为：确保包容和公平的优质教育，让全民终身享有学习机会。

For IAK, education is not limited by age, nationality, social position, or the walls of an institution. Learning is a lifelong process through which knowledge gradually becomes understanding and practice.

对IAK而言，教育不应受到年龄、国籍、社会身份或机构围墙的限制。学习是一生的过程，知识也唯有经过理解与实践，才能真正进入人的生命。

Inspired by the classical principle of You Jiao Wu Lei — education for all without discrimination — IAK makes its cultural and educational resources freely accessible to readers around the world. Its digital platform brings together guided readings, classical sources, multilingual publications, cultural research, educational programmes, and records of living practice.

秉持“有教无类”的教育精神，IAK将文化与教育资源免费开放给世界各地的读者。数字平台汇集了经典导读、原典资料、多语种著作、文化研究、教育课程以及活态实践记录。

IAK’s commitment to quality education also extends into classroom practice. For two consecutive years, IAK has collaborated with the International School Rheintal (ISR), introducing students from diverse cultural backgrounds to Asian culture, classical arts, and approaches to self-cultivation through experiential learning.

IAK对优质教育的实践也延伸到了真实的学校课堂。IAK已连续两年与莱茵河谷国际学校（International School Rheintal，ISR）开展合作，通过体验式学习，带领来自不同文化背景的学生接触亚洲文化、古典艺术与生命修养。

This cooperation allows students not only to receive information about another culture, but also to encounter it through listening, observation, dialogue, and artistic practice. It demonstrates how cultural heritage can enter contemporary international education in an accessible, thoughtful, and living form.

这项合作让学生不只是获得关于另一种文化的知识，也通过聆听、观察、对话与艺术实践，亲身进入文化之中。它说明了文化遗产如何以开放、审慎而鲜活的方式，进入当代国际教育。

The IAK Academy does not treat classical knowledge merely as something to be memorised or displayed. Its deeper purpose is to explore how people learn, how they live, and how they may become more complete human beings.

IAK书院并不把经典知识仅仅视为需要背诵或展示的对象，而是继续追问：人应该如何学习，如何生活，如何成为一个更加完整的人。

Artificial intelligence and digital technology can help organise, preserve, and transmit knowledge. Yet culture continues only when it is understood, practised, and embodied by people.

人工智能和数字技术可以帮助整理、保存与传播知识，但文化唯有被人理解、实践并落实于生命，才能真正延续。

SDG 10 — Reduced Inequalities

减少不平等

Cultural inequality is not determined only by whether information exists. It is also shaped by who can find it, who can afford to access it, in which languages it is available, and whether its central concepts can be understood without distortion.

文化上的不平等，并不只取决于资料是否存在，也取决于谁能够找到它、谁能够承担获取知识的成本、它以哪些语言呈现，以及其中的核心概念能否在不被扭曲的情况下得到理解。

Many concepts from Asian classical traditions cannot be communicated accurately through direct word-for-word translation. Terms such as Dao, De, Qi, Ren, Li, Xin, and Tian carry philosophical, historical, and practical meanings formed over centuries.

亚洲经典中的许多概念，并不能通过简单的逐字翻译准确传达。“道、德、气、仁、礼、心、天”等基本概念，都承载着经过漫长历史形成的哲学内涵、文化经验与实践意义。

The multilingual IAK Glossary therefore provides more than definitions. It creates an intercultural entrance into these concepts, helping readers understand both their original contexts and their relevance to contemporary life.

因此，多语种的IAK跨文化词汇表所提供的不只是词义解释，而是进入这些概念的跨文化入口，帮助读者同时理解其原有语境及其与当代生活的关系。

Together with the IAK Library and Archive, the Glossary supports more equitable access to cultural knowledge across linguistic, geographical, and economic boundaries.

它与IAK图书馆和数字馆藏共同构成跨越语言、地域与经济条件的知识通道，让更多人能够平等地接近文化资源。

A digital cultural commons does not mean removing cultural origins or intellectual responsibility. It means preserving knowledge responsibly, acknowledging its sources, interpreting it carefully, and making meaningful access possible for a wider public.

“数字文化公地”并不意味着抹去文化的来源或知识责任，而是以负责任的方式保存知识，尊重其出处，谨慎地加以阐释，并让更广泛的公众获得真正有意义的文化入口。

SDG 11 — Sustainable Cities and Communities

可持续城市和社区

Sustainable communities are built not only through physical infrastructure, but also through memory, identity, knowledge, and a living relationship with cultural heritage.

可持续的社区不仅依靠物质基础设施建立，也离不开文化记忆、共同身份、知识传承，以及人与文化遗产之间持续而鲜活的联系。

Target 11.4 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals calls upon societies to strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage.

联合国可持续发展目标11.4明确提出，应加强保护和维护世界文化与自然遗产的努力。

IAK contributes to this goal by preserving classical texts, cultural interpretations, original publications, recordings, images, educational materials, and records of living cultural practice within its digital Archive and Library.

IAK通过数字馆藏与图书馆，保存经典原文、文化阐释、原创著作、音像资料、教育内容及活态文化实践记录，为这一目标作出自己的贡献。

Its work includes not only well-known philosophical traditions, but also the language, music, breathing culture, customs, aesthetics, and forms of self-cultivation through which cultural memory continues to live.

这些内容不仅包括广为人知的哲学传统，也包括语言、音乐、呼吸文化、礼仪、美学及生命修养方式。文化记忆正是通过这些具体形态，继续存在于人的生活之中。

Digital preservation is especially important for forms of knowledge that are scattered across languages, communities, personal experience, and inherited practice. By organising them within a multilingual and interconnected structure, IAK helps protect cultural memory from fragmentation and disappearance.

对于分散在不同语言、社群、个人经验与传承实践中的知识而言，数字保存尤其重要。IAK通过多语种、相互连接的结构对这些内容进行整理，帮助文化记忆免于碎片化与遗忘。

At the same time, cultural heritage cannot remain only in files, databases, or collections. Through courses, gatherings, music, calligraphy, reading, dialogue, and everyday practice, IAK brings preserved knowledge back into living relationships between people.

与此同时，文化遗产不能只停留在文件、数据库或馆藏之中。通过课程、雅集、音乐、书法、阅读、对话与日常实践，IAK让被保存的知识重新进入人与人之间真实而鲜活的关系。

Rooted in Bad Ragaz and connected internationally, IAK demonstrates how a local cultural association can preserve global heritage while enriching the cultural life of its own community.

IAK扎根于巴德拉加兹，同时与世界相连。它以自身的实践说明：一个地方文化协会，也可以在丰富本地文化生活的同时，为全球文化遗产的保存作出贡献。

SDG 17 — Partnerships for the Goals

促进目标实现的伙伴关系

No living culture can be sustained by one person or one institution alone. It grows through relationships: between teachers and students, tradition and modernity, local communities and international networks, and people from different professions and cultural backgrounds.

任何活态文化都不可能仅依靠一个人或一个机构得以延续。文化生长于关系之中：老师与学生、传统与现代、地方社区与国际网络，以及不同专业和文化背景的人们之间的关系。

IAK’s partnerships extend beyond individual projects. They are built upon shared values, mutual respect, and a long-term commitment to cultural preservation, intercultural education, human well-being, and international exchange.

IAK与合作伙伴之间的关系，不只是项目层面的协作，更建立在共同价值、相互尊重与长期承诺之上，致力于文化保存、跨文化教育、人的福祉与国际交流。

Each formal partnership is established through a written cooperation agreement and aligned with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its relevant Sustainable Development Goals.

IAK与每一位正式合作伙伴均通过书面合作协议确立合作关系，并共同呼应联合国《2030年可持续发展议程》及相关可持续发展目标。

IAK’s partners come from the fields of culture, education, health and well-being, community development, hospitality, academia, craftsmanship, and international exchange. Together, they form a growing network through which knowledge, experience, cultural memory, and living practices can be shared.

IAK的合作伙伴来自文化、教育、健康与福祉、社区建设、酒店与旅游、学术、工艺及国际交流等不同领域。彼此相连，共同形成一个持续生长的国际文化协作网络，让知识、经验、文化记忆与生活实践得以分享。

Through these partnerships and intercultural encounters, cultural dialogue can foster mutual understanding and help create the conditions for peaceful and inclusive communities. In this way, IAK’s work also supports the broader vision expressed in SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

通过这些伙伴关系与跨文化交流，文化对话可以增进相互理解，并为和平、包容的社会创造条件。因此，IAK的实践也支持SDG 16——和平、正义与强大机构——所表达的更广泛愿景。

The United Nations describes SDG 17 as a call to strengthen global partnerships and encourage cooperation among public institutions, civil society, and other sectors. As an independent Swiss non-profit cultural association, IAK contributes in its own field by connecting people, knowledge, cultures, and communities.

联合国将SDG 17定义为加强全球伙伴关系，并鼓励公共机构、民间社会及不同领域之间开展合作。作为一家独立的瑞士非营利文化协会，IAK以自己的方式连接人、知识、文化与社群。

From Cultural Preservation to Living Practice

从文化保存走向活态实践

The value of a cultural association lies not only in the activities it organises. The value of a digital archive lies not only in how much information it preserves. What matters is whether knowledge can still be read, understood, discussed, shared, and lived.

一个文化协会的价值，不仅在于举办了多少活动；一座数字馆藏的价值，也不仅在于保存了多少资料。真正重要的是，知识是否仍然能够被阅读、理解、讨论、分享，并重新进入人的生活。

IAK brings together five closely connected forms of work: supporting human well-being, opening access to lifelong education, reducing barriers to cultural understanding, preserving cultural heritage, and building partnerships that transform knowledge into shared practice.

IAK将五项彼此相连的工作汇聚在一起：支持人的福祉，开放终身学习的入口，减少文化理解的障碍，保存文化遗产，并通过合作伙伴关系，让知识转化为共同的实践。

IAK is more than an association, a digital platform, an academy, an archive, or a series of cultural events. It is a living cultural ecosystem in which each part supports the others.

IAK不只是一家协会、一个数字平台、一所书院、一座馆藏或一系列文化活动。它是一个各部分彼此支持、持续生长的活态文化生态系统。

Ancient wisdom becomes part of humanity’s shared cultural wealth not by losing its roots, but by remaining rooted while becoming understandable, accessible, and meaningful to people across cultures.

古老智慧并不是在失去自身根脉之后，才成为全人类共同的文化财富。恰恰相反，它需要在保持根源的同时，被不同文化背景的人理解、接近，并在当代生活中重新获得意义。

Rooted in place. Connected through partnership.

United in community. Enriched through shared activities.

Learning brings understanding. Reading opens the mind.

Archives preserve tradition. New writing carries it forward.

地以立基，网以相连；人以成群，事以践行。

学以明理，读以开智；藏以传承，新以日进。