Maribel Florez 玛丽贝尔・弗洛雷斯
智利天主教大学全球学习办主任
Director, Global Learning Office, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
巴西场致辞 Speech at Brazil Session
It is a pleasure to welcome you this morning to the China–LATAM Youth Challenge to Alleviate Poverty. My name is Maribel Florez, and I am Director of Global Learning at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.
First of all, I would like to congratulate you all for taking the first step and being here today. Your presence makes a difference. We know that taking part in this kind of activity not only requires an additional effort, but also quite a bit of patience and bravery. It is not something most people do on a daily basis. It is special. Extraordinary. And you are ready to make the most of it.
I encourage you to consider reaching out and working with students from different areas and different disciplines, and forming international teams in which each of you really learns something new and meaningful from everyone else.
Then, as you progress and work on your projects, ask yourselves: where can what I learn here really be transferable in the future? How can we adapt ideas in ways that respect the social, cultural, and institutional realities of our countries? And ultimately, how can we contribute concretely and ethically to reducing inequality?
The relationships you build during this program will matter. The conversations you have, both formal and informal, may shape your thinking for years to come. I hope you make friends along the way that you will also cherish for years to come. The ideas you develop here can even become the seeds of future initiatives, research, or changes in the way public service works in this part of the world.
At a time when the world often feels fragmented, your participation in this program sends a powerful message: your collaboration across continents is not only possible, but necessary. Young leaders from Latin America and China can work together to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. I wish you huge success, and I hope you will soon have a chance to meet and interact with our students from Chile. Take care and have a wonderful kickoff. Ciao.
今天早上，欢迎大家来到这场 “中国 — 拉美青年减贫挑战” 活动。我叫 Maribel Florez，是智利天主教大学全球学习办主任。
首先，我想祝贺大家迈出了第一步，并且来到了这里。你们的到来本身就意义重大。我们知道，参与这样的活动不仅需要额外投入精力，也需要相当多的耐心和勇气。这不是大多数人日常都会去做的事情。它是特别的、非同寻常的，而你们已经准备好去充分把握这样的机会。
我鼓励大家主动联系来自不同领域、不同学科的同学，与他们一起合作，组建国际化团队，让团队中的每个人都能真正从彼此身上学到新鲜而有意义的东西。
随后，当你们逐步推进并开展自己的项目时，请问一问自己：我在这里学到的东西，未来真正可以迁移到哪里？我们怎样才能以尊重本国社会、文化和制度现实的方式去调整这些想法？最终，我们又能如何以具体且合乎伦理的方式为减少不平等作出贡献？
你们在这个项目中建立起来的关系会很重要。你们进行的那些正式或非正式的交流，可能会在未来很多年里影响你们的思考。我也希望你们在这一路上结识朋友，并在未来很多年里都珍视这些友谊。你们在这里发展出的想法，甚至有可能成为未来倡议、研究，或者改变本地区公共服务运行方式的种子。
在这个世界常常让人感到割裂的时刻，你们参与这项项目本身就发出了一个强有力的信息：跨洲合作不仅是可能的，而且是必要的。拉丁美洲和中国的青年领导者完全可以携手应对我们这个时代最紧迫的一些挑战。祝大家取得巨大的成功，也希望你们很快就能有机会与我们来自智利的学生见面交流。请多保重，祝大家有一个精彩的 kick-off。再见。
