II Workshop for Heritage Specialists and Managers of Heritage Sites, 30.11-02.12.2009, Cuenca
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As the “south launch” of the UNESCO Chair on preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of monuments and sites, the conference and the II Workshop for Heritage Specialists and Managers of Heritage Sites is held by The University of Cuenca (Ecuador) from 30.11.2009 to 02.12.2009.
Summary
This workshop gives continuity to the UNESCO intention of exchanging experiences on management of cultural and natural sites of the Andean region and also encourages the formulation of proposals to improve the management of these sites. Themes as: Policies and Legislations, Responsibility and social inclusion, as well as documentation and techniques for monitoring and preventive conservation would be taken in account by this workshop.
Information of the Event
The II Workshop for heritage Specialists and Managers of Heritage Sites inscribed or not in the World Heritage List (the first workshop took place between the 13th and 15th June 2007 in the same location) gives continuity to the initiative of the UNESCO about the exchange of experiences related with the management of cultural and natural heritage sites of the Andean region and to develop joint proposals to improve the management of heritage sites inscribed or not in the World Heritage list. The focus would be set on their efforts in the field of Monitoring and Preventive Conservation, also in view of the preparation of the periodic reporting required for sites on the World Heritage List.
The UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Maintenance and Monitoring of Monuments and Sites was launched at Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC- KU Leuven) in partnership with Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen (MWV) and the University of Cuenca (Ecuador). It was inaugurated on March 24th 2009 in Leuven-Belgium. The UNESCO Chairs purpose is to identify research and academic activities that contribute to:
· Identify policies and specific preservation practices based on monitoring and maintenance;
· Develop new proper tools and techniques to improve preventive conservation strategy;
· Develop legal structures and policies for the same, which consider the diversity of specific socio-cultural contexts.
During the conferences of the South launch of the UNESCO Chair, on November 30th 2009, the importance of the preventive conservation, maintenance and monitoring will be emphasized, later on, beginning from the afternoon of the same day and ongoing during the 1st and 2nd December, the II Workshop for Heritage Specialists and Managers of (World) Heritage Sites will take place together with participation of the guests and the development of groups of discussion related with the following topics:
1. - Policies and Legislation
2. - Responsibility and Social Inclusion
3. - Documentation and Techniques for Preventive Conservation and Monitoring
4. - Reporting to the public, authorities and to UNESCO
Objectives
· Facilitate the exchange of experiences about preventive conservation, maintenance and monitoring of cultural and natural heritage monuments and sites with people responsible for their management and administration;
· Inform about the application of several technical tools, legal and social policies for the preventive conservation, maintenance and monitoring of natural and cultural sites;
· Contribute to the reflection and to raise the awareness of the need to incorporate preventive conservation, maintenance and monitoring policies in the management of cultural and natural heritage and to achieve agreements and consensus about this theme;
· Evaluate how periodic reporting to the public, to stakeholders, to public authorities and to UNESCO can be improved based on the previous reflections.
Expected Results
· Participation of about eighty people directly related with the conservation and management of natural, cultural and mixed heritage sites in the Andean region and of international specialists in preventive conservation.
· Publication of the presentations and results of the Workshop
· National and International diffusion of the development of the workshop and its results, with a specific focus to the Latin-American region.
· Increase of the knowledge, improvement of the policies and strengthen the application of preventive actions for the conservation of heritage sites
Further information on the website: www.ucuenca.edu.ec/precomos