Showing posts with label convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label convention. Show all posts

29 January 2010

Protecting Immovable Heritage in sub-Saharan Africa (2009)


Title: Cultural Heritage and the law: Protecting Immovable Heritage in English-Speaking Countries of sub-Saharan Africa
Editor: Webber Ndoro, Albert Mumma and George Abungu
Publisher: ICCROM
Year: 2009
Link: http://www.iccrom.org/... (pdf, 5.4 Mb)


Table of contents:

1. Challenges of heritage management in Africa
2. Introduction to heritage in Africa
3. Introduction to international conventions and chartes on inmovable cultural heritage
4. Legal definitions of heritage
5. the ranking of heritage resources and sites in legislation
6. Administrative arrangements for heritage resources management in sub-Saharan Africa
7. Manegement mechanisms in heritage legislation
8. Powers and obligations in heritage legislation
9. Implementations and enforcement of heritage laws
10. Legal provisions on financial and human resources for heritage conservation
11. Framework for legislation on immovable cultural heritage in Africa
12. Heritage Policy and law-making processes
Appendix 1. Heritage laws in sub-Saharan Africa
Appendix 2. Glossary and definitions
Appendix 3. Charters and conventions

08 January 2010

Heritage and Beyond (Faro Convention) (2009)



Title:
Heritage and Beyond: Launching Colloquy of the publication on the contribution of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the value of cultural heritage for society (Faro Convention)
Year: 2009
Link: http://www.coe.int/...
Articles in pdf

Description:
A Colloquy launching the publication "Heritage and Beyond" was held in Lisbon (Portugal) on 20 November at the Gulbenkian Foundation. The Colloquy was organised by the Council of Europe, the "Centro Nacional de Cultura" and the Institute for the Management of the Architectural and Archaeological Heritage (IGESPAR) with the support of the Gulbenkian Foundation. It brought together Ministers of Culture, parliamentarians, academics and high-level experts to discuss the contribution of cultural heritage to the progress of society as highlighted in the Faro Convention. The Convention, recently ratified by Portugal, requires two more ratifications to enter into force. Over 200 participants attended.


Table of contents:

Welcoming speeches
Teresa Patrício Gouveia, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Gabriela Canavilhas, Minister of Culture, Portugal
Stojan Pelko, State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
Gonçalo Couceiro, Director, IGESPAR
Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins, former Minister, President of the Centro Nacional de Cultura

Heritage and a new culture of development: sustainable use of resources, local prosperity and collective benefits
New heritage frontiers, Graham Fairclough
Conservation as Sustainable Economic Development, Donovan Rypkema
Creativity and the Production of Culture in Italy: Two models of creativity: creativity for social quality and creativity for innovation, Walter Santagata
Creative cities: preservation and production for next generations, Erminia Sciacchitano
A new culture of development, Augusto Mateus

Heritage and management of change: values for a Europe of diversity and dialogue
The human right to the cultural heritage – the Faro Convention’s contribution to the recognition and safeguarding of this human right, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
The role of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage and Landscape, Bruno Favel
Cultural Heritage: the role of the Council of Europe Parlementary Assembly, Manuela de Melo

Shared responsibility, partnership and participation: heritage as a factor for democratic involvement
The challenges of management of Cultural Heritage in Brazil today, Luiz Fernando de Almeida
Public participation at cultural heritage management: contribution towards the participatory democracy development" (with examples from Slovakia), Mikuláš Huba
The Faro Convention and the information society, Catherine Ledig
Marseilles 15/16 and "40x Venezia", examples of heritage communities applying the principles of the Faro Convention, Prosper Wanner
The Regional Programme on culture and cultural heritage in South East Europe, Milica Nikolic
"A peek at the Future" speech by Mr Portoroz Faro, Dag Myklebust

Closing speeches
Summing up by the Moderator