Title: Meeting on the Reflection Year on World Heritage Periodic Reporting UNESCO Headquarters, 24 January
1 Meeting on the Reflection Year on World Heritage
Periodic ReportingUNESCO Headquarters, 24
January 2007
International cooperation for World Heritage
in Europe and beyond By Dr. Mechtild Rössler
Europe team, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
2International cooperation for World Heritage in
Europe and other countries
- International Assistance and Extrabudgetary
Funding - - Western European countries are considerably
contributing to the Fund as well as to
extrabudgetary resources. - obligatory and voluntary contributions to the
World Heritage Fund - providing support through international experts
to conservation projects for World Heritage
properties located in other countries. - - types of assistance provided preparatory
assistance for nominations, the preparation of
Tentative Lists, conservation projects,
international meetings and seminars. - - With the enlargement of the European Union,
access to the World Heritage Fund comes to a
close for new European Union members - - Major World Heritage Cooperation Projects in
the European Region by the UNESCO Field Offices.
(e.g. The UNESCO Moscow Office for EE, UNESCO
Venice Office for SEE) with contibutions by
European Countries
3International cooperation for World Heritage in
Europe and other countries
- Bi- and Multilateral Cooperation
- - Through the UNESCO Associate Experts Scheme,
or staff support to the World Heritage Centre
including secondments - - In the framework of agreements with UNESCO
(e.g. France and Belgium) to help support and
develop conservation and management of heritage
(Spain, the Netherlands, United Kingdom)
Funds-in-Trust agreements offering support to the
implementation of the Convention e.g. promotion
of the Global Strategy and improving site
management and supporting conservation efforts. - - Development agencies in many European countries
(e.g. Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Spain
and Sweden) have made contributions to World
Heritage conservation in other regions of the
world (considerable Bi-Lateral projects). - European Heritage Networks and European
Cooperation - - The European Union and the Council of Europe
have launched a series of initiatives and
programmes to protect and enhance heritage
preservation. In a wider sense World Heritage
properties have benefited from these programmes.
4International cooperation in the framework of the
Periodic Reports in Europe
Berlin Appeal Request for increased
cooperation, especially between UNESCO, the
Council of Europe and the European Union/European
Commission
5Regional and sub regional cooperation framework
of the Periodic Reporting in Europe gave new
impetus
Visegrád, Hongrie
Copenhague, Danemark
Nicosie, Chypre (mai 2003)
Berlin, Allemagne (novembre 2005)
6Regional and sub regional cooperation in the
framework of the Periodic Reports in Europe
- Follow-up to Periodic Reporting (30 COM 11A.1)
- Western Europe (Paris, France 23-24 October
2006) - South-Eastern Europe (Theassaloniki, Greece,
10-11 November 2006) - Mediteranean Europe (Madrid, Spain, 19-20
February 2007) - Forthcoming
- Western Europe Austria May 2007
- Eastern Europe Poland September 2007
- Nordic Counties to be defined
7Regional and sub regional cooperation in the
framework of the Periodic Reports in Europe
Specific Issues Ever changing political
landscape in Europe (new countries, e.g.
Montenegro) Differences in Definition South
Eastern Europe (UNESCO-WHC) Conclusion Nordic-B
altic in principle agreed to Western Europe
definition not clear and subgroups
emerged Eastern Europe issues related to the
on-going EU enlargement process South Eastern
Europe vs Mediterranean? Cross regional Arab
Region Europe