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Cultural Heritage within the Barcelona ProcessAssessment and Orientations

Workshop results and recommendations

November 2005

Index

Welcome Address 4

Introduction 6

Recommendations Executive Summary 8

Abstracts and Recommendations of the Working Groups:

. Regional Partnership and Cultural Heritage cooperation 2

2. Public and private investments in Cultural Heritage 8

3. Professional and Institutional Capacity Building

in Cultural Heritage Management 23

Objectives and Background of the Workshop 28

The Participants 3

Who is who 32

The Organization 38

The Euromed Heritage Programme 42

European Commission - EuropeAid Directorate A - Europe, Southern Mediterranean, Middle East and Neighbourhood policyCarla Montesi Head of UnitLeonidas Kioussis Head of Section Claire Kupper Euromed Heritage Operations ManagerFabrice Hendricks Financial Officer

ICCD Referents for Euromed HeritageMaria Rita Sanzi Di Mino ICCD DirectorLuisa Granata Administrative ManagerMaria Lucia Cavallo Liaison Officer

Centro Città d’Acqua Referents for Euromed HeritageRinio Bruttomesso Director Mara Vittori Liaison Officer Maria Giulia da Sacco Technical Officer

RMSU Managing BoardMaria Rita Sanzi Di Mino ICCD Rinio Bruttomesso Centre Città d’AcquaCaterina Bon Valvassina ICR Ist. Centrale per il RestauroEugenio D’Auria Ministry for Foreign Affairs Luca Fornari Ministry for Foreign AffairsAlfredo Giacomazzi Ministry for Cultural HeritageMaria Luisa Polichetti Cultural Heritage ExpertJosep Giralt IEMed - Institut Europeu de la MediterràniaFrancis Rambert IFA - Institute Français d’ArchitectureRoberto Carpano RMSU

RMSU - Regional Management Support UnitRoberto Carpano Co-ordinatorClaudio Cimino Project Manager: La Navigation du Savoir, Mediterranean Voices, Medimuses, Temper, Ikonos, Unimed, Discover Islamic Art, Byzantium Early IslamMatteo Malvani Project Manager: Delta, Prodecom, Filières Innovantes, Patrimoines Partagés, Defence Systems in the Mediterranean Coasts, Qantara, RehabimedFrancesca Predazzi Information Manager Andrea Sbisà Financial Officer Monica Robelo Administrator Drusilla Stacy Waddy Office Assistant Mariateresa Cuomo Financial Assistant

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4 Cultural Heritage within the Barcelona Process

Welcome Address

For us it was an honour to have the opportunity to receive this workshop of Euromed Heritage in our headquarters, and to contribute by this way to the dissemination of the programme, of its ideas and goals for the future.

The workshop took place just one month before the Euro-Mediterranean Summit, held in Barcelona on 28 November 2005. Let me say something about this Summit. First of all, it is a celebration, the celebration of the first ten years of the Barcelona Process. It is also an opportunity to make the bilan of those ten years of dialogue between the European Union and the countries partners of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. But it is also an occasion to give a new impulse to the Process, which started in Barcelona ten years ago, an occasion to rethink some of its orientations and to adapt them to the new context, in particular, the European Neighbourhood Policy.

In this context, IEMed strongly supports Euromed Heritage, its goals, and particularly the demand of more resources and political support to cultural activities because we are convinced that cultural dialogue must be at the centre of the Barcelona Process in the years to come and because, in the field of cultural dialogue, the activities of Euromed Heritage are particularly relevant. Preservation and dissemination of our Cultural Heritage must be more important in the new period of the Barcelona Process.

To finish, let me say that IEMed has already participated in many Euromed Heritage activities. We have contributed to the follow-up of some projects through the Regional Management and Support Unit and we are part of the Scientific Committee of Rehabimed. I want to express our determination to be more involved in your activities in the future, after the Euro-Mediterranean Summit.

Andreu Claret Director of the European Institute of the Mediterranean

Introduction

Recommendations

Executive Summary

6 Cultural Heritage within the Barcelona Process Cultural Heritage within the Barcelona Process 7

In order to nurture the debate within the framework of the Euro Mediterranean Coop-eration, the European Commission through the Regional Management and Support Unit (RMSU) of the Euromed Heritage Programme, in collaboration with the European Institute for the Mediterranean (IEmed), organised a two-day workshop in Barcelona on the 28th and 29th October 2005.

The event gathered together more than 40 European and Mediterranean selected profes-sionals representing institutions and civil society organisations deeply engaged and involved in Cultural Heritage programmes and projects. This publication contains the results and recommendations of the Workshop, on the basis of the discussion and of the contributions previously submitted by the participants.

Moreover, this event was in line with the Commission proposed “Plan-D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate”¹ aiming to stimulate a wider debate between the European Union’s democratic institutions and citizens. Plan-D dovetails with the Action Plan on Communicat-ing Europe, which seeks to improve the way that the Commission presents its activities to the outside world. Within the themes of the Plan, the recommendations of this paper are in line with “Europe’s borders and its role in the world”.

Against this articulated scenario, during the workshop “Cultural Heritage within the Barce-lona Process - Assessment and Orientations”, Cultural Heritage has been debated also as a strategic contribution to economic development for a reinforced partnership.

The rationale for the workshop stems from the following considerations:

• Cultural Heritage was one of the most innovative elements of the 1995 Barcelona Proc-ess, based on a regional and partnership approach. However, after the implementation of Euromed Heritage I, II and III, the Draft Declaration for the 10th anniversary of the Euro-Mediterranean Summit and European Commission five-year work programme have underestimated the need for continuity in the Cultural Heritage sector.

• The newly created European Neighbourhood Policy will from 2007 onwards replace the current MEDA programme in the partner countries. It will furthermore have a specific and innovative component catering for the needs of cross-border cooperation and a sim-

Cultural Heritage in the Barcelona process: from fine arts to a partnership strategy

plification of financial instruments at the EU’s external borders. It is important that Cul-tural Heritage will be one of its priorities, in accordance with the Barcelona Declaration. The potential of the newly created Anna Lindh Foundation could be an important tool for intercultural understanding, but it needs support in the Cultural Heritage sector.

• 1995 – 2005 MEDA financial allocations for Cultural Heritage totalled € 67 million out of which 57 on a regional basis and 10 on a bilateral basis with Syria. The amount represents almost 1% of MEDA funds and 10% of MEDA regional funds. A relevant figure in absolute terms, though still undersized when confronted with other sources. As a comparison the financial commitment of dedicated international organisations such as the Aga Khan Trust for Culture – the cultural agency of the Aga Khan development network - and the World Monuments Fund are respectively € 60 million and € 8 million per year.

• The contribution of Cultural Heritage/tourism sector to the socio economic develop-ment of the partner countries shows great potentials for growth. As an example according to the World Bank, Morocco derives about 7% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from this sector, and the share of tourism in a EU Mediterranean country like Greece’s is 18% of GDP.

In conclusion, it is important that international donors and national governments fully ap-preciate the economic value and “value-adding chain” of engagements in Cultural Heritage.

The risk of turning a blind eye to this situation means burning the results of the previous public investments and ignoring the role of one of the strategic development resources for Mediterranean countries: if not supported the established networks will not fully demon-strate their potentialities and will not contribute to reinforce the regional dimension of the programme.

Thus, the learning process continues.

Roberto Carpano RMSU Co-ordinator

¹ Brussels, 13.10.2005 COM(2005) 494 final


Recommendations Executive Summary

As a result of the two-day discussion, the participants to the three working groups made the following recommendations. The full recommendations are available in the next chapters of this document.

Working Group 1 Regional partnership

The key recommendation is to place Cultural Heritage and cultural activities within the future European Neighbourhood Policy instrument and to invite Governments to consider culture as a relevant tool for economic and local development and as the basic instrument to build a national identity. To date Cultural Heritage is not part of the new European Neigh-bourhood Policy.

A number of specific recommendations were expressed on the issues of the adequacy and relevance in building and managing partnership. Among these it is important to mention:

• The need to diversify partnership in terms of Government Organisations/Civil society actors and regional composition

• To implement institutional/regulatory reforms. A more performing regulatory environ-ment is conducive to actually allow Government Organisations and Civil Society stake-holders to actively participate in the projects implementation especially in terms of tech-nical and financial project management

• The call for proposal cycle of projects should be revised and be built on a two-phase system: a first concept phase and a subsequent project design stage which should follow a participatory capacity building action in form of seminars or fora with an open and public admission procedure. The selection process can then take place on the basis of well-conceived projects. The process should be prepared by a needs analysis aimed at establishing strategy guidelines and criteria. A proposal for a differentiated co-financed project structure has also been presented. All the above is suggested in order to increase quality and ownerships of future proposals.

Working Group 2 Public and private investments

The need for a political commitment to invest in Cultural Heritage and a shared vision and mutual trust among all key national stakeholders has been re-asserted

• Public goods include Cultural Heritage, therefore the role of the public sector at central and local level as custodian of Cultural Heritage assets and as a contributor to financing of the

development of integrated development programmes was underlined

• Civil society organisations need to be involved at different scales in the consultation and planning of investments. Local communities should share the benefits so that social de-velopment returns may be obtained

• The private sector should be involved in the “value-chain” related to the Cultural Herit-age investments, contributing to local economic development, and the creation of in-come-generating activities and employment generation of foreign exchange

• European Commission bilateral allocations in the field of cultural heritage are almost absent with the exception of Syria. It is important that Cultural Heritage becomes also an important asset at the bilateral level

• Priority areas for investments in Cultural Heritage in MEDA countries are that: sus-tainable cultural tourism; measures in favour of making culture more accessible; urban rehabilitation of historic cities and adaptive reuse of buildings; territorial development around cultural and natural sites; intangible Cultural Heritage; arts & crafts and develop-ment of SMEs.

Working Group 3 Professional and Institutional capacity building

Recommendations were formulated at different levels: for the EU institutions/other interna-tional donors and national governments (EU and MEDA partners)

• For the EU institutions and other international donors is important to promote the adoption of information sharing mechanisms and to foster the integration within the different programmes dealing with Culture Heritage

• At the national level, planning schemes should be developed for improving the coordina-tion among programs designed for institutional capacity building and for monitoring the position of trained professionals. A need for promoting surveys to assess the existing situation (e.g. gaps in Cultural Heritage policies, human resources, legislative framework) has been therefore recommended both for developing local capacity (training) and for institutional capacity building actions. The development of national heritage strategies and legislation should be promoted as well

• At the national level, specific recruitment of professional figures to fill gaps in the capa-city of the institutions to address Cultural Heritage management issues, the integration of Cultural Heritage in the domain of community development, education and tourism and, finally, the empowerment of civil society in project implementation and monitoring has been recommended


• The creation/establishment of standards in the process of project management and in-creasing the role of pilot projects as a learning/verification mechanism are among more specific recommendations

• More specific recommendations in developing local capacity regard the establishment of appropriate levels of training according to the different stakeholders, the issue of con-tinuous training, the encouragement of closer contact between training programs and public/private employers in Cultural Heritage and of the training of trainers

• In the field of technology and new professional profiles, recommendations concentrate on encouraging networks of specialized local enterprises in the conservation of Cultural Heritage, preserving and disseminating local and traditional know-how, promoting the diffusion of virtual communities in Cultural Heritage domains and establishing regional cooperation in the field of programs and research in risk preparedness.

This document has been summarised by the Regional Management Support Unit (RMSU) of the Euromed Heritage Programme on the basis of discussions held during the workshop. The Abstracts and Recommendations of the Working groups have been gathered by the Chairman.

The RMSU has made all efforts to best reflect the contributions and the discussions as they emerged in the recommendations drafted by the three chairpersons. However, the RMSU is the only body responsible for any inaccuracies and interpretation in the final text.

Matteo Malvani

RMSU Project Manager

Abstracts and

Recommendations

of the Working Groups


Working Group 1

Regional partnership and Cultural Heritage cooperationChairperson: Gilles Nourissier, president Ecole D’Avignon and General Secretary of ICOMOS France

Key issues

To what extent the partnership approach can consolidate links between countries Regional, sub-regional and national partnership The importance of cultural issues in comparison with other aspects of development

Abstract from contributions

Concerning building and running a partnership in Euromed Heritage the contributors first identified its nature. A local partnership should be considered the driving force of Cultural Heritage, not only as actor of a project but as referent body, Regional Partnership is a seed for changing from within. Partnership has evolved from central lead partner decision process to a shared process, only Regional Partnership could import new visions for Cultural Heritage (e.g. ordinary heritage, the combination of equal dignity), Cultural Heritage and regional cooperation inspired a policy showing true evolution in the relationship donor/beneficiary. In partnership building the human factor prevails on others. For the Corpus project (regional encyclopaedia and data base for traditional architecture in the Mediterranean basin) the re-gional partnership was the main spine of the work.

Regional partnership reinforces empowerment of civil society and decentralization, influenc-ing good governance, a broad partnership is necessary to step out of sensible political issues like shared heritage in ex colonized countries. Partnership is both a goal and a tool. The contributors also set its limits, for example projects should not rely on 100% funding, but be linked with marketable services or external resources and a local delegation from national administrations to more nimble NGOs is needed.

They identified possible Improvements in terms of Access: Partnership should be assembled in seminars taking joint steps in designing projects according to common needs and affinities. Access to the call for proposals should be allowed only to those Consortia that come out from Seminars anticipating Projects’ application. Ca-pacity building of national partners could be undertaken by local EC delegations.Management: Partnership should be framed in a model for contract, adapted to small non-for-profit NGOs. An agency for searching other resources would be necessary as well as

further contracts for successful projects (cycle 1 completed, cycle 2 planned, financial diver-sification obtained). Preliminary consultations to avoid overlapping of activities (UNESCO, UNDP, Worl Bank, ICOMOS, ICCROM, ICOM, Arab Fund, Aga Khan Foundation, Getty Foundation, WMF).Monitoring: Among other: improve projects scientific quality; establish permanent structures such as a Scientific Council, a Management Council, a Mediterranean Library.

Concerning the importance of cultural issues in comparison with other aspects of develop-ment, the issue of Classical versus Contemporary Cultural Heritage was tackled. The con-tributors expressed that the question at stake is that a group appropriates its heritage, whether it is classical or contemporary. Of paramount importance is the contribution of Cultural Heritage to the identity and branding of territory, so relevant in an age of globalisation and fierce competition. Contemporary culture, as a continuation of modernism, with its central precept of breaking with tradition, can be a platform for interrogating the foundations of sclerotic social and political structures.

Regarding Partnership in other EC funded programmes and the future of partnership the contributors mentioned INTERREG as a backstop due to the fact that costs on south shore are not eligible and that EC members remain the only coordinators. No follow up for Cul-tural Heritage issues of regional experiences in bilateral EC/country programmes. The place of Cultural Heritage issues in the future policy is a great concern, EC priorities having not allotted them equal to the situation.

The trend of parcelling the available resources (in so-called micro-projects of 20/30.000 euro each) risks thwarting the efforts already done. Cultural Heritage is not seen as an overall pri-ority for national development unless its relationship with social values, economic activities, local development, international exchanges, is made or become clear.

Among the prospects: Co-ownership of cultural resources, leading Regional Partnership to co-manage them in a multilateral context. Bilateral programmes between the countries like Cultural Heritage based pilot educational projects, trainings, workshops, short-term or long-term certification programmes and even e-learning tools etc. focused on local govern-ments and other related institutions, NGO’s and for related individuals might be helpful for solving and/or identifying problems for the partner countries. A civil networking covering the Mediterranean basin may start up as local, country based networking linking up to a regional networking. The EU external policies towards neighbouring countries for the com-ing 2007-2013 period will extend partnership to territorial level, foreseeing for the first time cross border cooperation regulated through “Joint Programmes” established between partner countries inside and outside EU.


What is being introduced is the partnership between homologue government structures, be national or local. The Neighbourhood Policy foresees a total new line of action for cross-bor-der cooperation among European and Mediterranean Partners based on co-ownership, joint programming and co financing. The process will begin with the definition of overall Strategy papers by the EC. Then, “Joint Programmes” will be defined by agreeing partner countries and sub-national governments. Finally, real actions will be proposed and implemented by various actors.

RecommendationsThe workshop’s participants agreed to focus on 3 key partnership and regional issues: Adequacy and Relevance in Building an efficient Partnership

Place of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Activities in the new European Neighbourhood Policy Instruments Launching process of the projects.

Adequacy and Relevance in Building Partnership

• Partnership should be adequately diversified (types of organizations, regional composi-tion) and special attention and provisions should be devoted to assisting the formation of partnerships between small and medium sized NGOs

• Partners should demonstrate sufficient management capability and true engagement

• In order to be able to benefit from the relevant expertise, institutional/regulatory reforms appear necessary to allow both governmental and other organizations to participate in the project implementation (permissions, receipt and allocation of funds). This also encour-ages good governance and the development of civic society and the private sector.

Place of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Activities in the new European Neighbourhood Policy Instruments

Considering that, apart from an eventual 4th call for proposals in Euromed Heritage Pro-gramme, European Neighbourhood Policy now introduces three possibilities for Cultural Heritage and cultural activities in the future programs:

- Thematic programs (such as the cultural industry, cultural tourism, a dialogue instrument...)

- National plans

- Cross-border cooperation tool: joint programs to be negotiated between two or more countries

• Invite the governments (countries and regions) to consider Cultural Heritage and cul-tural activities as a relevant tool for economic development and the basic instrument to build the core element of a common identity and social cohesion

• Cultural heritage and cultural activities (like cultural dialogue, cultural tourism, conser-vation and creation) should be:

- An area of thematic programs

- A component of national strategies and plans

- A tool of local development and governance

• Cultural cooperation should go beyond cross-border/local levels and be flexible enough to include broad thematic and regional projects

• Anna Lindh Foundation should play an active role in supporting the three above men-tionned recommendations

• Coordinate efforts and programs of EC delegations and international and bilateral agen-cies (as part of country assistance strategies or other donor forums etc.) covering the same areas to avoid overlapping of activities and to create synergies.

Recommended launching process of projects

• An analysis of national/regional needs and opportunities should be undertaken, on the basis of which it should be determined what issues are of a critical regional nature and what is the added value of a regional program (see following table, phase 0)

• The ongoing call for proposals procedure should be improved, since building partnership is an objective of EH, (see table A, phases 1, 2 and 3)

• Proposal for the launching process of projects (see table A)

• Proposal for adapting types of activities and rates of funding to new European Neigh-bourhood Policy Instruments (ENPI) (see table B).


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Working Group 2

Public and private investments in Cultural HeritageChairperson: Anthony G. Bigio, Senior Urban Specialist with the Infrastructure Department of the Middle East and North Africa region of the World Bank

Key issues

Public and private investments and Cultural Heritage, for what purpose and what expected return

Possible sources of public and private investments and their complementary roles

Required enabling national environment for successful investments in Cultural Heritage

How to promote Cultural Heritage as a priority sector in MEDA countries

Abstract from contributions

Concerning public and private investments and Cultural Heritage, for what purpose and what expected return the contributors identified the need for investments in Cultural Her-itage to be conceived as part of broader programmes in favour of social and economic de-velopment. In that regard, the integration of Cultural Heritage as a crosscutting theme in other sectors opens the way for a new generation of investments. The contributors agreed that the main areas for investments in Cultural Heritage in MEDA countries are the follow-ing: sustainable cultural tourism, urban rehabilitation of historic cities and adaptive use of buildings, rural development around cultural and natural sites, arts & crafts and develop-ment of micro-enterprises and SMEs. The group also felt that investments had to take place in: Institutional reform and modernisation of agencies responsible for Cultural Heritage management, modernisation of regulatory environments and legislative tools, education and capacity building, awareness/communication/information/new technologies for information and communication.

Concerning possible sources of public and private investments and their complementary roles, the contributors reiterated the importance of national budgetary allocations to the Cultural Heritage sector, both for the conservation and management of the assets, for insti-tutional development and for the promotion of Cultural Heritage as a resource for socio-eco-nomic development. National and local budgetary resources should be contributing to the financing of integrated development programmes centred around Cultural Heritage assets: Sustainable cultural tourism, urban rehabilitation of historic cities and adaptive use of build-ings, rural development around cultural and natural sites, arts and crafts and development

of micro-enterprises and SMEs. It should be stressed that these investments should promote economic growth and therefore economic returns are expected from them, as well as positive impacts on local communities.

Besides national resources, contributors identified financing for such investments from: MEDA funding, bilateral aid, lending from multilateral banks, grants from Foundations both national and international, sponsorships from the private sector, investments from the private sector national and international, mobilisation for remittances.

Concerning required enabling national environment for successful investments in Cultural Heritage the contributors re-asserted the primary responsibility of the public sector in each MEDA country to act as the custodian of Cultural Heritage assets in view of their role in the identity of the community at the local and national level. This identity constitutes the base for sustainable and endogenous development. For this responsibility to be carried out, there has to be a political commitment to invest in Cultural Heritage conservation and promotion and a shared vision and mutual trust among all key national stakeholders: central and local governments, civil society and the private sectors. Civil society needs to be involved at the different scales in the consultation and planning of investments on Cultural Heritage and communities should share the benefits of the related investments, so that social development returns may be obtained. The private sector should be involved in the value chain related to the Cultural Heritage investments, contributing to local economic development, and the creation of income-generating activities, employment and generation of foreign exchange. Technical and managerial capacity is needed for each of these stakeholders to carry out their respective roles efficiently and in particular among public sector agencies that are often ill equipped to respond to the challenges.

Concerning how to promote Cultural Heritage as a priority sector in MEDA countries the contributors felt that the current level of MEDA funding should be increased in support of Cultural Heritage investments as described above, providing that governments’ commit-ments become more effective and focused on results. Regional EC funded activities will have the dual goal of supporting national governments in the pursuit of their Cultural Heritage agenda, and of providing opportunities for intercultural dialogue among European and Mediterranean societies and partners. A sub-regional dimension is important to envisage as an added value to the regional character of current programmes in order to ensure greater responsiveness to the specific issues being addressed by the networks.


RecommendationsPublic and private investments and Cultural Heritage, for what purpose and what expected return

• Investments in Cultural Heritage have to be conceived as part of broader programs in favour of social and economic development. In that regard, the integration of Cultural Heritage in other sectors as a crosscutting theme opens the way for a new generation of investments

• The group agreed that the main areas for investments in Cultural Heritage in MEDA countries are the following ones:

- Sustainable cultural tourism

- Measures in favour of making culture more accessible

- Urban rehabilitation of historic cities and adaptive re-use of buildings

- Territorial development around cultural and natural sites

- Intangible Cultural Heritage

- Arts & crafts and development of micro-enterprises and SMEs

• The group also asserted that investments had to take place in support of:

- Institutional reform and modernization of agencies responsible for Cultural Heritage management

- Modernization of regulatory environments and of legislative tools

- Education and capacity building

- Awareness/communication/information/promotion of new IT technologies

• The returns expected from these investments are sustainable economic growth, employ-ment opportunities, an equitable distribution of benefits among local communities in-volved in the projects, as well as positive impacts on local cultural identities and cultural diversity.

Possible sources of public and private investments and their complementary roles

• The group reiterated the importance of national budgetary allocations to Cultural Herit-age, for the conservation and management of key assets, for institutional development of the sector, but also for the promotion of Cultural Heritage as a resource for sustainable socio-economic development

• National and sub-national budgetary resources should be contributing to the financing of integrated development programs centred on Cultural Heritage assets in the four areas mentioned above: a) sustainable cultural tourism; b) measures in favour of making cul-

ture more accessible; c) urban rehabilitation of historic cities and adaptive use of build-ings; d) territorial development around cultural and natural sites; e) intangible Cultural Heritage; f ) arts & crafts and development of micro-enterprises and SMEs

• In addition to budgetary resources, additional financing for such investments – in vari-ous combinations and proportions, according to each project – should be sought from: - EC funding - Bilateral aid - Lending from multilateral banks - Grants from foundations (national and international) - Sponsorships from the private sector - Investments from the private sector (national and international) - Mobilization of remittances from citizens working abroad

• The group felt that the current level of EC funding should be increased in support of Cultural Heritage investments as described above, providing that national governments’ commitments become more effective and focused on achieving concrete results in this sector.

Required enabling national environment for successful investments in Cultural Heritage

• The group re-asserted the primary responsibility of the public sector in each MEDA country to act as the custodian of Cultural Heritage assets in view of its role in the respect of cultural specificities of the community and the appropriation of Cultural Heritage by local populations, these pre-requisites constituting the base for sustainable and endog-enous development

• For this responsibility to be fully carried out there has to be a political commitment to invest in Cultural Heritage conservation and promotion, and a shared vision and mutual trust among all key national stakeholders: central and local governments, civil society and the private sector

- Civil society needs to be involved at different scales in the consultation and planning of investments on Cultural Heritage, and communities should share the benefits of the related investments, so that social development impacts may be obtained

- The private sector should be involved in the various value chains related to the Cultural Heritage investments, contributing to local economic development, the creation of in-come-generating activities, employment, and the generation of foreign exchange

• Technical and managerial capacity is needed for each of these stakeholders to carry out their respective roles efficiently and in particular within public sector agencies that are often ill equipped to respond to the challenges.


How to promote Cultural Heritage as a priority sector in MEDA countries

• Regional EC funded activities should have the dual goal of supporting national govern-ments and national stakeholders in the pursuit of their Cultural Heritage agenda, and of providing opportunities for increased intercultural dialogue among European and Medi-terranean societies and partners

• The current regional networks will evolve in response to these goals, and where appropri-ate function more along a sub-regional dimension, in order to ensure greater responsive-ness to the specific issues being addressed by the MEDA stakeholders.

Conclusions

The group identified four specific areas for future regional activities that would be of sup-port to the development of national Cultural Heritage agendas and programs of MEDA countries:

• Identify and prepare specific Cultural Heritage investment proposals in the MEDA countries, and mobilize for this purpose the appropriate European expertise, including for the economic analysis of the expected returns on the investments

• Identify opportunities for the use of international conventions, standard-setting instru-ments and regulatory frameworks that can facilitate the development of Cultural Herit-age and of the related international exchanges and intercultural dialogue

• Ensure intermediation between MEDA and European stakeholders that are potentially connected through common channels and can assume joint actions or pursue commer-cial partnerships for mutually beneficial enterprises in areas related to Cultural Heritage

• Provide avenues for awareness raising and information sharing related to the role, impor-tance and potential of Cultural Heritage among MEDA and European stakeholders in order to enhance intercultural dialogue.

Working Group 3

Professional and Institutional Capacity Building

in Cultural Heritage ManagementChairperson: Gaetano Palumbo, Director of Archaeological Conservation of the World Monuments Fund (WMF)

Key issues Setting reference models for institutional capacity building to secure economic and social sustainability of Cultural Heritage projects Training needs and developing local capacity Planning and management of heritage projects The role of technology and new professional profiles

Abstract of contributionsThe contributors identified a series of weaknesses in capacity building and training programs on offer in the Euro-Mediterranean area, in the field of human and professional resources and leadership (lack of human resources, absence of competent leadership, mismatch be-tween people trained in Cultural Heritage Management and those presently responsible for the management of cultural heritage, no common professional base onto which training can be built), in the field of institutional issues (insufficient institutional cooperation, lack of coordination among institutional parties, insufficient international coordination in training, insufficient legislation and ineffective regulative frameworks at the national level, overlapping and conflicting responsibilities between institutions), in the field of project planning (lack of project planning capabilities, failure of identifying specific needs, lack of development strate-gies, lack of maintenance capacity), in the field of project administration (low grade of civic control in decision-making mechanisms, lack of a strategic framework for project financing, Insufficient availability of capacity building and training programs, insufficient professional training programs, or link between Heritage Management courses at Universities and the marketplace).

In addition the contributors identified the following needs: indicators, improve legislation, develop Cultural Heritage policies at the national level, create and develop infrastructures in Cultural Heritage Management, specific recruitment of professional figures, continuing training (such as short, or update courses for managers), tailor training content to specific professional figures participating in course, training coordination at regional levels, raising awareness among communities on the importance of Cultural Heritage (also through com-


munity based programs), improve awareness of Cultural Heritage and the ethics of its care in study curricula, closer contacts between training programs and public/private employers in Cultural Heritage, providing access for all to Cultural Heritage, understand risks affecting Cultural Heritage, integration of conservation and valorisation of Cultural Heritage in the domain of tourism, scale technology to local resources.

Finally, there were opportunities that have been identified, which, if well addressed, might help in the development of appropriate strategies, such as taking advantage of UNESCO’s periodic reporting exercise to have this linked to UNESCO’s Global Training Strategy, de-veloping cross-Mediterranean partnerships through the findings and recommendations of Periodic Reporting exercises, taking advantage of the common goal of saving heritage as an integrating force, the emergence of network of specialized local enterprises in conservation of Cultural Heritage, the reuse of abandoned/under-used structures, especially for community purposes, the development of cultural networks at different levels or the establishment of virtual communities in Cultural Heritage domains.

RecommendationsSetting reference models for institutional capacity building to secure economic and social sustainability of Cultural Heritage projects

All the recommendations under this topic aim at establishing the proper environment

within the institution to guarantee the application of the new skills acquired.

Recommendations for EU institutions and other international donors

• Promote the survey of existing gaps in Cultural Heritage policies (i.e. type of heritage at risk, types of risks, gaps in training, gaps in legislation, etc.)

• Secure the wider dissemination of project results to the civil society through the allocation of specific funding, and promote the preparation of educational material for school children and the civil society

• Promote a methodology for integrated Cultural Heritage policies (in particular by stressing a broader understanding of Cultural Heritage in all its facets)

• Promote the development of agreed upon methodologies for the development of National Heritage Strategies and legislation

• Ensure that proposed projects include not only plans for immediate results (products) but also include studies on foreseeable impacts

• Promote the development of a methodology for identifying indicators to evaluate the impacts of Cultural Heritage programs towards the achievement of the goals of the Barcelona Process

• Consider the opportunity of a follow-up financial allocation for projects that successfully meet expected results (based on established indicators).

Recommendations at national level (EU and MEDA partners)

• Develop planning schemes to secure Cultural Heritage project sustainability

- Improve coordination in the establishment of programs designed for institutional capacity building

- Monitor the positions of professionals trained in the Euromed projects to prevent the wasting of qualified human resources

• Improve or develop mechanisms to support young actors and emerging teams in the field of Cultural Heritage activity.

Training needs: developing local capacity


• Encourage the adoption of shared methodology in developing training in the field of Cultural Heritage management

• Encourage the development of courses on policy making and on the economics of Cultural Heritage

• Encourage the development of courses aimed at training trainers, setting training methodologies, and producing educational materials

• Encourage the development of courses to build the awareness of civil society in Cultural Heritage matters

• Encourage a stronger role for NGOs (especially from non-European partners) and the civil society in future programs.


• Preceding the development of specific training projects there should be surveys for the assessment of existing conditions concerning

- Human resources - Institutional capacities - Legislative frameworks

• Establish appropriate levels of training according to the different stakeholders: - Decision makers - Professional and technical staff, including mid-career professionals - NGO personnel - Civil society (including awareness building) - Professionals and private contractors


- Media professionals.

• Consider continuous training as an essential component of Cultural Heritage management

• Encourage closer contacts between training programs and public/private employers in Cultural Heritage

• Improve awareness of Cultural Heritage and the ethics of its care in study curricula.

Planning and management of heritage projects


• Promote the creation of information-sharing mechanisms, in order to avoid the risk of duplication of practices and recommendations. One such mechanism could be the creation of “Communities of practice”, i.e. networks of institutions with common research and information-sharing interests.

• Create/establish standards in the process of project management

• Increase the role of pilot projects as a learning/verification mechanism

• Develop cross-Mediterranean partnerships through the findings and recommendations of international organizations (such as UNESCO’s Periodic Reporting exercise)

• Improve the mechanisms and criteria for the verification of project implementation and results.


• Provide specific recruitment of professional figures to fill gaps in the capacity of the institution to address Cultural Heritage management issues

• Integrate conservation and valorisation of Cultural Heritage in the domain of community development, education and tourism

• Empower civil society in project implementation and monitoring.

Role of technology and new professional profiles


• Promote “horizontal” communication and interaction among Euromed programs

• Promote the diffusion of virtual communities in Cultural Heritage domains

• Establish regional cooperation in the field of programs and research in risk preparedness.


• Encourage the emergence of networks of specialized local enterprises in the conservation of Cultural Heritage

• Preserve and disseminate local and traditional know-how.

Objectives and Background of the Workshop

Objectives and Background

of the Workshop

The Participants

Who is who

The Organization


Objectives and Background of the Workshop

The Workshop “Cultural Heritage within the Barcelona Process - Assessment and Orienta-tions” has been organized by the EC – EuropeAid through the Regional Management and Support Unit (RMSU) in cooperation with the European Institute for the Mediterranean (IEMed) on 28th – 29th October 2005 in Barcelona, Spain.

Timing and venue both had a crucial meaning: 2005 was declared Year of the Mediterranean, by the Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and Barcelona in November 2005 marked the 10th anniversary of the Declaration of Barcelona.

The Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held in Barcelona on 27-28 November 1995, was the starting point of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Bar-celona Process), a wide framework of political, economic and social relations between the Member States of the European Union and Partners of the Southern Mediterranean. One of the three baskets of the Declaration was “Partnership in social, cultural and human affairs: developing human resources, promoting understanding between cultures and exchanges between civil societies”.

Objective of the workshop was thence to stimulated the debate on the results achieved in the specific field of Cultural Heritage in the region during this first decade of the Barcelona Process, aiming at suggesting concrete indications for the forthcoming period. The participa-tion of representatives from public and private institutions involved in this field in the region enabled the discussion to broaden to other actors and programmes and to make a first assess-ment on the complementarities of the different strategies and actions.

The goal of the workshop was not to specifically evaluate the results of the Euromed Heritage programme but rather to provide orientations for the future. For this reason the accent was placed on the issues of partnership, investments and institutional reforms/capacity building needs in MEDA countries which represent three of the priorities common to all the Eu-romed Heritage projects.

The meaning and the importance of international cooperation in the field of culture which goes along with economic cooperation has been widely debated especially in the past decade. However, there is still a tendency to consider cultural issues as being of minor importance in comparison with other aspects of development such as health, infrastructures, education.

The issue of culture in sustainable development has only recently been developed. Interna-

tional institutions such as the World Bank now focus on it. In other words on the possibility to generate income from cultural resources, to create employment, reduce poverty, stimulate enterprise development, foster private investment and generate resources for environmental and cultural conservation.

Objectives

• Assess success and failure of Cultural Heritage cooperation in creating bonds among countries and cultures and to provide suggestions on the future role of the European Commission in the field of Cultural Heritage in the region, within the framework of the new neighbourhood policy

• Assess the impact of donor policies and investments in the area of Cultural Heritage. This took into consideration examining the lessons learned and the orientations of different donor organizations, but also comparing the dividend from public and private invest-ments in Cultural Heritage with investments in health, infrastructures, education

• Suggest institutional reform and capacity building needs for MEDA countries, in order to identify better qualified prospective programmes in terms of originality of contribu-tions and level of scientific contents.

Background

Euromed Heritage I, II and III projects have focused especially on “intangible” issues such as the dialogue among cultures and the exchange of experience. This aspect has proved to be very important in consolidating existing networks and in creating new ones. It was thus demonstrated that partner institutions in the South and in the North of the Mediterranean basin were successful in working together in the field of Cultural Heritage.

If the Euromed Heritage programme, which is the first EC regional programme in this field, has been characterized by a partnership approach, also other EC funded programmes such as INTERREG or Culture 2000 that have brought other positive results achieved in the sector, should be recalled.

The need for enhancing success stories, resulting from the action of the EC, implies an as-sessment of best practices in order to support the launch and the implementation of possible future programmes and initiatives within the framework of the EC neighbourhood policy.

Representatives from international donor organisations contributed to the debate, reporting their experiences aimed at supporting the sustainable socio-economic development process in the region through devised action in the safeguarding and conservation of Cultural Heritage.

The workshop has also verified to what extent international/EU cooperation in the field of


Cultural Heritage actually creates ties among countries and helps to overcome diversities translating political, social, ethnical differences into an added value which effectively con-tributes to mutual understanding.

The importance of programming investments in the cultural field should at any rate be confirmed in the future policy oriented action of the European Commission and be bound towards the MEDA countries and not only to the East.

In general terms, financial commitments of the international cooperation in the sector of culture have often been granted less priority in comparison with other sectors, for example infrastructure. In the period 1998-2006, the EC funded Euromed Heritage programme has allocated within the MEDA programme (€ 5.200 M) € 57 million for projects in the field of Cultural Heritage protection and promotion. This commitment represents not even 1 % of the total MEDA commitments. The first tangible outcome of this activity resulted in the creation of Euro-Mediterranean partnership networks.

The results of the Workshop will be widely disseminated within the Euromed Heritage broader community to secure follow up at both national and international level and will be available on www.euromedheritage.net

Roberto Albergoni UNIMED, ItalyNada Al Hassan, Freelance Consultant, FranceIman Amad An-Najah National University, Palestinian A.Andrea Amato Imed, ItalyMohamed Awad Alexandria and Med. Research Center, EgyptArzu Melda Bagdatli History Foundation, TurkeyAnthony Bigio World Bank, USAMourad Bouteflika, Université de Blida, AlgeriaRomeo Carabelli CNRS, FranceChristos Nicolas Carras En Chordais, GreeceXavier Casanovas CAATB, SpainPeter Chowne LORD Cultural Resources Planning and Management, UKGünhan Danişman Bogazici University, TurkeyStephane Ipert Centre de Conservation du Livre, FranceMahmoud Nabil Ismail Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris, EgyptAbderrahim Kassou Ecole Nationale d’Architecture, MoroccoVassilis Koniordos Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and CH, GreeceLuis Monreal, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, SwitzerlandGhassan Moukhebeier Lebanese Parliament, LebanonMihály Nagy Ministry of Cultural Heritage, HungaryMohammad Najjar Department of Antiquities, Jordan

Gilles Nourissier Ecole d’Avignon, FranceAylin Orbaşli Oxford Brookes University, UKGaetano Palumbo World Monuments Fund, FranceEman Qaraeen Anna Lindh Foundation, EgyptJoseph Raad University Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, LebanonPiergiorgio Ramundo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ItalyMechtild Rössler UNESCO - World Heritage Centre, FranceUfuk Saka BITAV, TurkeyNicolò Savarese Ministry of Economy and Finance, ItalyYaacov Schaffer Israel Antiquities Authority, IsraelLila Skarveli Mediterranean Fine Arts Chamber, FranceJune Taboroff GHK,UKNadia Theuma University of Malta, MaltaJordi Juan Tresserras University of Barcelona, SpainEugenio Yunis World Tourism Organization, Spain

European Commission Claire Kupper, EC-EuropeAidGovernment of Catalonia Caterina Mieras i Barceló, Spain RMSU Roberto Carpano Claudio Cimino Matteo Malvani Monica RobeloMaria Giulia da Sacco (Consortium) IEMedAndreu ClaretJosep GiraltXavier Medina

The Participants


Who is whoWORKGROUP 1Regional partnership and Cultural Heritage cooperation

Gilles NOURISSIER (Chairperson), French, is the founder and president since 1983 of France’s first centre of training for the rehabilitation of architectural heritage, Ecole D’Avignon. He is also General Secretary of ICOMOS France. Within the framework of the Euromed Heritage Programme, Mr. Nourissier has been coordinator and partner of several EH I projects. He has also been involved in the EC founded INTERREG, Raphael and Culture 2000 [email protected]

Roberto ALBERGONI, Italian, is an Economist and the Deputy Director of UNIMED (network of 74 Mediterranean universities). Unimed struc-ture, based on mobility and exchange of human and cultural resources, is devoted to the promotion of research and training through co-operation, by specialists in different fields, with the aim of fos-tering integration between Europe and the Medi-terranean. Mr Albergoni is also coordinator of Unimed Cultural Heritage II project and of other projects in the field of Cultural Heritage. roberto.

[email protected]

Andrea AMATO, Italian, is the President of the Mediterranean Institute (IMED), established in 1987. This non-profit institution acts in the Euro-Mediterranean area in the fields of econom-ic and social development, citizenship and cul-ture. One of its priorities is the field of Cultural Heritage. Mr Amato is the coordinator of the EH I project PISA (New approaches to conservation and management of archaeological sites) and the EH II project Delta (Integrated regional planning of heritage conservation and management)[email protected]

Arzu Melda BAGDATLI, Turkish, Archaeolo-gist from the University of Istanbul, is currently Cultural Heritage Programme Coordinator at the History Foundation of Turkey. Ms Bagdatli is in charge of coordinating Cultural Heritage projects funded by the European Commission, as well as other local and international bodies. She is Project Assistant in Turkey of the Temper project (Training, Education, Management and Prehistory in Mediterranean), funded by EH II. [email protected]

Christos CARRAS, British, is since 2003 Project Coordinator of the Euromed Heritage II Project Medimuses. This project aims to research and promote a better understanding of the shared modal musical traditions of the Mediterranean peoples. He is also member of the board of the non-profit cultural organisation En Chordais – Musical Traditions of the Mediterranean (Thes-saloniki). Mr Carras holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of La Sorbonne (Paris)[email protected]

Mahmoud Nabil ISMAIL, Egyptian, is Director of the Egyptian Cultural Center in Paris. Mr Is-mail is an architect with postgraduate degrees in Archaeology and Urban Planning and also works in the scientific research in the field of urban and architectural conservation and rehabilita-tion of Cultural Heritage. Since 2004 he is the representative of Egypt in the consortium of the Rehabimed project for the rehabilitation of tradi-tional architecture in the Mediterranean basin. [email protected]

Abderrahim KASSOU, Moroccan, has taught for 4 years at the National School of architecture in Rabat. Mr Kassou as architect has been involved in two Euromed Heritage projects, involved in project management for Patrimoines Partagés and collaborating with an NGO for Rehabimed. He is also associated in an architectural firm working on new build and rehabilitation projects. [email protected]

Matteo MALVANI, Italian/French, holds a Mas-ter’s degree in Architecture from the University of Florence. He has been working as a free lance ar-chitect and technical consultant for international organizations, local authorities and the private sector. Mr. Malvani has a focused international ex-perience in the fields of Cultural Heritage resource planning and management, urban conservation, architectural preservation and rehabilitation, cultural tourism. He is currently Project Man-ager at the Regional Management Support Unit (RMSU) of the Euromed Heritage Programme. [email protected]

Eman QARAEEN, Jordanian, is the Senior Pro-gramme Specialist for Educational Networking at the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures. An expert in Education with a MA in Teaching Methods, Ms Qaraeen is responsible for the implementa-tion of a Euro-Mediterranean Teacher-Training Programme and a Euro-Med Heritage Project for Youth. Before joining the Foundation this year she worked at the UNESCO office in Amman. Head of education, heritage and human rights unit Mr Qaraeen has a master degree in Curricula development and methods of [email protected]

Joseph RAAD, Lebanese, is Professor of Anthro-pology at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, specialising in Space Anthropology. He has been a partner and Technical Manager for the Unimed Cultural Heritage project in both phases I and II of the Euromed Heritage Programme. He has participated as a speaker in several Fora organised by UNESCO, since [email protected]

Piergiorgio RAMUNDO ORLANDO, Italian, holds a Master degree in Architecture from the University of Rome and in Planning from Uni-versity of Toronto. Mr Ramundo is currently Sen-ior Technical Adviser for assistance to cultural and economic international activities of the regions at

the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has ex-perience in regional development programs in the framework of European structural funds and in management of cultural and economic develop-ment projects and partnership programmes in the Mediterranean. Mr Ramundo was team leader of the MEDA Team in charge of the technical assist-ance of EH [email protected]

June TABOROFF, British, is a cultural resource specialist and evaluator with a background in environmental economics. She has extensive ex-perience in Cultural Heritage conservation, envi-ronmental assessment, community development, planning for urban and tourism development, and evaluation. Ms Taboroff has worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the World Herit-age Centre, UNDP and UK agencies such as the Countryside Agency and Heritage Lottery Fund. She was involved in the evaluation of EH [email protected]

WORKGROUP 2Public and private investments in Cultural Heritage

Anthony BIGIO (Chairperson), British/Italian, is a Senior Urban Specialist with the Infra-structure Department of the Middle East and North Africa region of the World Bank, which he joined in 1994. He is currently working on a number of Cultural Heritage and urban devel-opment projects in the Middle East and North Africa region, and was previously in charge of the Urban Environment Thematic Group at the Transport and Urban Development Department. He holds a Master degree in architecture and planning from the University of Rome, Italy. [email protected]

Nada AL HASSAN, French, is an architect specialized in conservation. She has worked as a freelance consultant for UNESCO and UNDP


and participated in the rehabilitation of the Beth-lehem city centre area through the project Bethle-hem 2000. Ms Al Hassan has recently acted as an International Co-Manager for the Cultural Tour-ism Development Programme in Syria, funded by the European Union. Her responsibilities in this 3-year programme included the managing of funds and activities. [email protected]

Iman AMAD, Palestinian, is Head of the De-partment of Architecture at An-Najah National University, Nablus, and Coordinator of the Master of Science Degree (M.Sc.) Program in Ar-chitecture. Mrs Amad is currently involved in the Khan al-Wakalah project funded by the European Union as member of the technical committee responsible for management of the project. She holds a Master degree and a PhD in architecture from the University of Glasgow, [email protected]

Roberto CARPANO is an Italian professional with a focused experience on EU Affairs in the area of External Relations, Higher Education, In-ternational Relations, Development Cooperation and Civil society. At present he is the Coordina-tor of the Regional Management Support Unit (RMSU) of the Euromed Heritage Programme. [email protected]

Xavier CASANOVAS, Spanish, is a professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Director of the Rehabilitation Department at the Association of Technical Architects. He is also Project Manager of the Rehabimed project that aims to stimulate awareness and to safeguard the traditional architecture of the Mediterranean in order to improve the conditions of living. This project takes into account the results from the EH I projects Corpus and Corpus Levant in which Mr Casanovas also took part. [email protected]

Peter CHOWNE, British, is the Director for Heritage Site Management of the private com-pany LORD Cultural Resources Planning and Management. Mr Chowne, who holds a PhD in Archaeology and a MA in Business Admin-istration, is responsible for the organisation’s Cultural Heritage work carried out in Europe, North Africa and West Asia. He participated as a consultant to the University of Cambridge on the development of site management plans in Greece, Israel, Malta and Turkey, within the frame of the EH II project Temper. [email protected]

Luis MONREAL, Spanish, was trained as a his-torian and archaeologist and has been involved in the field of culture throughout his professional career. For 11 years Mr Monreal was secretary general of ICOMOS and in 1985 he became the first Director of the newly established Getty Conservation Institute. From 1990 to 2001 he was Director General of the La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona. Mr Monreal is currently General Manager of the Aga Khan Trust for [email protected]

Ghassan MOUKHEIBER, Lebanese, since October 2002 is Member of the Lebanese Parlia-ment. In particular he is Legal Counsel for the “Community for the Protection of the Kadisha Valley” and is Coordinator of the group for the protection of the Beirut Valley. Mr Moukheiber is Member of the “Parliamentary Network on the World Bank” (PNoWB) where he acts as a steering committee member of the Arab Chapter of this international organization. Furthermore he is Member of the “Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption” (GOPAC) where he acts as the Secretary of the Arab Chapter of this international organization. [email protected]

Jordi JUAN TRESSERRAS, Spanish, holds a PhD in Geography and History from the Uni-versity of Barcelona, where he is an Associated

professor and the academic co-ordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Cultural Management and Cultural Tourism. Mr Juan Tresserras is also Senior Researcher at the Foundation Bosch Gim-pera, where he coordinates the research programs in relation with heritage and tourism in Europe, Mediterranean countries and Latin [email protected]

Ufuk SAKA, Turkish, was trained as an engineer and currently works as a consultant for a non-profit foundation of the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institute. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Izmit Local Agenda 21 Coop-erative, partner of the EH II Prodecom project. This civil society organisation aims at promoting participative democracy and works for the pres-ervation of local identities and socio-economic development. Mr Saka has participated to the elaboration of the criteria and standards set by the label “Cultural Development Products” launched by [email protected]

Nicolò SAVARESE, Italian, is an architect, expert in Cultural Heritage, Urban and Regional Plan-ning, and has participated in around 60 projects and research assignments in the Cultural Heritage sector. Mr Savarese currently works as a consult-ant for various ministries of the Italian Govern-ment, local bodies and private companies dealing with Cultural Heritage, the environment and planning. He has also been director of the Civita Consortium, and the Centro Europeo per i Beni Culturali di Ravello, two of the most relevant Italian/European organisations in the sector of Cultural [email protected]

Lila SKARVELI, Greek, is the Secretary General of the Chambre des Beaux Arts de Mediterranee in Paris. She is also coordinator of the EH II project Prodecom which has as a goal the pres-ervation and promotion of arts and crafts within the Mediterranean region. Ms Skarveli is a gradu-

ate of the Athens National School of Fine Arts studying painting, applied arts and art history. She has extensive experience with international co-operation, civil society organizations in the fields of Cultural Heritage preservation, inter-cultural dialogue and cultural policies in local [email protected]

Nadia THEUMA, Maltese, was trained as an anthropologist and has also a PhD in Tourism Management. She is a specialist in Cultural Tour-ism, field in which she works as a lecturer and re-searcher for the University of Malta. Ms Theuma is involved in a number of EU- funded projects, one of them being the EH II project Delta for which she is the national co-ordinator in Malta. She is also Director of the Board of the Malta Tourism [email protected]

Eugenio YUNIS, Chilean, heads, since 1997, the Sustainable Development of Tourism Depart-ment at the World Tourism Organization. In this capacity, he has organized several WTO confer-ences and seminars and represents the organiza-tion at the UN bodies dealing with sustainable development. He is also responsible for field missions to several countries on the subjects of sustainable tourism, ecotourism and poverty al-leviation. Mr Yunis was trained as a civil engineer and holds a post-graduate degree in Development [email protected]

WORKGROUP 3 Professional and institutional capacity building in cultural heritage management

Gaetano PALUMBO (Chairperson), Italian, is Director of Archaeological Conservation of the World Monuments Fund (WMF) since 2003. Mr Palumbo, who holds a PhD in Near Eastern


Archaeology from the University of Rome, has worked for The Getty Conservation Institute and as a consultant for UNESCO in Petra, Jor-dan. He also was a Senior Lecturer in Archaeol-ogy and Heritage Studies for University College, London from 2000 to [email protected]

Mohamed AWAD, Egyptian, holds a PhD in Architecture from Alexandria University, where he is also a lecturer. Dr. Awad is the Director of the Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Centre, Alex-Med, a research center affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It carries out research and documentation of all areas related to the Alexandrian and Mediterranean tangible and intangible culture, while encouraging dia-logue and mutual understanding. It is especially focused on cultural management and conserva-tion. Alex-Med is partner of the EH II project Mediterranean [email protected]

Mourad BOUTEFLIKA, Algerian, studied Ar-chitecture at the Institut d’Architecture de Blida, Algérie, Magistere (M-Phil) in preservation of historic sites and monuments EPAU Algier, June 1994, (Course and research co-organised with the l’Ecole d’Architecture of Rome-La Sapienza), Doctor of Research (PhD) in Architectonic Projection for Mediterranean countries at the Politecnic of Bari. He has been head of projects concerning Urbanism and consultant for feasibil-ity studies and restoration of several buildings in [email protected]

Romeo CARABELLI, Italian, works since 2002 for the CNRS (Centre National de la Recher-ché Scientifique) in Tours (France), where he is responsible for the project Patrimoines Partagés, funded by EH II. This programme tries to improve the management and development of 19th and 20th urban architecture in the Mediter-ranean. Mr Carabelli is an architect with a PhD

in Geography by the François Rabelais University, where he is also a [email protected]

Claudio CIMINO, Italian, an MA and Post Graduate in Architecture at La Sapienza in Rome. Since 1984, a member at the Board of Architects of Rome. President of an Architects’ firm, he consults the Municipality of Rome on conser-vation projects. Consults/manages international programmes for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the World Bank and the EC. Supervises PhD research at the 2nd University of Naples. Specialises in Architecture, Urban and Regional planning and Conservation; Project Manager at the RMSU of the Euromed Heritage Pro-gramme. [email protected]

Günhan DANIŞMAN, Turkish, works as associ-ate professor for the Department of History at Bogazici University in Istanbul. Mr Danisman has been acting as technical coordinator for his university within the EH II UNIMED project. His main expertise within the project relates to Cultural Heritage Management, particularly in respect of the protection of monuments from natural disasters, especially earthquake damage. Mr Danisman has an educational background in Architecture and Archaeology and holds a PhD in History of the Technology. [email protected]

Stéphane IPERT, French, is Director of the Cen-tre for Book Conservation in Arles and Coordi-nator for 3 European Programmes, “Internum”, “Eurindia”, and “Noé”. coordinator of the EH I project Manumed from 1998 – 2003. He holds a Masters Degree in History of Art from Univer-sity of Provence and has participated in several courses on book conservation and restoration. His professional experiences focus on restoration and preventative conservation, working in several Mediterranean and Near Eastern [email protected]

Vassilis KONIORDOS, Greek, is an architect with more than 25 years of experience in the su-pervision on restoration work in Byzantine and Ottoman monuments. For the Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and the Cultural Heritage in Thessaloniki, Mr Konior-dos is currently the project coordinator of EH III project Byzantium and the Early Islam. This integrated multidisciplinary project aims to bring to the fore the region’s Byzantine and Islamic Cultural Heritage and to modernise its ability to manage it through [email protected]

Mihaly NAGY, Hungarian, is Head of the De-partment for Strategic Planning and EU Coor-dination in the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage. His responsibilities include representing the cultural sector in the national strategic plan-ning process, the coordination of governmental activities resulting from EU-membership in the field of cultural activities and the coordination of governmental activities regarding multilateral cultural cooperation. Mr Nagy, who was trained as an archaeologist, is also a senior scientific fel-low of the Hungarian National [email protected]

Mohamed NAJJAR, Jordanian, holds a PhD in Archaeology specialising in the Bronze Age in Jordan and has published extensively on archaeo-logical aspects of the region. He is Director of excavations at the Department of Antiquities in Jordan and is project partner of the EH III project Discover Islamic Art, 2004 – [email protected]

Aylin ORBAŞLI, British/Turkish, PhD, trained as an architect and specialised in conservation and heritage management. She works as an in-dependent consultant and has over ten years of international experience in the field of Cultural Heritage and as an advisor on Cultural Herit-age protection, management and regeneration, mainly in association with tourism. Ms Orbasli

is also currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University. She is Project partner and Working Group coordinator of the Temper Project (EH II)[email protected]

Mechtild RÖSSLER, German, has a MA in cul-tural geography and a PhD from the Faculty for Earth Sciences, University of Hamburg. She is specialized in nature/culture interaction, cultural landscape issues and theoretical concepts of herit-age conservation. Ms Rossler works at UNESCO since 1991 and is currently Chief of the Europe and North America unit in the World Heritage Centre. Her responsibilities include the safe-guarding of heritage sites, training activities and capacity building with a specific focus on South-eastern Europe. [email protected]

Yaacov SCHAFFER, Israeli, has a background in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning and is currently Chief Conservation Officer at the Israel Antiquities Authority. His responsibilities include the relations with foreign Cultural Heritage or-ganizations and the conservation policy and aca-demic issues of the institution. Mr Schaffer has experience as a Partner of the Euromed Heritage I - II - III projects Pisa, Temper, Delta, Rehabimed and Byzantium and the Early Islam. [email protected]


The Organization

The Regional Management and Support

Unit (RMSU) has been set up for Euromed Heritage II-III on behalf of the EuropeAid Co-operation Office. The role of the RMSU is to assist partners and beneficiary coun-tries in achieving project objectives, ensure coherent implementation of projects and full exploitation of opportunities, promote visibility and exchange of information and results. The RMSU is located at the Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazi-one (ICCD) in Rome, autonomous body of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, and benefits from the scientific know-how of ICCD and the technical know-how of the international Centre Città d’Acqua of Venice.

Regional Management Support UnitICCD Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la DocumentazioneVia di San Michele, 18 00153 Roma, ItalyTel: +39.06.58332194 Fax: +39.06.58179396www.euromedheritage.net

European Institute for the Mediterrane-

an (IEMed)

IEMed, the European Institute for the Mediterranean, is a centre of reflection and debate on Mediterranean societies and think tank specialised in Euro-Mediter-ranean relations. It acts in the dialogue be-tween the EU and the other Mediterranean countries and as a promoter of cooperation. www.iemed.org

IEMed

Carrer Girona 20, 5a planta 08010 Barcelona, Spain Tel. +34 93 244 98 50 [email protected]

The workshop “Cultural Heritage within the Barcelona Process Assessment and Ori-entations” has been jointly organized by the EC EuropeAid through the Regional Management and Support Unit (RMSU) for the Euromed Heritage Programme and the European Institute for the Mediterranean (IEMed).

The RMSU would like to thank all the partici-pants at the workshop. With grateful thanks to: Andreu Claret, Josep Giralt and Xavier Me-dina and the staff of IEMed; the Chairpersons of the three Working Groups: Gilles Nourissier, Anthony Bigio and Gaetano Palumbo, and also to the rapporteurs: Mahmoud Ismail, Lila Skarveli and Romeo Carabelli.

European Commission - EuropeAid

EuropeAid Co-operation Office’s mission is to implement the external aid instruments of the European Commission which are fund-ed by the European Community budget and the European Development Fund. The Of-fice is responsible for all phases of the project cycle (identification and appraisal of projects and programmes, preparation of financing decisions, implementation and monitoring, evaluation of projects and programmes) which ensures the achievement of the objec-tives of the programmes established by the Directorates-General for External Relations and Development and approved by the Commission.

EuropeAid Co-operation Office DG Directorate A: Europe, Southern Mediterranean, Middle East and Neighbourhood Policy Rue Joseph II, 54 4-225 B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Fax +32 2 2955665

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The Euromed Heritage

Programme


Since 998, Euromed Heritage has committed a total of € 57 million to fund partnerships between leading European and southern Mediterranean conservation experts and heritage institutions.

The seeds were sown in 995 when foreign ministers from the EU and twelve Mediter-ranean Partners (Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, The Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey) met in Barcelona and agreed to form a long-term alliance (the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership) that would nurture closer economic and cultural ties between the southern Mediterranean and Europe. They realised that well-chosen joint programmes would help partner countries create a sus-tainable future for their heritage.

The priorities of Euromed Heritage are to:

• Highlight Mediterranean heritage by creating inventories that document its composition and extent, and by promoting high quality tourism and networks between cultural insti-tutions

• Exchange expertise and technical assistance, and support institutions and policies that promote Cultural Heritage

• Promote knowledge about heritage among the public and decision makers, and create a compendium of know-how and techniques used in Mediterranean heritage, also through the use of new technologies

• Create opportunities for training in heritage-related professions and trades.

Euromed Heritage I started in 998 with 2 projects that highlight and preserve the Med-iterranean’s physical and intangible heritage. Some of these focused on artefacts, archaeo-logical sites and historic buildings; others on popular traditions and non-material culture. Creating heritage inventories was a priority, since they enabled policy makers to reach in-formed decisions about the protection and use of cultural assets.

Today Euromed Heritage II embraces 11 projects in the field of Cultural Heritage. Euromed Heritage II extends the idea of integrated heritage management from local to regional level. The Mediterranean’s intangible heritage is recognised through projects that focus on the oral his-tory of its great cities, its maritime traditions, traditional crafts, its music, and food production. Pursuing the same ongoing aims as Euromed Heritage II, 4 projects selected during the call for proposals relating to this programme started in 2004. These four projects have been named as Euromed Heritage III.

Thanks to these projects, and its success in raising public awareness about the heritage of southern Mediterranean countries, the legacy of Euromed Heritage will be a future that cares for the past.

EUROMED HERITAGE I 998-2004 Total budget € 7 millionThe ProjectsCorpus/Corpus Levant: Inventory of vernacular buildings throughout the Mediterranean Journées Euro-Méditerranéennes du patrimoine: A study on the feasibility of extending heritage days to southern countriesExpo 2000: Travelling exhibition on conservation in the Euro-Mediterranean zone Fêtes du Soleil: Recording the intangible heritage of Mediterranean popular festivals IPAMED: Computer assisted remote sensing cartography of heritage sites in Tunisia Cours du Patrimoine du Maghreb I/II: Conservation training and scholarships in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia Manumed/Voir & See: Conservation, inventory and promotion of the visibility of small and private libraries in north Africa and Near East Museomed: Training course on modern museum technology and managementIslamic Art in the Mediterranean I/II: Heritage trails and catalogues on Islamic architecture PISA: New approaches to conservation and management of archaeological sites Rias: Forum for technical and policy cooperation in underwater archaeology Salambo: Assessment of skills in decorative crafts used in conservation of historic buildingsUnimed Audit: Analysis and index of heritage legislation and training in the whole region Unimed Herit: Training in the practice and theory of heritage management and conservation Unimed Symposium: Forum on strategies to protect non-material heritage Saving Cultural Heritage Exhibition: Follow-up of the Expo 2000 shown in partner countriesEncyclopédie de la Méditerranée: Editorial project consisting in a series of 20 pocket books and 2 larger volumes in Arab, French and English.

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EUROMED HERITAGE II 2002-2005

Total budget € 30 million

The Projects

Delta: Integrated regional planning of heritage conservation and management

Prodecom: Support and training for traditional Mediterranean arts and crafts

Filières Innovantes: Promotion of small producers of regional agri-food products and handicraft

La Navigation du Savoir: Conservation and promotion of Mediterranean maritime heritage

Mediterranean Voices: Oral history and cultural practice in Mediterranean cities

MediMuses: Research and promotion of classical music of the Byzantine age in the South East Mediterranean basin

Temper: Research, conservation and promotion of public awareness of the Mediterranean’s prehistoric heritage

Patrimoines Partagés: Conservation of 9th and 20th century urban architecture

Ikonos: Distance learning in conservation of artefacts, buildings and monuments

Unimed Cultural Heritage II: Creation of a portal on legislation, training offers and best practice in conservation and management of cultural heritage

Defence Systems in the Mediterranean Coasts: Valorisation of fortresses (training/restoration) along the Mediterranean coasts.

EUROMED HERITAGE III 2004-2007

Total budget € 0 million

The Projects

Discover Islamic Art: Realisation of a virtual museum on Islamic art in the Mediterranean.

RehabiMed: Rehabilitation of Traditional Mediterranean Architecture

Qantara: Mediterranean Heritage: Crossing between Orient and Occident

Byzantium Early Islam: Integrated multidisciplinary approach for a better knowledge and safeguard of Byzantine and Islamic cultural heritage.

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