Introduction to the 3rd C Capacity-Building Working towards a World Heritage Strategy for Training and Capacity-Building in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe Presentation by Ms Petya Totcharova, Chief, Europe and North-America Unit, World

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Introduction to the 3rd C Capacity-Building
Working towards a World Heritage Strategy for
Training and Capacity-Building in Central,
Eastern and South Eastern Europe Presentation
by Ms Petya Totcharova, Chief, Europe and
North-America Unit, World Heritage
CentreWorkshop of National Focal Points of
Central, South-East and Eastern European
Countries Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting
ExerciseTbilisi, Georgia, 14 16 November 2012
the 3rd C
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Strategies at 3 different levels
c a p a c i t y b u i l d i n g c h a n
g i n g a u d i e n c e s , n e w l e a r n
i n g e n v i r o n m e n t s
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Identifying where capacities reside and target
audiences
Where capacities reside and associated audiences Some principal learning areas
Practitioners Those with direct responsibilities for heritage Implementation of the Convention Conservation and management issues Technical and scientific issues Resource utilization and management
Institutions Decision-and policy-makers Legislative issues Institutional frameworks/issues Financial issues Human resources Knowledge
Communities networks All those who have a legitimate interest in heritage Reciprocal benefits and linking with sustainable development Stewardship Communication / Interpretation
and corresponding learning areas
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Capacity building for the effective management of
World Heritage properties
strengthen the knowledge, abilities, skills and
behavior of people with direct responsibilities
for heritage conservation and management
improve institutional structures and processes
through empowering decision-makers and
policy-makers introduce a dynamic relationship
between heritage and its context and, in turn,
greater reciprocal benefits by a more inclusive
approach
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Key issues training and capacity building
Information based on input received by the
concerned States Parties 2012 Questionnaire
Information obtained in interviews with
professionals and representatives from
institutions Information from desk research
Information from recent capacity-building
activities carried out in the region
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Some first findings
More specialised staff needed Strengthen
capacity-building of the current staff
Updating/improving of many of the existing
training Special attention for natural World
Heritage sites required, especially in relation
to security issues
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Training Areas identified

• Site management / improving management skills
• Conservation, with special attention for
  sustainability and the use of (new) techniques
• Monitoring / Risk preparedness
• Community involvement
• Participatory Management (communication,
  negotiation, conflict management)
• Fundraising / resource management / revenue
  sharing
• Basic training regarding the World Heritage
  Convention, management and sustainable
  development of the World Heritage site
• Interpretation / awareness raising

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Stakeholder needs
Improve cooperation between national and site
level Ensure information / training reaches
site managers Importance of involving all
stakeholders as early as possible and on a
continuous basis Emphasis on international
exchange of knowledge and experiences Importance
of cooperation with other States Parties
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Lessons Learned from sub-regional meetings Sibiu
(May 2012) and Kotor (June 2012)

• Trainings for Site Managers Focal Points useful
• Exchange of experiences and best practices should
  be encouraged (and possibly formalized)
• Trainings as a combination of theory and in situ
  field practice (walks and talks workshop
  participants meet with local practitioners where
  relevant)

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Lessons Learned from sub-regional meetings Sibiu
(May 2012) and Kotor (June 2012)

• Interactive meetings with smaller sized groups
  preferred
• Ideal length of workshop 2,5 days (from
  presentation of general theme day one, to
  specific group work day two and conclusion
  plenary on day three)
• Ensuring continuity establish rotation system
  among States Parties in the region to hold core
  workshop

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How to organise coordination
Periodic Reporting meetings Involving key
training institutions in the elaboration of
strategy and its implementation Encouraging
active States Parties participation in the process
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Mapping of key training institutions

• List of providers compiled by the WHC
• UNESCO Chair in Heritage and Urban Studies (803),
  established in 2008 at Cracow University of
  Economics, Cracow, (Poland)
• Academia Istropolitana Nova (AI Nova) and
  Monuments Board (Slovakia)

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Proposal Scientific steering committee of the
sub-regional capacity-building strategy

• 3 representatives from each of the sub-regions
  Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
• To further develop strategy and curricular
• To work together with WHC and Advisory Bodies on
  the implementation

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Useful Resource Manuals and links
World Heritage Series n20 link Periodic Report
and Action Plan, Europe 2005-2006 link Periodic
Reporting Handbook for site managers (2012)
link Preparing World Heritage Nominations
(Second Edition, 2011) link Managing Disaster
Risks for World Heritage (2010) link Managing
Natural World Heritage (2012) link Upcoming
publications in 2013 Managing Cultural World
Heritage
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