Information Meeting

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Information Meeting

• for States Parties
• to the World Heritage Convention
• Friday 16 February 2001
• Room XI

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Agenda for the morning session

• Main conclusions of Cairns Committee session
• Detail of reforms
• Revision of the Operational Guidelines
• Coffee Break 11.15-11.45

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Cairns 2000

• Bureau of the World Heritage Committee
• 23 to 24 November
• World Heritage Committee
• 27 November to 2 December
• Pacific World Heritage Youth Forum
• 23 to 28 November
• Indigenous Forum
• 23 November

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New Bureau

• Mr Peter King (Australia) -
• Chairperson
• Canada, Ecuador, Finland, Morocco Thailand -
  Vice-Chairpersons
• Mr Dawson Munjeri (Zimbabwe) - Rapporteur

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Total 162 New State Party Niue
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Nominations examined by the 24th session of the
Committee

• 12 natural properties
• 4 mixed properties
• 55 cultural properties
• of which 61 were inscribed

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(No Transcript)
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The World Heritage List

• 690 sites in 122 States Parties
• 529 cultural
• 138 natural
• 23 mixed cultural and natural

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List of World Heritage in Danger
Sites inscribed on the List in Danger prior to
2000
Sites inscribed on the List in Danger in 2000
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30 sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage
in Danger
 
   
Cultural 9 Natural 21 Mixed 0
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Periodic Reporting

• Format for periodic reporting adopted by the 22nd
  Committee 1998
• Timeframe
• Arab states 2000
• Africa 2001
• Asia and the Pacific 2002
• Latin America and the Caribbean 2003
• Europe and North America 2004-2005

Information brochure
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Etat de conservation des sitesEtats Arabes
Rapport périodiques

• 10 sur 12 pays ont soumis un rapport Section I
• 36 sur 43 biens ont soumis un rapport Section II

• Rapport régional final de synthèse
• Convention perçue surtout comme instrument
• pour linscription de sites
• Besoins identifiés
• meilleure visibilité de la Convention
• coopération inter-arabe et coopération
• internationale renforcées
• amélioration des méthodes et moyens de
  conservation

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Periodic Reporting

• Timetable for Periodic Reporting may need to be
  revised following change in World Heritage
  meeting cycle
• Proposal
• (2002) Asia and the Pacific June 2003
• (2003) Latin America June 2004
• the Caribbean
• ... to be decided at forthcoming Bureau

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Global Strategy for a representative balanced
World Heritage List

• workshops
• seminars
• regional awareness meetings
• regional multilateral
• initiatives
• publications and studies
• cooperation with UNESCO
• units and regional offices

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Global Strategy Action Plans 2001-2003

• Committee,
• - reviewed progress achieved in 2000
• - noted the regional Action Plans for 2001-2002
• - approved specific activities for 2001
  including
• Asian Sacred Mountains as Cultural Landscapes,
  Japan, 4-12 September 2001 (to be confirmed)
• meeting of States Parties from the Alpine Arc,
  Turin, Italy, 4-7 July 2001
• etc.

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Other issues discussed

• Global Training Strategy
• Proposal to establish a Heritage Partnership
  Programme
• Information Management System
• Communication - information, media co-operation,
  WHIN and Education activities

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Pacific World HeritageYouth Forum

• Focus on natural World Heritage sites,
  sustainable tourism and involvement of local
  communities
• Lectures and workshops on World Heritage in the
  Pacific
• Discussion with World Heritage Committee members
• Action Plan for the Pacific through ASPnet
  schools

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World Heritage Fund Budget 2001

• Chapter US
• I OVERALL FUNCTIONING OF THE 195 000
• THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION
• II ESTABLISHMENT OF WORLD HERITAGE LIST
  975 000
• III TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION 2 355 000
• IV MONITORING AND REPORTING 520 000
• V DOCUMENTATION, INFORMATION, EDUCATION 303
  000
• 4 348 000

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REFORM

• A summary of key decisions of the World Heritage
  Committee in Cairns

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Committee decisions

• World Heritage meetings to be moved from
  June/November to April/June as of 2002
• Extraordinary session of the Bureau abolished as
  of 2002

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Decision-making

• Introduce an Item A and B decision-making system
• Item A items which are the subject of consensus
  for adoption
• Item B items requiring discussion by the
  Committee

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Examination of nominations

• Nominations received in 2001 will be examined in
  2003.
• This deferral would imply only a limited pause
  (7 months) in the nomination process, and allow
  the necessary transitional adjustments

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Calendrier pour la soumissions des dossiers de
nomination 2000-2004
Pendant la période transitoire, on suivra le
calendrier suivant 
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Equitable representation of the Committee

• Draft Resolution for the 13th General Assembly
  of States Parties
• invites a number of voluntary actions by States
  Parties to increase rotation of States Parties on
  the World Heritage Committee
• new election procedures proposed
• Proposals for revisions of the Rules of
  Procedure

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Representivity of the World Heritage List

• Decision of the Committee
• Analysis of Tentative Lists
• Limit number of
• Nominations examined

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The Operational Guidelines
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Background to the revision of the Operational
Guidelines
Expert Meeting in Canterbury United
Kingdom 10-14 April 2000
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Aim of the Expert Meeting

• To propose an overall revision of the
  Operational Guidelines in order to make them
  streamlined and user-friendly.

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Objectives

• - to identify and define the target audiences
  for the Operational Guidelines,
• - to review previous proposals for revisions to
  the Operational Guidelines,
• - to identify gaps, duplications and
  inconsistencies in the Operational Guidelines

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Objectives (continued)

• - to recommend a new structure, content and
  format for the Operational Guidelines,
• - to make recommendations on the future
  presentation of the Operational Guidelines to
  make them more user-friendly

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Four themes examined in Canterbury

• Identification / evaluation / nomination /
  inscription
• Management / monitoring / reporting / in-Danger
  listing / deletion
• International Assistance
• Raising Awareness of World Heritage including
  on-site presentation

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Target Audience

• Key users of the Operational Guidelines are
• States Parties
• World Heritage Committee and its Bureau
• Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee
  (ICOMOS, IUCN and ICCROM)
• UNESCO Secretariat
• partners in site management

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Canterbury Expert Meeting recommended

• returning to the fundamental principles
  established within the World Heritage Convention,
  taking into account the key functional elements
  within the existing Operational Guidelines
• reviewing the Operational Guidelines on a regular
  cycle, linked to the Strategic Plan which the
  Committee may adopt and to Periodic Reporting
  cycles (six-year cycle)

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Canterbury Expert Meeting recommended

• simplifying the Operational Guidelines by moving
  much of the supporting information to annexes and
  other supporting documents
• clearing away accretions and rationalising the
  organisation of remaining provisions

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Canterbury Expert Meeting recommended

• editing and presenting the Operational Guidelines
  in clear and simple language, using tables,
  graphics and illustrations
• placing significance at the heart of the
  Guidelines

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Canterbury Expert Meeting recommended

• producing illustrated guides to management and
  answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• ensuring a management system for the transitional
  period from the existing to the new Operational
  Guidelines

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New outline recommended for the Operational
Guidelines

• I. INTRODUCTION
• II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST
• III. PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WORLD
  HERITAGE PROPERTIES
• IV. INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
• V. ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
  CONVENTION

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Committee decision

• Committee decided that the Operational
  Guidelines be restructured according to the new
  overall framework proposed by the Canterbury
  Expert Meeting

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Committee decision

• Process for revising the Operational Guidelines
  to be co-ordinated by the World Heritage Centre
  through a collaborative process involving
  representatives of States Parties, the advisory
  bodies and the Secretariat

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Committee decision

• It was agreed that revised Operational
  Guidelines should reflect different regional and
  cultural perspectives.

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Committee decision

• Committee agreed to the following phased
  approach to the revision of the Operational
  Guidelines

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Revision of theOperational Guidelines

• Phase I
• Meeting at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 16
  February 2001 to define the process for revising
  the Operational Guidelines

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Revision of theOperational Guidelines

• Phase II
• Preparation by the Secretariat of a first draft
  revised text in English and French to reflect all
  current proposals for revision and showing the
  source of the proposed revisions
• Proposal February - June 2001
• Meeting with Advisory Bodies 2-3 March

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Revision of theOperational Guidelines

• Phase III
• Circulation of the revised text to all States
  Parties and posting of revised text on the Web
• Proposal by 1 June

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Revision of theOperational Guidelines

• Phase IV
• Contributions in writing from States Parties
• Proposal by 1 August

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Revision of theOperational Guidelines

• Phase V
• Meeting to refine new Operational Guidelines,
  section by section
• Proposal Technical drafting group to meet from
  10-14 September at UNESCO

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Revision of theOperational Guidelines

• Phase VI
• Submission of revised Operational Guidelines to
  the 25th session of the World Heritage Committee
  in 2001 for decision.
• Proposal by end October

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Complex issues

• World Heritage in Danger - awaiting legal advice
• Criteria for International Assistance - to be
  discussed first with Advisory Bodies at meeting
  on 2-3 March

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Resource issues for the revision of the
Operational Guidelines

• UK government has contributed 15,000
• additional human and financial resources are
  required for the Centre to co-ordinate this
  process

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World Heritagemeetings in 2001, UNESCO HQ

• 25th session of the Bureau (25 to 30 June)
• 13th General Assembly of States Parties,
  October/November (exact date to be confirmed)
• 5th extraordinary session of the Committee,
  October/November (exact date to be confirmed)

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Helsinki, Finland 2001

• 25th extraordinary
• session of the Bureau
• of the World Heritage
• Committee
• (7-8 December)
• 25th session of
• the Committee
• (11-16 December)

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