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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE: SERIAL PRopeRTIes AND NOMINATIons PATRIMOINE MONDIAL DE L’UNESCO: BIENS ET PROPOSITIONS D’INscRIPTIONS SÉRIELS INTERNATIONAL EXPERT UNESCO WORLD MEETING ON WORLD HERITAGE AND SERIAL PROPERTIES AND HERITAGE: NOmiNATIONS ITTINGEN, SwiTZERLAND, SERIAL 25 – 27 FEBRUARY 2010 RÉUNION INTERNATIONALE D’EXPERTS PROPERTIES AND SUR LE PATRIMOINE MONDIAL ET LES BIENS ET PROPOSITIONS NOmiNATIONS D’INSCRIPTIONS SÉRIELS ITTINGEN, SUISSE, PATRIMOINE MON- DU 25 – 27 FÉVRIER 2010 DIAL DE L’UNESCO: BIENS ET PROPOSITIONS D’INSCRIPTIONS SÉRIELS Swiss Federal Office of Culture Oliver Martin / Samuel Gendre (eds) TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE DES MATIÈRES 4 / 5 P.06 INTRODUCTIONS INTRODUCTIONS P.68 PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERT MEETING AT THE 34TH SEssiON OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COmmiTTEE, BRAsiLIA, BRAZIl (2010) P.34 PrÉSENTATION CASE STUDIES DES RÉSULTATS PRESENTED BY DE LA RÉUNION PARTiciPATING D’EXPERTS À LA EXPERTS 34ÈME SESSION DU COMITÉ DU PATRIMOIne MonDIAL, ÉTUDES DE CAS BRASILIA, BRÉSIl (2010) PRÉSENTÉES PAR LES EXPERTS P.12 PARTICIPANTS REFERENCE PAPERS DOCUMENTS DE RÉFÉRENCE P.84 DEcisiON 34 COM 9B DÉCISION 34 COM 9B 1. InTRODucTIons INTRODucTIONS P.08 P.10 Swiss FEDERAL INTERNATIONAL OfficE CENTRE FOR THE OF CULTURE STUDY OF THE OFFICE FÉDÉRAL PRESERVATION DE LA CULTURE AND RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY P.09 ICCROM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE COUNciL ON INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS D’ÉTUDES AND SITES POUR LA ICOMOS CONSERVATION CONSEIL ET LA P.08 INTERNATIONAL RESTAURATION UNESCO WORLD DES MONUMENTS DES BIENS HERITAGE ET DES SITES CULTURELS CENTRE ICOMOS ICCROM CENTRE DU PATRIMOINE P.10 MONDIAL INTERNATIONAL DE L’UNESCO UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE IUCN UNION INTERNA- TIONALE POUR LA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE UICN UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE: SERIAL PROPERTIES AND NOmiNATIONS PATRIMOINE MONDIALE DE L’UNESCO : BIENS ET PROPOSITIONS D’INSCRIPTIONS SÉRIELS parts to the whole, and requirement of effi- Swiss FEDERAL cient joint management. As is the case with UNESCO all excellent things, even when dealing with OfficE serial properties, an excess can have a neg- WORLD HERITAGE ative effect: if the Outstanding Universal OF CULTURE Value of the series is not assessed strictly CENTRE enough, the notion of World Heritage risks OFFICE FÉDÉRAL to be diluted and the credibility of the World CENTRE Heritage List will be challenged. The enor- DE LA CULTURE mous enthusiasm for serial properties must DU PATRIMOINE therefore not distract us from alternative ways of achieving transnational cooperation MONDIAL The Outstanding Universal Value of the site in the field of World Heritage. and the credibility of the World Heritage DE L’UNESCO List. These are two important parameters The World Heritage Committee discussed in the World Heritage system in general and the opportunities and risks of serial nomina- in relation to serial properties in particular. tions and properties in 2008 in Quebec and The efforts of the Swiss authorities to or- Switzerland, along with other participant in 2009 in Seville and decided that a revision ganize an international expert meeting in States Parties, has in recent years submitted of the Operational Guidelines was necessary. Ittingen, Switzerland, have made a major two nominations for serial transnational prop- Experts met in Vilm, Germany in 2008 and contribution to moving ahead with the con- erties: the architectural work of Le Corbusier, 2009 to consider this issue, concentrating cept and practice of serial transnational under the lead management of France and primarily on natural monuments. Switzerland nominations and have provided a thorough together with Argentina, Belgium, Germany organised an international expert meeting in review of existing transnational properties in- and Japan, and the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings Ittingen in spring 2010 in collaboration with scribed on UNESCO’ World Heritage List. around the Alps, along with France, Germany, the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Austria, Slovenia and Italy. Both nominations Bodies ICOMOS, IUCN und ICCROM, the This meeting held in February 2010 has are currently in the evaluation phase. At na- findings of which were approved by the World been crucial to advance collaborative tional level and in international cooperation, Heritage Committee at its 34th session in action between States, Advisory Bodies and the experience gained from these two nom- Brasilia in summer 2010. At the same time in UNESCO based on expert advice for dif- inations – regardless of whether the prop- Brasilia, the World Heritage Committee de- ferent regions of the world. erties are successfully inscribed – has been cided to establish a task force to revise the extremely positive and instructive. Serial Operational Guidelines, the work of which The idea of this expert meeting has its origin transnational nominations are especially in should be approved at the 35th session of at the 32nd session of the World Heritage keeping with the spirit of the World Heritage the World Heritage Committee in Bahrain Committee, held in July 2008, in Quebec Convention, which aims through joint efforts in 2011 and which will also cover the points City, Canada. Prior to that meeting, the to preserve and maintain cultural and nat- requiring revision relating to serial transna- Committee, noticing the increase of projects ural heritage of Outstanding Universal Value. tional nominations and properties. for serial transnational nominations, de- Here the expression «joint effort» must be cided to create a specific discussion item on taken literally. Serial transnational nomina- The aim of this publication is to communicate this subject. The working document (WHC- tions place high demands on the participant the results of the expert meeting in Ittingen, 08/32 COM/10B) which was prepared to states. This begins right from the apparently together with the related discussions and de- serve as a base for the Committee’s debate banal requirement of mutual linguistic un- cisions. It should assist experts, authorities has also served to structure this meeting. derstanding. More important, there comes a and other interested parties in the organisa- The debate that took place in Quebec was variety of administrative structures, customs tion of, preparation for and management of lively and clearly showed the interest of many and regulations on responsibilities. However, serial nominations and properties. countries on this matter; however, because these efforts are more than compensated for of the usual constraints of time that affect by gaining inscriptions that go beyond na- Johann Mürner the sessions of the Committee, the discus- tional boundaries, and the organisation of Head of Section sion had to be closed rather hastily. The international cooperation for the manage- frustration for the lack of time, as well as ment of the properties, which also creates the perception of the amount of discussion incentives at national level and is benefi- that a theme like issues concerning serial cial not only to the properties selected. And nominations requires, gave the input to or- lastly, working on these nominations creates ganize an expert meeting specially dedicated a permanent and amicable network between to the subject. the experts and between the authorities in the participant States Parties. Serial transnational nominations have become a phenomenon during the last years, clearly How are serial nominations and inscrip- demonstrating the interest of countries in the tions dealt with? There is a need for guid- conservation of the shared heritage among ance and support not only in relation to the nations. format to be used for serial nominations, but also and in particular in connection with The efforts of our ancestors, our experts and the definition of a series, the relation of its communities in all parts of the world have INTRODUCTIONS INTRODUCTIONS 8 / 9 cared for these sites and landscapes for overall reflection on the Future of the World future generations in a spirit of cooperation INTERNATIONAL Heritage Convention. The workshop pro- and exchange that illustrates the key feature vided the opportunity for delegates to of the 1972 World Heritage Convention. COUNciL consider how the emergence of extensive serial nominations might be seen as a posi- The 1972 Convention is a powerful tool ON MONUMENTS tive development for the World Heritage for development that combines a standard Convention, as well as how to avoid cir- framework with the development of oper- AND SITES cumstances where serial nominations might ational projects and concrete collaboration. become so large that they could simply The conservation and enhancement of sites ICOMOS become unworkable in terms of delivering through the process of identifying the values effective protection and management and and attributes to work with local stakeholders CONSEIL INTER- meeting the requirements of integrity, or, in and encourages all to care for the heritage in extreme cases, might challenge the cred- an integrated and multidisciplinary way. The NATIONAL ibility of the Convention. The workshop challenge is to develop overall policies that also provided the opportunity to consider incorporate this approach. DES MONUMENTS whether in some instances extensive col- lections of properties could be better nomi- The International Year of Biodiversity in 2010 ET DES SITES nated as smaller elements linked by some and the International Year of Rapprochement sort of thematic framework, or be recog- of Cultures 2010 was also a great oppor- ICOMOS nised by other means