Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (Extension to the existing Mixed World Heritage Property “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region” (99ter) Nomination Dossier for Inscription on the World Heritage List January, 2018 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 4 2. IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY........................................................................... 15 2.1. Country........................................................................................................................... 15 2.2. State, province or region ................................................................................................ 15 2.3. Name of property ........................................................................................................... 15 2.4. Geographical coordinates to the nearest second ............................................................ 15 2.5. Maps and plans, showing the boundaries of the proposed extension ............................ 16 2.6. Area of proposed extension............................................................................................ 22 3. DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................................... 22 3.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 22 3.2. Description of the property ............................................................................................ 25 3.3. History and Development............................................................................................... 60 4. JUSTIFICATION FOR INSCRIPTION ............................................................................... 70 4.1. Brief synthesis................................................................................................................ 70 4.2. Criteria under which inscription is proposed ................................................................. 71 4.3. Statement of Integrity..................................................................................................... 74 4.4. Statement of Authenticity............................................................................................... 75 4.5. Protection and management requirements ..................................................................... 75 4.6. Comparative Analysis .................................................................................................... 79 4.7. Proposed statement of outstanding universal value ....................................................... 85 5. STATE OF CONSERVATION AND FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROPERTY........... 88 5.1. Present State of Conservation ........................................................................................ 88 5.2. Factors affecting the property ........................................................................................ 91 (i) Development Pressures (e.g. encroachment, adaptation, agriculture, mining) .......... 91 (ii) Environmental pressures (e.g. pollution, climate change, desertification)................. 96 (iii) Factors affecting the Integrity of Cultural Attributes ................................................. 98 (iv) Natural disasters and risk preparedness (earthquakes, floods, fires, etc.) .................. 99 (v) Responsible Visitation at World Heritage Sites ....................................................... 100 (vi) Number of inhabitants within the Lake Ohrid region............................................... 101 6. PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY ........................................ 103 6.1. Ownership.................................................................................................................. 103 Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (Extension to the existing Mixed World Heritage Property “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid 2 Region” (99ter) 6.2. Protective Designation ................................................................................................. 104 6.3. Means of implementing protective measures............................................................... 111 6.4. Existing Plans Related to Region of Proposed Property .............................................. 116 6.5. Property management plan or other management system............................................ 128 6.6. Sources and levels of finance....................................................................................... 131 6.7. Sources of Expertise and Training in Conservation and Management Techniques..... 132 6.8. Visitor facilities and infrastructure............................................................................... 132 6.9. Policies and programmes related to the presentation and promotion of the property.. 133 6.10. Staffing levels and expertise (professional, technical, maintenance) ....................... 135 7. MONITORING ................................................................................................................... 137 7.1. Key Indicators for Measuring State of Conservation................................................... 137 7.2. Administrative arrangements for monitoring property ................................................ 141 7.3. Results of Previous Reporting Exercises ..................................................................... 142 8. DOCUMENTATION .......................................................................................................... 144 8.1. Photographs, slides, image inventory and authorization table and other audiovisual materials .................................................................................................................................. 144 8.2. Texts relating to protective designation, copies of property management plans or documented management systems and extracts of other plans relevant to the property......... 147 8.3. Form and date of most recent records or inventory of property................................... 148 8.4. Address where inventory, records and archives are held ............................................. 148 8.5. Bibliography................................................................................................................. 149 9. CONTACT INFORMATION OF RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITIES ................................ 160 9.1. Preparer ........................................................................................................................ 160 9.2. Official local institution/agency................................................................................... 161 9.3. Official Web addresses................................................................................................. 163 10. SIGNATURES ON BEHALF OF THE STATE PARTY............................................... 164 Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (Extension to the existing Mixed World Heritage Property “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid 3 Region” (99ter) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY State party Albania State region Korça Prefecture, Pogradec Municipality Name of property Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (extension to the existing Natural and cultural World Heritage Site “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region” (99ter) Geographical coordinates to the nearest second The geographical coordinates to the nearest second are in Table 1. Id n° Name of the Region(s) / Coordinates of the Area of Area of the Map N° component part District(s) Central Point Nominated Buffer component of Zone (ha) the Property (ha) Natural and Cultural Heritage FYR 41° 11' 27" N 001 of the Ohrid 83,350 N/A Annex 14 Macedonia 20° 77' 41" E Region, property inscribed in 1979 Proposed 40° 90' 96" N 20° 002 Albania 11,378.60 15,944.40 Annex 14 extension 66' 28" E 15,944.40 Total area (in hectares) 94,728.6 ha ha Table 1. Coordinates of the centre points of the component parts of the inscribed and proposed extension. Textual description of the boundaries of the proposed extension The proposed extension encompasses basically the Albanian part of Lake Ohrid region including the Lin Peninsula and coastal strip north to the Macedonian border and the Drilon springs and the watercourses linking them to the World Heritage Property “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region”in FYR Macedonia. (Table 1). The proposed extension is located entirely within Pogradec Municipality, Korça Prefecture with an area of 11,378.6 ha (Figure S1; Figures 1.1; 1.2; 1.3 and 1.4). The proposal for inscription is an extension of the “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region”in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1979 initially as a natural property, under natural criterion (iii), today criterion (vii). In 1980 the site was extended under cultural criteria (iii) and (iv), and became a mixed property. Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (Extension to the existing Mixed World Heritage Property “Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid 4 Region” (99ter) In 2009, at its 33rd session, the World Heritage Committee approved a minor boundary modification that slightly reduced the boundaries of the property to the north and to the west. Within this process, the creation of a buffer zone was encouraged by the Committee. On this occasion, the Committee also recommended