World Heritage of Southeast Europe: Co-operation in the management of cultural sites and lanscapes. A follow-up to the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Europe.

Evaluation of the results of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for the countries of the Southeast Europe regional group: Strengths and weaknesses, suggestions for the future.

This meeting aimed at the exchange of views and ideas between the national coordinators (focal points) and government officials of the countries belonging to geographical areas that are different from those defined by the World Heritage Periodic Reporting. Specifically, Turkey and Greece belong to the Mediterranean group, while the remaining countries that participated belong to the Southeast Europe regional group. The meeting aimed at combining the follow-up to the periodic reporting exercise for World Heritage properties in Southeast Europe with the grouping of countries participating in the initiative of UNESCO for Southeast Europe since April 2002.