Cultural Heritage Objects Database - Fighting the Illicit appropriation of Cultural Heritage

From 26-01-2010   to   28-01-2010
 (Rome - Italy) 

• Parthenon Marbles@Unesco

The Workshop on "Cultural Heritage objects Database: Fighting the Illicit Appropriation of Cultural Heritage", which took place in Rome from 26 through 28 January 2010, was organized by UNESCO Venice Culture unit in cooperation with the Carabinieri for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage. The main focus of the workshop was to strengthen the procedures for documentation and inventory-making of cultural heritage; to identify and discuss related problems, needs and priorities and to find solutions to combat the illicit traffic of cultural property, to share experiences, knowledge and good practices in both the field of "Cultural Heritage Database" and, more generally, in relation to the safeguarding of Cultural Heritage objects.

The workshop stressed the importance of Database's objective as an instrument to protect cultural heritage, by fighting against looting, theft, illegal export and import in the light of the UNESCO Convention of 1970 on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and of the UNESCO Convention of 2001 on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage.

The Workshop targeted mainly those relevant experts from South-East European countries who could benefit from the excellence and experience in this field of the Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale.

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Connected links:

Cultural Property: its Illicit Trafficking and Restitution

Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale

Italian Ministry of Culture