Proceedings - Hangzhou International Congress
Introducing Cultural Heritage into the Sustainable Development Agenda
The cultural heritage has been absent from the sustainable development debate despite its crucial importance to societies and the wide acknowledgment of its importance at national level. It has also been absent despite the wide ratification of the UNESCO Culture Conventions by the Organization’s Member States. Globalization, urbanization and climate change can threaten the cultural heritage and weaken cultural diversity. What measures are needed to promote the safeguarding of the cultural heritage in the global development agenda? What are the concrete actions that need to be taken in order to integrate cultural heritage conservation and promotion into the sustainable development debate?
Panel Discussion 3A-a
Introducing Cultural Heritage in the Sustainable Development Debate
- Kishore Rao (Moderator),Director oftheUNESCO World Heritage Centre
Panellists
- Dinu Bumbaru, Policy Director of the Fondation Héritage Montréal
- Alissandra Cummins, Chairperson of the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Michael Houlihan, Chief Executive of the Museum of New Zealand
Transcript (PDF) - in French - - Eduardo Rojas, Independent Consultant on urban development
PDF Presentation - in English - & PPT Presentation (Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3) - Ritu Sethi, Director of Craft Revival Trust, Indian crafts industry specialist
PDF Presentation - in English - - Wang‐Riese Xiaobing, Professor of the Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center of Sun Yat‐Sen University
PDF Presentation - in Chinese - - Zhang Xingsheng, President of IUCN and President ofthe World Heritage Institute of Training and Research forthe Asia and the Pacific Region
PDF Presentation - in Chinese -