Competent Authorities
Article 22 of the 2001 Convention stipulates that:
To ensure the proper implementation of the 2001 Convention, States Parties need to establish competent authorities or, where appropriate, reinforce those in existence, to provide for
- the establishment, maintenance and updating of inventories of underwater cultural heritage
- the effective protection, conservation, presentation and management of underwater cultural heritage
- research and education.
States Parties must communicate the names and addresses of their competent authorities relating to underwater cultural heritage to the Director-General of UNESCO.
National Competent Authorities in States Parties
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Institute for Protection of Monuments of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Director: Lidija Mićić
Tel: (+387) 033 254 131
Fax: (+387) 033 254 181
E-mail: zavod(at)fmks.gov.ba ; lidija.micic(at)fmks.gov.ba
Website : http://www.fmks.gov.ba/o-ministarstvu/zavod-za-zastitu-spomenika
Institute for Protection Cultural Historical and Natural Heritage of Republic of Srpska
Address : Vuka Karadžića 4 / VI 78000 Banja Luka Republic of Serbian Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel : (+387) 051 247 419
Fax: (+387) 051 247 545
Е-mail: rzzzs(at)blic.net
Website: http://www.nasljedje.org/
France
Département des Recherches Archéologiques Subaquatiques and Sous-Marines (DRASSM)
Ministry of Culture
Director: Dr. Michel L'Hour
147, Plage de l'Estaque. 13016. Marseille
Tel: (+33) 04 91 14 28 00
Fax: (+33) 04 91 14 28 14
E-mail: le-drassm(at)culture.gouv.fr
Director E-Mail: michel.lhour(at)culture.gouv.fr
Website: http://archeologie.culture.fr/archeo-sous-marine/fr
Website Library: https://www.frantiq.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?branch_group_limit=branch%3ADRAS
Italy
Direzione Generale per le antichità
Direttore: dott. Gino Famiglietti
Via di San Michele , 22 - 00153 -Roma
Tel: (+39) 06 58 43 47 00
Fax: (+39) 06 58 43 47 50
E-mail: mbac-dg-ant(at)mailcert.beniculturali.it
Website: http://www.archeologia.beniculturali.it
Lebanon
National Council for Scientific Research
Mr. Iskandar Sursock
Scientific Advisor
e-mail: geophvsleb@gmail.com
Tel: + 961 330 9932
Lithuania
Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture
Šnipiškių g. 3
LT-09309 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel: (+370) 52 73 42 56
Fax: (+370) 52 72 40 58
E-mail: centras(at)heritage.lt
Website: www.kpd.lt
Mexico
Subdirección de Arqueología Subaquática CNA -INAH
Ms. María Helena Barba Meinecke
Moneda 16, Col. Centro Historico, C.P. 06070, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
México, D.F.
Tel: (+52) 01 (55) 40 40 56 00, ext. 413121, 413122 and 412123/ (+52) 01 981 811 55 10 / (+52) 01 981 102 78 20
Email : helenabarbamei(at)yahoo.com.mx; helena_barba(at)inah.gob.mx; acuatica(at)prodigy.net.mx; acuatica(at)gmx.net
Montenegro
Montenegro Communications should be addressed to the National Commission for UNESCO
Morocco
Centre National d'Etudes et de Recherches en Archéologie Subaquatique
Monsieur Azzeddine KARRA
Tel. : +212 661 859 615
E-mail : a.karra(at)minculture.gov.ma
Nigeria
Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation
Deputy Director (Culture): Mr Augustus Babajide Ajibola
Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase II, Block E Room 231,
Abuja
Nigeria
Tel: +234 (0) 803 301 8985
E-mail: ajibloecr(at)yahoo.com
Panama
Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INAC)
M. Roxana Pino
B.P. 0816-07812 Panamá 5,
República de Panamá
E-mail: rpino(at)inac.pa
Paraguay
Dirección General de Protección y Conservación de los Recursos Hídricos Secretaría del Ambiente
Avda. Madame Lynch
3500 Asunción
Paraguay
Tel: (+595) 21 61 58 11
Fax: (595) 21 61 58 11
Website www.seam.gov.py
Saudi Arabia
Director General of Archaeological Research and Studies Center
Mr. Abdullah Saud Al-Saud
Tel.: +966114096637
Mobile: +96650525618
Email: Alsaud(at)scth.gov.sa
Spain
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
Deputy Director General of Heritage Protection: Elisa de Cabo de la Vega
Plaza del Rey nº 1
28004-Madrid
SPAIN
Tel.: +(34) 91 70 17 035
E-Mail: elisa.decabo(at)mecd.es
Website: http://www.mecd.gob.es/ministerio-mecd/
Ukraine
The central executive authority in the sphere of the protection of the cultural heritage.