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| Title: |
Special Thematic Seminar on Cultural
Heritage Management and the Challenges of HIV/AIDS |
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| Dates: |
19 - 23 November 2007 |
| Venue: |
Livingstone, Zambia |
| Organizers: |
- The AFRICA 2009 Programme (African cultural heritage organisations,
ICCROM, World Heritage Center of UNESCO, CRATerre-EAG, EPA, CHDA)
- National Heritage Conservation Commission, Zambia |
| Contact: |
hdennisuk@yahoo.co.uk and africa2009@iccrom.org |
| More info: |
http://www.africa2009.net/english/events/special-sem07.shtm |
| Attachment: |
Application
form.pdf |
| Summary: |
Given the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the African continent
and the realisation that any efforts to combat it requires a multi-sectoral
approach, Heritage Institutions are faced with the challenging tasks
of identifying means and ways through which they can contribute in
combating the pandemic. This is especially so as Heritage Institutions
have not been spared from the ravages of the pandemic. Additionally,
as many heritage resources are being managed in partnership with the
local communities, it is increasingly becoming difficult to pay a
blind eye to the devastating effects of the pandemic. There is need
for heritage institutions to be sensitive to community and developmental
needs such as challenges posed by HIV/AIDS by finding viable means
through which heritage places can play a useful function in addressing
issues related to the pandemic.The AFRICA 2009 Special Thematic Seminar
plans to discuss these issues and to identify key partners in the
management and preservation of Africa’s immovable cultural heritage
in the face of the pandemic.
THE SEMINAR AIMS TO:
1. examine the existing Heritage Institutional HIV/AIDS programmes/policies
and explore ways in which they can be improved.
2. provide a forum to discuss strategies on how Heritage Institutions
can use heritage places to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
3. identify key partners and areas in which Heritage Institutions
can intervene in issues related to HIV/AIDS;
4. develop a mechanism to monitor Institutional HIV/AIDS programmes
and policies.
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| Topic: |
05.- Cultural Heritage |
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