This training workshop is organized within the framework of the
action plan for the rehabilitation of the earthquake-affected Prambanan
World Heritage Compounds.
It will include 26 participants from various organizations: central
and local government, NGO activists in the field of cultural heritage,
academics and representatives from local communities living in the
vicinity of the temples of Prambanan.
The objective of this training-workshop is to raise awareness among
the various partners involved in the protection of the site about
the importance of risk-preparedness for cultural heritage preservation,
as well as to elaborate an integrated risk-management plan for the
compounds.
The training will be implemented with the expertise of the Center
for Disaster Studies in the University of Gadjah Mada of Yogyakarta
and the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of
the Republic of Indonesia and other interested parties.
The workshop is organized by the UNESCO Office in Jakarta.
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