Programme
  
Programme.pdf
Wednesday, 2nd October 1996
- Official inauguration
- Election of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur of the
- Seminar
- Opening concert
Thursday 3rd of October 1996 (morning)
Plenary session
- Opening presentation
- UNESCO, culture and higher education, mobilization in the interests
of the heritage. MS Lourdgs Arizpe, Assistant
- Director-General for Culture of UNESCO.
Thursday 3rd October 1996 (afternoon)
Plenary session
Friday 4th October 1996 (morning)
Plenary session
1) Heritage action conducted by universities
on the five continents.
Debate
2) Forum-UNESCO, federative university
action.
- Forum-U NESCO, a federation of universities and specialized training
bodies for a joint project. Forum-UNESCO, a network of networks.
- Forum-UNESCO, a commitment to a variety of standards for studies and
action.
- Forum-UNESCO, a focal point for encounters and communication.
- Forum-UNESCO, an initiative abiding by the university legal framework.
- Forum-UNESCO, various aspects of the operating machinery.
- Forum-UNESCO, a key to development through university co-operation and
the safeguarding of the heritage.
Debate.
3) Forum-UNESCO, a mobilizing structure.
- The mobilization of students, an analogy of criteria and the diversity
of solutions.
- Forum-UNESCO, a mobilizing structure aimed at fostering awareness among
young people and training them through practical projects.
- Forum-UNESCO, for the mobilization of various specialized skills centred
on a variety of projects.
Debate.
4) Forum-UNESCO, from theory to practice.
- Practical objectives of the network.
- Cultural objectives.
- Educational objectives of the network.
- Operational objectives, practical courses for young people.
- Means available to the network.
- Priority action of the network.
- Human resources and financial means.
- Expected results in the short, medium and long term.
Debate.
5) Forum-UNESCO, close co-operation between
university centres and specialized institutions.
- Forum-UNESCO, a breeding-ground for future specialists and non-specialists
for heritage projects.
- Scientific monitoring of network action by UNESCO and the international
consultative heritage bodies, ICCROM, ICOMOS, ICOM and IFLA.
- Forum-UNESCO and its contribution to international safe- guarding action.
- Forum-UNESCO, action adapted to the specific features of relations between
universities and institutions and universities and companies in each region
for the promotion of the local heritage.
Debate.
Friday, 4th October 1996 (afternoon)
Plenary session
Forum-UNESCO, objectives and goals
(by Mr Shakei Shammata Benji, President of the International Union of
Universities)
1) Forum-UNESCO, means and opportunities.
- Opportunities provided by international institutions.
- Opportunities provided by national institutions.
- Opportunities provided by the private sector.
- An improved interface between universities and their immediate social
environment.
- Participation of international inter-university institutions.
- Listing of Forum-UNESCO among the major existing university networks.
- Evaluation of the potential resources of the network.
Debate.
2) Forum-UNESCO, training and action.
- Modus operandi of university action as judged by specialists.
- Training of future local specialists in the safeguarding of the heritage
through its immediate environment.
- A joint task amongst students, teachers and specialists, from preliminary
studies to completion.
- Development of inter-university exchanges in student training. .
- A practical complement to theoretical training, national, regional and
international practical courses.
Debate.
3) Forum-UNESCO, information and co-ordination
of human and technical resources, data banks.
- Data base.
- Computer support.
- Overall technical and computer aspects.
- Implementation of joint projects.
- Management criteria.
- Future possibilities and concerted development.
Debate.
4) Members of the Forum-UNESCO - University
and Heritage network
- UNESCO's standards and rules.
- The various types of structures accepted within the network and relevant
criteria.
- Obligations, responsibilities and rights of the network members.
- Administrative, logistic and practical organization.
- Partners.
- The Forum-UNESCO - University and Heritage Charter.
Debate.
Saturday, 5th October 1996
Three round table discussions will be held simultaneously with a view
to adopting practical measures and recommendations on the following themes:
- Construction of the international network of Forum-UNESCO - University
and Heritage.
Operating methods and machinery.
- Objectives, fields of action and priority projects of Forum-UNESCO.
- Charter and identity of Forum-UNESCO.
Sunday, 6th October 1996
Adoption of the final report.
Closing session.
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