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The Fifth International Seminar of Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage will take place in two historic cities, Byblos and Beirut, in Lebanon, from 11 to 15 December 2000. This meeting is organized by the Lebanese American University and UNESCO.

Forum -UNESCO University and Heritage, an international network gathering universities concerned with the issue of heritage in its different aspects in a multi-disciplinary approach, aims at promoting the commitment of researchers, professors and students to the protection and the valorization of both tangible and intangible heritage. A special chart has defined the following objectives to this network:

This Fifth International Seminar of Forum - UNESCO will be once again an occasion for academics, professionals, and others involved in the preservation and study of cultural heritage around the globe to meet and discuss new ideas and practices reflecting on the awareness and preservation of the different forms of cultural heritage.

This Seminar will be developed in continuing partnership with ICOMOS, ICCROM, ICOM, IFLA and UIA, and would stress on the importance of co-operation with other Universities, regional and international, and with practitioners involved in the preservation of Heritage.

Among the many objectives would be to develop a charter of Forum UNESCO that would consecrate and organise this international co-operation, particularly North South, and help in the dissemination of information through regional junction points, as well as the selection and publication of projects which meet these objectives under the auspices of Forum-UNESCO.

This Seminar will be structured around three forums/workshops where the following issues would be explored:

MAJOR THEMES

1. Ethical and Scientific Responsibility

flechaFinaHeritage, Ethics and Laws: The Role of Universities:

  • Study of a Charter of Forum UNESCO;
  • Social and Economic Aspects of the Issue of Heritage;
  • Exchange of knowledge and know-how between universities: methodology and procedure;
  • Case-studies : preservation projects implemented by universities.


2. Universities' Action and sharing

flechaFinaPartnership with ICOMOS, ICCROM, ICOM, IFLA and UIA.
flechaFinaCo-operation with heritage practitioners.
flechaFinaThematic Workshops.

  • Urbanism and Heritage;
  • Heritage and economic development;
  • Heritage and Cultural Tourism;
  • Intangible Heritage;
  • Responsibilization of decision-makers, youth and the public at large;
  • Heritage Communication;
  • Students' Associations;

flechaFinaFuture common projects between universities.

3. Rationalization of FORUM UNESCO'S functioning

flechaFinaDissemination of information: regional computer junction points using intelligence agents.
flechaFinaSelection of projects with Forum UNESCO's label by a working group under the auspices of UNESCO.

4 - Adoption of the Charter Project

The Open Forum sessions will feature prominent scholars and professionals dealing with cultural/historic preservation matters.

    
   

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