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	INDEX		2001 << 6th International Seminar >>Valencia
		Presentation List of participants Program Thematic areas Committees Declaration Acts Photos   All Seminars		Declaration Declaration of Valencia.pdf (367 Kb) (...) Declaration of Valencia I. To Restructure the working mechanisms of the international network in order to increase its capacity for co-ordination, mobilisation, action and sharing, by • the signature of a Pact of Universities by the Vice-Chancellors of the universities of Forum UNESCO- University and Heritage in order to involve their institutions on an official level and give them the necessary means to meet the goals of the network. The completion of the Pact between the universities will be undertaken in close co-operation with ICCROM, ICOMOS, ICOM, IUA and IFLA, • the constitution of a working group under the supervision of UNESCO, whose task will consist in orientating the network and grant the label and logo of Forum UNESCO- University and Heritage to the projects (especially if operational) for the safeguard of heritage, • the constitution of thematic working groups within the network, such as : - cultural and natural world heritage, - urban-planning and heritage, - archaeological sites and museums, - youth and heritage, - heritage for reconciliation, - intangible heritage, - promotion, awareness-raising and communication on heritage, - heritage and new technologies. II. To intensify the rallying projects in 2002 in order to celebrate the Thirtieth Anniversary in a concrete and useful way. The priority will go to activities revolving around training, awareness raising, promotion and mobilisation in favour of the natural and cultural as well as the tangible and intangible World Heritage. International Activities and Projects 1. International Symposium entitled "Heritage and the Media", University of Laval, Quebec, Canada, organised in September 2002, with a double view to : • raise the population and the international community's awareness of the issues of heritage, • research and raise issues on this theme, 1. International Seminar of Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage, University of Yarmuk, Jordan, organised in the ancient Greco-Roman city of Irbil and on the World Heritage site of Petra in November 2002, on the theme: "The protection of World Heritage and Cultural Tourism". 2. Creation of an international committee of students from Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage, University of Waseda, Japan, in 2002, 3. Virtual Meeting on the Internet, University of Waseda, Japan Exchanges of theoretical and practical knowledge between students from the above university and students from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, in 2002. 4. Second Cycle of workshops for the exchanges of theoretical and practical knowledge for university professors and specialists on the themes of the management and use of heritage and of the ethodology used in historical centres. The first cycle of workshops focussed on Requena (Spain), Torino (Italy) and Porto (Portugal). In 2002, the workshop number III will focus on Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) and Bogota (Colombia). In 2003, it will focus on Beirut (Lebanon) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). 5. Launching of an international drawing/photography contest, in order to raise awareness amongst the youth, about the cultural and natural world heritage, and the tangible and intangible heritage. This project is a collaboration between the network of the Associated Schools of UNESCO and the universities. Projects and Activities in Africa 6. National Symposium of Archaeologists organised by the University of Benin, Togo, and to be held in December 2001. 7. Workshop of the universities of Western Africa on the theme "Heritage, Tourism and Development", organised by the Agence universitaire de la francophonie and the University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar (Senegal) and to be held from 23 to 27 January 2002. 8. Meeting of the African universities of Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage, organised by Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage and the University of Benin, Togo, with the financial support of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), and to be held in 2002. Consolidation of the network in Africa and identification of the actions to be given priority and of projects undertaken in a collaboration between two or more instances (...)

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