Description
In accordance with the rules set by the World Heritage Committee, each World Heritage site must have a management plan or other documented management system. Expected results of the project implementation: 1 Specific help in developing management plans. 2 Increasing the chances of obtaining the status of a WH site 3 Increase of the competence among professionals, conservators, local authorities. 4 Promotion of cultural diversity. These results support the implementation of the aims of the EEA Grants. The project is a research, educational and practical. It is aimed at individuals and institutions from Poland and abroad involved in the protection and conservation of heritage. The project is aimed at 3 main target groups: conservation services, local authorities, property managers. A lasting effect of the project will be the handbook issued as the book publication with the rules of creating the management plans for the management of World Heritage. The project includes the cooperation of groups from Poland and Norway. The joint work, as a part of the project, will strengthen cooperation between specialists and institutions from Poland and Norway.
Summary of project results
In accordance with the rules set by the World Heritage Committee, each World Heritage site must have a management plan or other documented management system. The project has contributed to: 1 Specific help in developing management plans. 2 Increasing the chances of obtaining the status of a WH site 3 Increase of the competence amongst professionals, conservators, local authorities. 4 Promotion of cultural diversity. The combined research, educational and practical approach. It was aimed at individuals and institutions from Poland and abroad involved in the protection and conservation of heritage. The project was aimed at 3 main target groups: conservation services, local authorities, property managers. A lasting effect of the project was the handbook with the rules of creating the management plans for the management of World Heritage. The project involved cooperation of groups from Poland and Norway. The joint work, as a part of the project, strengthened cooperation between specialists and institutions from Poland and Norway.
Summary of bilateral results
Partner – ICOMOS Norway – contributed its expertise and wide knowledge to elaborate the expert reports. Intense and close cooperation of experts, local authorities, state service for conservation of monuments from Poland and Norway strengthened relationship between specialists and institutions from Poland and Norway. The Partnership contributed to increase the efficiency of the protection of the cultural properties by improving the management of the areas protected under the World Heritage Convention. It may have economic and social consequences, mostly for the cultural heritage properties in Poland, but also in other countries.