South East Europe : Reference Framework
The Legislative Support Task Force has developed a guiding document entitled “Guidance on the development of legislation and administration systems in the field of cultural heritage”, which was published by the Council of Europe in 2000. This provides some general principles applicable to statutes and administrative procedures relating to the cultural heritage. It raises specific issues concerning the architectural, archaeological and movable heritage and provides a detailed reference source to relevant international treaties and conventions, other Council of Europe sources such as resolutions and recommendations, and other international texts including those produced by UNESCO and ICOMOS. This guidance is set in the context of the need to develop integrated systems of conservation, based on sustainable development principles and involving the participation of the community interests. It is anticipated that a new edition of this Guidance will be published in 2008.
Further guidance documents and texts developed by experts acting within the Technical Co-operation Programme have been published (or will shortly be published) on specific fields and issues; the countries may refer to in the process of drafting new laws and policies:
a. Guidance on inventory and documentation of the cultural heritage, Council of Europe Publishing (December 2001), ISBN 92-871-4709-4
b. Guidance on urban rehabilitation, Council of Europe Publishing (October 2004), ISBN 92-871-5527-5
c. Guidance on heritage assessment, Council of Europe Publishing (September 2005), ISBN 92-871-5858-4
d. European cultural heritage (Volume I) – Intergovernmental co-operation: collected texts, (October 2002), ISBN 92-871-4864-3
e. European cultural heritage (Volume II) – A review of policies and practice, Council of Europe Publishing (September 2002), ISBN 92-871-4867-8
f. Integrated Management Tools in South East Europe, Council of Europe Publishing (2008), ISBN 978-92-871-6264-9
g. Analysis and reform of cultural heritage policies in South East Europe, Council of Europe Publishing (2008), ISBN 978-92-871-6265-6
h. Sustainable development strategies in Europe, Council of Europe Publishing (2008), ISBN 978-92-871-6371-4
i. Guidance on Funding the architectural heritage: a guide to policies and examples (to be published in 2009)