Heritage and Beyond: Launching Colloquy of the publication on the contribution of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the value of cultural heritage for society (Faro Convention)

A Colloquy launching the publication "Heritage and Beyond" was held in Lisbon (Portugal) on 20 November at the Gulbenkian Foundation. The Colloquy was organised by the Council of Europe, the "Centro Nacional de Cultura" and the Institute for the Management of the Architectural and Archaeological Heritage (IGESPAR) with the support of the Gulbenkian Foundation. It brought together Ministers of Culture, parliamentarians, academics and high-level experts to discuss the contribution of cultural heritage to the progress of society as highlighted in the Faro Convention. The Convention, recently ratified by Portugal, requires two more ratifications to enter into force. Over 200 participants attended.

 

List of participants

 

Welcoming speeches


Ms Teresa Patrício Gouveia, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon - Speech

 

Ms Gabriela Canavilhas, Minister of Culture, Portugal - Speech in Portuguese

 

Mr Stojan Pelko, State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia - Speech in English

 

Mr Gonçalo Couceiro, Director, IGESPAR (Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico), Lisbon - Speech

 

Mr Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins, former Minister, President of the Centro Nacional de Cultura, Lisbon - Speech in Portuguese

 

 

Heritage and a new culture of development: sustainable use of resources, local prosperity and collective benefits


Mr Graham Fairclough, English Heritage, London

New heritage frontiers (in English)

 

Mr Donovan Rypkema, President, Heritage Strategies International, Washington DC Heritage

Conservation as Sustainable Economic Development (in English)

 

Prof Walter Santagata, University of Turin (President of the study commission of the Ministry of Cultural goods on Creativity and the Production of Culture in Italy)

Creativity and the Production of Culture in Italy: Two models of creativity: creativity for social quality and creativity for innovation (in English)

 

Ms Erminia Sciacchitano, International Relations, Ministero per i beni e le attivita' culturali, Rome

Creative cities: preservation and production for next generations (in English)

 

Prof Augusto Mateus, former Minister of Economy, Portugal

A new culture of development (in Portuguese)

 

 

Heritage and management of change: values for a Europe of diversity and dialogue


Mr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, President Emeritus, Malta

The human right to the cultural heritage – the Faro Convention’s contribution to the recognition and safeguarding of this human right (in English)

 

Mr Bruno Favel, Chair of the CDPATEP, Ministry of Culture, France

The role of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage and Landscape (CDPATEP)

 

Ms Manuela de Melo, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Culture, Science and Education

Cultural Heritage: the role of the Council of Europe Parlementary Assembly (in English, in French, in Portuguese)

 

 


 

Heritage and beyond

Summary of the publication

Order the publication

 

The Faro Convention

Serbia: 9th state to ratify the Faro Convention [29/07/2010]

Presentation

Text of the Convention

Explanatory report

Parties to the Convention

Shared responsibility, partnership and participation: heritage as a factor for democratic involvement


Mr Luiz Fernando de Almeida, President of the Brazilian Heritage Institute (IPHAN), Brazil

The challenges of management of Cultural Heritage in Brazil today

 

Prof Mikuláš Huba, Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

Public participation at cultural heritage management: contribution towards the participatory democracy development" (with examples from Slovakia) (in English)

 

Ms Catherine Ledig, Director ADEC, Associate Professor, University of Strasbourg

The Faro Convention and the information society (in French)

 

Mr Prosper Wanner, Place Co-operative, Marseilles and Venice; Co-ordinator "Right to Cultural Heritage" – "40xVenezia"

Marseilles 15/16 and "40x Venezia", examples of heritage communities applying the principles of the Faro Convention (in French)

 

Ms Milica Nikolic, Programme Coordinator of Montenegro, RPSEE

The Regional Programme on culture and cultural heritage in South East Europe (in English)

 

"A peek at the Future" speech by Mr Portoroz Faro on 27 October 2014 (in English, in French)

presented by Dag Myklebust, Senior Advisor, Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Norway

 

 

Closing speeches


Summing up by the Moderator (in English)

 

Closing speech by Mr Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins, former Minister, President of the Centro Nacional de Cultura, Lisbon