20th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
"Council of Europe Landscape Award Forum of National Selections - 5th Session 2016-2017"
Daugavpils, Latvia, 19-21 June 2018
Photo: Daugavpils Fortress, Latvia
Organisers
The Meeting was organised in Daugavpils, Latvia on 19-21 June 2018, by the Council of Europe – Secretariat of the European Landscape Convention, Directorate of Democratic Citizenship and Participation – in co-operation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Republic of Latvia and Daugavpils City Council, within the context of the Work Programme of the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe.
Objectives
The European Landscape Convention provides for a Landscape Award of the Council of Europe that recognises policies or measures which local or regional authorities or non-governmental organisations have adopted to protect, manage and plan their landscapes, and which have proven to be lastingly effective and which can thus serve as an example to other territorial authorities.
On 20 February 2008 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Resolution CM/ (2008)3 on the rules governing the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe. The Award is given every two years by the Committee of Ministers, further to proposals from the Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Convention.
The achievements of high value achieved in the Member States of the Organisation on the occasion of the 5th Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe – 2016-2017 – will be presented in this Meeting. They show that it is possible to promote the territorial dimension of human rights and democracy by improving the landscape features of people’s surroundings.
The Ceremony of the 5th Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe took place on this occasion.
Participants
The Meeting was aimed at government officials – Members of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) and the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, representatives of other ministries – representatives of local and regional authorities, universities, professionals, public and private governmental and non-governmental organisations working in the fields of landscape and sustainable management, with its environmental, cultural, social and economic dimensions. The number of participants was limited to 100.
Moderator: Mrs Kristīne KEDO, Head of Spatial Planning Policy Division, Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Republic of Latvia
Welcome speeches
Mrs Inga GOLDBERGA, Executive Director of Daugavpils City Council, Republic of Latvia
Mrs Ingūna JEKALE, Expert of the State Inspection for Heritage Protection, Republic of Latvia
Presentation on benefits of revitalisation of cultural heritage through European territorial co-operation
Mrs Iveta MAĻINA-TABŪNA, Head of Administration of the Latgale Planning Region, Republic of Latvia (speech + ppt presentation)
Landscape: natural and cultural heritage as driver for sustainable development on Daugavpils city
Mrs Jolanta UZULINA, Head of Office a.i. for Strategic Planning and Foreign Affairs, Daugavpils City Council Development department, Republic of Latvia
Wednesday 20 June 2018
Opening Session
Welcome speeches
Mrs Irēna KOKINA, Rector of the Daugavpils University, Republic of Latvia
Mr Igors PRELATOVS, First Vice-Chair of the Daugavpils City Council, Republic of Latvia
Mr Rinalds MUCIŅŠ, Secretary of State, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia
Mrs Katrīna KUKAINE, Deputy Head of the State Inspection for Heritage Protection, Republic of Latvia
Mrs Krisztina KINCSES, Senior Officer, National Representative for Hungary of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary, Vice-Chair of the Conference on the European Landscape Convention
Mrs Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Executive Secretary of the European Landscape Convention, Head of the Landscape and European Heritage Days Division, Council of Europe
Mr Yves LUGINBÜHL, Emeritus Research Director of the National Centre for Scientific Research, France, Chair of the Jury of the 5th Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe
Mrs Anne-Marie CHAVANON, Representative of the Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe in the framework of the Jury of the 5th Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe
INTRODUCTION
Chairs
Mr Rinalds MUCIŅŠ, Secretary of State, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia
Mrs Liv Kirstine MORTENSEN, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, Department of Planning, Honorary Chair of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, Norway
Presentation on the Latvian Landscape Policy, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Mrs Kristīne KEDO, Head of Spatial Planning Policy Division, Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Republic of Latvia
Presentation of the Council of Europe Landscape Award Alliance and 5th Session of the Award
Mrs Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Executive Secretary of the European Landscape Convention, Head of the Landscape and European Heritage Days Division, Council of Europe (ppt presentation)
Regeneration of Daugavpils Fortress to Preserve Cultural and Historical Objects
Daugavpils City Council, Latvia
Representative of the Ministry Mrs Dace GRANTA, Senior Expert, Spatial Planning Policy Division, Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Republic of Latvia
Representatives of the Project Mr Jānis DUKŠINSKIS, Chair of the Committee for Education and Culture of Daugavpils City Council, Latvia Mr Artjoms MAHĻINS, Senior Project Expert, Development Department of the Daugavpils City Council, Republic of Latvia
Workshop 1 – Landscapes planned
Strong forward-looking actions, to enhance, restore or create landscapes
Chairs
Mrs Kristīne KEDO, Head of Spatial Planning Policy Division, Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia
Mr Yves LUGINBÜHL, Emeritus Research Director of the National Centre for Scientific Research, France, Chair of the Jury of the 5th Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe
PRESENTATIONS
The Hillside of the Citadel in Liège: 1999-2010. From an Enclosure to a Network
City of Liège, Belgium
Representative of the Ministry Mrs Mireille DECONINCK, Attachée, Direction of Spatial planning and urbanism, Public Service of Wallonia, Belgium
Representatives of the Project Mr Michel FIRKET, Head of Finance, Mobility, Tourism and Heritage, Representative of the City of Liège, Belgium (apologised) Mrs Anne RONDIA, Landscape Architect, City of Liège, Belgium (speech + ppt presentation)
Landscape as a Link Saint-Paul, La Réunion, France
Representative of the Ministry Mrs Karine MANGIN, Policy Officer for Landscapes, Responsible for the National Landscape Award, Directorate of Housing, Urban Planning and Landscapes, Ministry of Ecological and Solidary Transition, France (speech)
Representative of the Project Mr Bertrand FOLLEA, Folléa-Gautier Agency, Landscape Urban Planners, Paris, France (speech + video) (apologised)
Developing “Water Codes” in Larissa City Centre: the “Sculpted River” of Larissa
Municipality of Larissa, Greece
Representative of the Ministry Mr Anestis GOURGIOTIS, Senior Officer, Head of Unit of National Spatial Plans of the Hellenic Republic, Department of Spatial Planning, Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change, Greece (ppt presentation)
Representatives of the Project Mrs Evaggelia GIOVRI, General Director of the Municipality of Larissa, Greece (ppt presentation) Mrs Nella GOLANDA, Urban Landscape Sculptor, Sculpted Architectural Landscapes, Greece (speech + film 1 + film 2)
Landscape inventory of Galicia: public participation for landscape characterisation and planning
Institute of Land Studies, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Government of Galicia, Spain
Representative of the Ministry Mrs Carmen CARO, Senior Officer, National Co-ordinator of the National Plans of Cultural Heritage, Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
Representatives of the Project
Mrs Ines Santé RIVEIRA, Head of the Institute of Territorial Studies of Galicia, Spain (apologised) Mr Alfredo FERNANDEZ RIOS, Head of the Technical Department of the Institute of Territorial Studies of Galicia, Spain (speech + ppt presentation)
DISCUSSION with the participation of:
Members of the CDCPP, Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention and representatives of Ministries
Representatives of local and regional authorities
Representatives of international governmental organisations
Representatives of international and national non-governmental organisations
National and international experts and general public
Thursday 21 June 2018
Workshop 2 – Landscapes managed
Actions, from a perspective of sustainable development, to ensure the regular upkeep of a landscape, so as to guide and harmonise changes
Chairs
Mrs Krisztina KINCSES, Senior Officer, National Representative for Hungary of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary, Representative of the CDCPP in the Jury of the 5th Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe, Vice-Chair of the Conference on the European Landscape Convention
Mr Michael OLDHAM, Founding President of the European Foundation for Landscape Architecture (EFLA), Honorary Member of the International Federation of Landscape Architects Europe (IFLA-Europe) and Fellow of the Landscape Institute, Member of the Jury of the 5th Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe
PRESENTATIONS
Alna Environmental Park: a blue-green corridor of biodiversity, recreational opportunities and sustainable urban water management
Municipality of Oslo, Agency for Urban Environment, Norway
Representative of the Ministry Mrs Liv Kirstine MORTENSEN, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, Department of Planning, Honorary Chair of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, Norway
Representative of the Project
Mrs Monica FLEISJE, Representative of the Municipality of Oslo, Deputy Director General, Agency for the Urban Environment, Norway (speech + ppt presentation + video part 1 + video part 2)
Hriňovské lazy: landscape of values
Town of Hriňová, Slovak Republic
Representative of the Ministry Mrs Zlatica CSONTOS ŠIMOŇÁKOVÁ, Senior Officer, Nature and Landscape protection Department, Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic (speech + ppt presentation)
Representatives of the Project Mr Stanislav HORNÍK, Mayor of the Town of Hriňová, Slovak Republic (ppt presentation) Mrs Slavka GOMBALOVA, Director of the Department of Finance of the Town of Hriňová, Slovak Republic Mr Michal MACHAVA, Project manager of Town of Hriňová, Slovak Republic
“Shepherding Weeks” Metsähallitus Parks and Wildlife Finland, Finland
Representative of the Ministry
Mr Tapio HEIKKILÄ, Senior Environmental Advisor, Ministry of the Environment, Department of the Natural Environment, Finland
Representative of the Project
Mrs Tiina HAKKARAINEN, Communications Officer, Representative of the Metsähallitus Parks and Wildlife Finland, South Finland (ppt presentation)
Landscape Development and Community Sample Programme for a Pleasant Village
Local Government of Mátraderecske, Roma Minority Local Government of Mátraderecske, Hungary
Representative of the Ministry
Mrs Krisztina KINCSES, Senior Officer, National Representative for Hungary of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary, Vice-Chair of the Conference on the European Landscape Convention (speech + ppt presentation)
Representative of the Project
Mr Gábor FORGÓ, Representative of the Local Government of Mátraderecske, Roma Minority Local Government of Mátraderecske, Hungary (speech + ppt presentation)
DISCUSSION with the participation of:
Members of the CDCPP, Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention and representatives of Ministries
Representatives of local and regional authorities
Representatives of international governmental organisations
Representatives of international and national non-governmental organisations
National and international experts and general public
Workshop 3 – Landscapes protected
Actions to conserve and maintain the significant or characteristic features of a landscape
Chairs
Mrs Anne-Marie CHAVANON, Representative of the Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges Committee of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe in the framework of the Jury of the 5th Session of the Landscape Award of the Council of Europe
Mr Enrico BUERGI, Chair of the Jury of the 1st and 2nd Landscape Award of the Council of Europe and Honorary Chair of the Council of Europe Conference of the European Landscape Convention, Switzerland
PRESENTATIONS
Regeneration of the landscape and archaeological Park of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento
Department of Cultural Heritage and Identity of Sicily, Italy
Representative of the Ministry Isabella FERA, PhD Architect, Directorate General for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape, Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italy (speech + ppt presentation + video 1 + video 2 + video "Giornata del Paesaggio")
Representative of the Project
Mr Giuseppe Carmelo PARELLO, Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage and Identity of Sicily, Landscape and archaeological Park of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Italy (speech + ppt presentation)
Management of the Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, included on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Cultural Landscape Category
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley management plan steering committee, Andorra
Representatives of the Project
Mr Jordi TORRES, Mayor of Encamp, Steering Committee of the Management Plan of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, Andorra (apologised) Mr Josep VILA, Mayor of Sant Julià de Lòria, Steering Committee of the Management Plan of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, Andorra Mr Julià CALL, Deputy Mayor of Sant Julià de Lòria, Steering Committee of the Management Plan of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, Andorra Mrs Susanna SIMON TORRALBA, Director of the Steering Committee of the Management Plan of Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, Andorra (ppt presentation)
Protection and management of Zasavica Special Nature Reserve: a tool for sustainable development
Nature Conservation Movement of Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Representatives of the Ministry
Mrs Biljana FILIPOVIC, Assistant Minister responsible for International Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, National focal point responsible for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Serbia Mrs Biljana JOVANOVIC ILIC, Head of Unit, Strategic and Planning Documents, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection
Representative of the Project
Mr Slobodan SIMIĆ, Nature Conservation Movement of Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, Representative of the NGO Zasavica (ppt presentation)
Education of Children in Heavily Industrialised Landscapes
Elementary School in the city of Most, Czech Republic
Representative of the Ministry
Mrs Júlia TÓBIKOVÁ, Senior Officer, National representative for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention in the Czech Republic, Department of General Nature and Landscape Protection, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Representative of the Project
Mrs Jana NACHTIGALOVÁ, Professor of the Elementary School of Most, Czech Republic (speech + ppt presentation + video 1 + video 2)
DISCUSSION with the participation of:
Members of the CDCPP, Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention and representatives of Ministries
Representatives of local and regional authorities
Representatives of international governmental organisations
Representatives of international and national non-governmental organisations
National and international experts and the general public
Closing Session
CLOSING SPEECHES
Mr Jānis DUKŠINSKIS, Deputy and Chairperson of the Committee of Educational and Cultural Issues of Daugavpils City Council, Latvia
Mrs Krisztina KINCSES, Senior Officer, National Representative for Hungary of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary, Vice-Chair of the Conference on the European Landscape Convention
Mrs Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Executive Secretary of the European Landscape Convention, Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape, Council of Europe
Mrs Kristīne KEDO, Head of Spatial Planning Policy Division, Spatial Planning Department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Republic of Latvia
