Under the title of Legislation in the Cultural Heritage: the city on the landscape, the City Hall of Aranjuez, with the financial support of the OWHC, organize this International Seminar which will be celebrated in Aranjuez the 23 and 24^th January 2015.

The contents pretend to approach the cities to the legislation about the heritage management, which must consider the environment. It also reflects on the harmonization that needs to be established between the legislation affecting to the cultural goods and the natural ones.

The new international dispositions about the historic urban and the cultural landscapes inspires the meeting held in Aranjuez, which is an example of the fusion between the nature and the men’s work, and so the consequent management.

The objective of this seminar is to show the legislations that the members of the OWHC develop and the incidence this has on heritage management.

OBJECTIVES

• To know the legislation that affects in the heritage management.

• To share the experience and the state of the legislation in an international level, with Spain as example.

• To create a forum to join the efforts of the city managers, which also must serve as guide for the future.

• To emphasize the harmonization of heritage elements as a guarantee of an integral management, so these goods can be used and enjoyed for everyone as well as promoted as an economic factor.

• To reflect about the newest contributions in this field and the experience of the different participating cities.

• To elaborate some conclusions reflecting the common proposals and the good practices.

• To promote the heritage throughout the dissemination of the conclusions, analysis and studies among the local scholarships.  

Friday 23^rd January 2015

MORNING 9,30-14,00 H

Credentials and materials.

OPENING

First Working Session: main talks

INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEGISLATION

Esther Rodríguez García

General Deputy Director for Protection of the Historic Heritage.

Education, Culture and Sport Ministry. Government of Spain.

Internacional legislation. Urban historic landscape in the UNESCO.

Luis Lafuente Batanero

General Deputy Director for Protection and Preservation.

General Direction for Historic Heritage. Autonomous Community of Madrid.

National and regional legislation. The Autonomous Community of Madrid.

Ana Luengo Añón

Vice-president of the International Association of Landscape Architects (IFLA). Committee of Cultural Landscapes ICOMOS/IFLA.

Cultural landscapes on international legislation.

Debate

AFTERNOON 16,00-19,00H

Second Working Session: round table

UNIQUENESS OF THE LEGISLATION

AND EXPERIENCE OF THE CITIES OF THE SRESM

Coordinator and speaker

Rafael Jaén Toscano

Delegate for Urban Environment.

Special Delegate for World Heritage and Historic Area. City Hall of Cordoba.

Talk

María Magdalena Merlos Romero

Director of the Cultural Landscape Management Plan in Aranjuez.

Historic Heritage. City Hall of Aranjuez.

Cultural Landscape of Aranjuez: legislative levels and development

D. José González Granados.

Delegate for Urban.  City Hall of Aranjuez.  

Communications

Saturday 24^th January 2015

10,00-1,003 H Guided visit to Aranjuez (optional)

CALL TO COMMUNICATION FOR THE ROUND TABLE

The cities belonging to the SRESM which are up to date with the fees.

Delivering of a proposal with the topic and an abstract.

Deadline: 15^th January 2015.

There is a maximum of 10 cities which will be accepted by inscription order.

PLEASE SEND IT TO THIS EMAIL

Scientific direction.

City Hall of Aranjuez. Historic Heritage [email protected]

TARGET GROUP