1 August 2016
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“Urban Resilience and Conservation of Cultural Heritage”
A Joint Side Event co-organized by the United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG MEWA) and the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) at the
40th Session of the World Heritage Committee
Istanbul, Turkey
Further to organizing a side event on resilience last year during the 39th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Bonn, Germany, the OWHC this year co-organized with the UCLG- MEWA a side event at the 40th Session entitled “Urban Resilience and Conservation of Cultural Heritage”. The two panelists, Michael Turner and Matthias Ripp, who spoke in the name of the OWHC, presented the Resolution of Arequipa as well as the links existing between the theme of our previous World Congress, “Resilient World Heritage Cities”, and the theme of our subsequent World Congress “Heritage and Communities: tools to engage the local communities”. Those participating in the panel were:
- Denis Ricard
Secretary General of the OWHC
- Michael Turner
Chargé de mission to the Director, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
UNESCO Chair in Urban Design and Conservation Studies,
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
ICOMOS Israel
- Matthias Ripp
World Heritage Coordinator of the Planning and Building Division
OWHC Regional Coordinator, North West Europe Regional Secretariat
Regensburg, Germany
- Sezer Cihan
Secretary General of Union of Historical Towns
Deputy Secretary General of Gazinatep Metropolitan Municipality
- Dr. Pelin Pinar Özden
Associate Professor, Istanbul University
- Hüseyin Tok
Head of the Department of Cultural Assets Convservation
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
The OWHC wishes to thank the UCLG-MEWA for the excellent collaboration for the realization of the event.