CONTEXT

The OWHC 2025-2026 Action Plan includes two programs specifically dedicated to the development of the New Urban Project and its adoption at the 18th World Congress (Marrakech, 2026): The Quebec Roadmap and Cordoba Path.

OBJECTIVES

The Quebec Roadmap procedure, in place since 2022, is an important achievement confirmed at the Symposium on the Habitability of Historic Centers (Cordoba, September 2024). The objectives assigned to this program in 2025 and 2026 are as follows:

a. Bring as many member cities as possible into the collective thinking process.
b. Provide a space for interdisciplinary dialogue, enabling member cities to discuss issues, share concerns and experiences, and develop a common knowledge and awareness of issues and opportunities.
c. Multiply the statements, collectively validated, which will justify innovative Courses of action.

ACTIVITY

Collaborative networks

Replication of the method and continuation of the established procedure in 2023-2024 will enrich understanding of specific situations in member cities and strengthen consensus around the Issues.

The Collaborative Networks will continue to develop right up to the Marrakech Congress, giving as many member cities as possible the opportunity to get involved in the process, understand it and make it their own.

Please contact the Urban Heritage Project Officers Leticia Sanches [email protected] and Émilie Gourbin [email protected] for further information on the Quebec Roadmap and to get involved.