MANAGEMENT

POLICIES
UNIT III
UNIT III - MANAGEMENT POLICIES
Nomination Dossiers - Funding – Listing of Structures under danger – Inter-
relational approach – Intercontinental participation – Directions and
Principles – Management hierarchy – Managing selected sites – Local
representation - Operational Guidelines – Facilitation requirements –
Impact of nomination of World Heritage Site on socio-economic condition
of the surroundings.
 Nomination Dossier
• Dossier – A set of documents
• Nomination Documents

• It is a jist ;
– About the property
– Potential for OUV
– State of conservation & threats
– Protection, monitoring, etc in relation to OUV
 Content
1 World Heritage background

1.1 Getting informed

1.2 Overview of the World Heritage nomination process

1.3 Illustrations of World Heritage concepts

2 Preparation

2.1 Existing information on the property

2.2 Setting up a team

2.3 Participation of local people and other stakeholders

2.4 Staging the preparation of a nomination and suggested key stages

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
The Architectural Work
of Le Corbusier
Struve Geodetic Arc
2 Preparation

2.1 Existing information on the property

2.2 Setting up a team

2.3 Participation of local people and other stakeholders

2.4 Staging the preparation of a nomination and suggested key stages

3 Defining and understanding the property

3.1 Potential Outstanding Universal Value, attributes and boundaries

3.2 Extra tips

4 Writing and preparing the nomination file Executive Summary

Properties for inscription on the
4.1 General tips
World Heritage List
4.2 Nomination format Identification of the
4.3 Extra tips (Peer Review) Property, name, state,
Coordinates, area, etc
Criteria's, Integrity,
Authenticity, history,
Management plans,
Documentation, etc.
Statement of OUV.
Stakeholders, policies.
5 Evaluation process
5.1 General
5.2 IUCN evaluation process Data assembly.
External review
5.3 ICOMOS evaluation process
Field mission (May & Nov)
IUCN World Heritage Panel Review
Choice of experts Final recommendations
Site missions
World Heritage Panel
Listing of Structures under danger
• The List of World Heritage in Danger is designed to inform the
international community of conditions which threaten the very
characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World
Heritage List, and to encourage corrective action. This section
describes the List of World Heritage in Danger and
gives examples of sites that are inscribed on the List.
• Armed conflict and war, earthquakes and other natural
disasters, pollution, poaching, uncontrolled urbanization and
unchecked tourist development pose major problems to World
Heritage sites. Dangers can be ‘ascertained’, referring to specific
and proven imminent threats, or ‘potential’, when a property is
faced with threats which could have negative effects on its
World Heritage values.
Listing of Structures under danger
• The List of World Heritage in Danger is designed to inform the
international community of conditions which threaten the very
characteristics for which a property was inscribed on the World
Heritage List, and to encourage corrective action. This section
describes the List of World Heritage in Danger and
gives examples of sites that are inscribed on the List.
• Armed conflict and war, earthquakes and other natural
disasters, pollution, poaching, uncontrolled urbanization and
unchecked tourist development pose major problems to World
Heritage sites. Dangers can be ‘ascertained’, referring to specific
and proven imminent threats, or ‘potential’, when a property is
faced with threats which could have negative effects on its
World Heritage values.
Buddha's of Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan
Natural Disasters: Timbuktu, Mali
Poaching: Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve,
Honduras
Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada
Dresden Elbe Valley, Germany
Dresden Elbe Valley - Delisted
 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman

Arabian Oryx Sanctuary - Delisted

List of factors
affecting the properties
• The 14 primary threats
– Buildings and Development (Housing, Commercial, Industrial,
Accommodation for visitors, Interpretative and visitation facilities)
– Transportation & Infrastructure (Ground, air, marine transport infrastructure,
effects of using transport infrastructure & underground transport
infrastructure)
– Utilities & Service Infrastructure (water, renewable, non-renewable, local
utilities, major linear utilities
List of factors
affecting the properties
– Pollution (ground water, surface water, marine water
pollution. Solid waste, input of excess energy)
– Biological Resource use / modification (fishing, aqua
culture, land conversion, livestock farming, crop
production, commercial wild plant collection, commercial
hunting)
List of factors
affecting the properties
– Physical resource extraction (Oil, gas, water, mining)
– Local conditions affecting physical fabric (Dust, water, wind, pests, light,
temperature, humidity)
– Social/cultural uses of heritage (rituals, impact of tourism)
– Other Human Activities (Illegal activities, military, war)
– Climate change and severe weather events (storms, flooding, draught,
desertification, temperature change)
– Sudden ecological or geological events ( volcanic explosion, earthquake,
tsunami, forest fire)
– Management and institutional factors
Funding
1. Funds from the World Heritage Fund
2. Money-in-Trust
3. Quick Response Facility
4. Sale of Heritage sites Publications
5. Fund from Donor Countries
6. Money From charities and big companies
7. Public Funding
Priorities
• Sites in Danger
• Thematic programmes
– Earthen architecture [World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme
(WHEAP)]
– Forests [World Heritage Forest Programme]
– Modern heritage [Modern Heritage Programme]
– Small Island Developing States [Small Island Developing States Programme
SIDS] islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific
Oceans
– Marine programme [World Heritage Marine Programme]
– World Heritage cities [World Heritage Cities Programme]
– Education [World Heritage Education Programme]

• Fund Projects under International Assistance

International Assistance
• International Assistance under the World Heritage Convention is
a financial assistance granted to the States Parties to the World
Heritage Convention, in order to help them protect the cultural
or natural heritage sites inscribed on the World Heritage List or on
the List of World Heritage in Danger.
• Who can apply? - All States Parties to the World Heritage
Convention are eligible in principle, provided they have paid
their contributions to the World Heritage Fund.
International Assistance
• Which projects can be funded? - Projects must be related to sites
inscribed on the World Heritage List (for Emergency and Conservation
& Management) or included in national Tentative Lists (for Preparatory
Assistance).
Priority is given to the most threatened properties.
International Assistance under the World Heritage Fund can support
projects falling under one of the following three categories:
Emergency Assistance
Conservation & Management
Preparatory Assistance (Maximum amount: 30,000 USD) (Tentative List,
Nomination File )
 Operational Guidelines for the
Implementation of the World Heritage
Convention
• The Operational Guidelines are periodically revised to reflect the
decisions of the World Heritage Committee.

Sets forth the procedure for:

• a) the inscription of properties on the World Heritage List and the List of
World Heritage in Danger;
• b) the protection and conservation of World Heritage properties;
• c) the granting of International Assistance under the World Heritage
Fund; and
• d) the mobilization of national and international support in favor of the
Convention.
Exercise !!
• Read & Explain Operational Guidelines
Socio-economic Impacts of World
Heritage Listing
• Tourism (a direct effect on the socio-economic impact on World
Heritage properties.)
– Tourism can provide direct jobs to the community, such as tour guides or in
the hospitality industry (hotels, bars and restaurants).
– Indirect employment is generated through other industries such as
agriculture, food production, creative industries (art, music performance)
and retail (souvenirs).
Negative Socio-economic Impacts
• There are some types of development – large-scale infrastructure
such as mining, dams, roads and railways, urban development,
and development of tourist facilities – that can cause significant
negative impacts to the Outstanding Universal Value of the
World Heritage properties.
– According to IUCN, one of the most likely threats to affect natural World
Heritage sites is energy production (including oil and gas) and mining. This
illustrates the challenge of balancing economic development with the
conservation.