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The activities of the IFLA CLC will address the safeguarding, protection, conservation and preservation of cultural landscapes through technical support, education, research, advocacy and other measures determined by the members and written into the annual plan of work.
Collaboration with international organizations of parallel interests, such as UNESCO, ICOMOS, IUCN, ICCROM, ISOCARP, UIA, and EUROPEAN COUNCIL, should be pursued to benefit cultural landscapes and the work of the IFLA CLC.

The Constitution and By-laws of IFLA are the fundamental base for the structure of IFLA committees. The IFLA CLC shall conduct its activities by engaging the members in the development of a realistic and achievable plan of work that is updated annually and circulated to the membership. All members are expected to participate in the work of the IFLA CLC through ongoing correspondence and sharing of information related to cultural landscapes.

All members of IFLA can apply for membership in the IFLA CLC and participate at the global and regional levels. IFLA CLC members are charged to affirm a professional obligation to cultural landscapes.  Applicants for membership are to provide their Curriculum Vitae for the information of the IFLA CLC membership to include works relevant to cultural landscapes. The approval of a request for membership shall follow the regulations of membership and elections as determined by the IFLA CLC. The termination of membership is governed by the personal decision of member to step down or the IFLA CLC decision due to lack of member activity in the work of the IFLA CLC for two years.

The IFLA CLC Chair may be recommended by the IFLA CLC but is approved by the IFLA World Council. The CLC Chair is responsible for reporting to the IFLA World Council on the work of the IFLA CLC. An Executive Board can be voted or appointed in accordance with the protocols established by the IFLA CLC. The relationship of the IFLA Regional Committees of the IFLA CLC will be developed and managed in accordance with the protocols established by the IFLA CLC  and regional representatives.

The IFLA CLC shall convene a minimum of one meeting per year, generally scheduled to coincide with the IFLA World Congress. If the IFLA CLC is inactive, the IFLA World Council may choose to reinvigorate or dissolve it.

Approved 7 October 2006 at the IFLA CLC MEETING
IFLA ASLA Congress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

All members of IFLA can be members of the IFLA CLC and actively participate in this vehicle for global exchange, learning from each other and advocating cultural landscape preservation.

At the broadest level, the natural and cultural heritage belongs to all people. We each have a right and responsibility to understand, appreciate and conserve its universal values.

International Cultural Tourism Charter, 1999