IFLA: Cultural Landscapes Committee

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2008 Work Plan

As stated in the IFLA CLC statutes “. . . 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.” Through a preliminary exchange via email with the IFLA CLC chairs and the three regional CLC committee interim chairs a discussion of the first steps in each of the following areas will be carried out to prepare a work plan for 2008 that is internet- email and web enabled.

  1. Membership: Grow the IFLA CLC membership through email, website, meetings and recommendations of IFLA members.
  2. Website: Construct and open the IFLA CLC website. Seek IFLA member contributions to website categories for inventory, best practices, news and calendar.
  3. Professional Exchange & Access: Provide informational updates via email to all current members with new members added constantly. Encourage IFLA CLC member knowledge about their regional World Heritage inscribed sites. Encourage contributions to the IFLA CLC website to increase knowledge and share expertise.
  4. National Cultural Landscapes List, Inventory & Documentation: Support for the development of cultural landscape listing and inventory. Provide a range of inventory forms as suggested formats for reference and use.
  5. Visibility & Educational Opportunities: Promote cultural landscape topics for regional meetings and the IFLA World Congress.
  6. Cultural Landscape Preservation Action: Advocate and support cultural landscape preservation and effective actions when called upon by IFLA members and partners.
  7. Outreach to International Groups/Organizations/Partners: with related areas of interest in order to express interest and formulate appropriate partnership initiatives. Partners named in the IFLA CLC statues are: UNESCO, ICOMOS, IUCN, ICCROM, ISOCARP, UIA, and EUROPEAN COUNCIL.
The IFLA CLC Work Plan is a guide for our joint contributions and shared expertise on behalf of the global legacy of cultural landscapes.

Interdisciplinary cooperation amongst professionals and academic researchers brings scientific and professional knowledge to resolve issues related to the multiple needs of architectural, urban or archaeological heritage in historic districts.

The Hoi An Declaration on Conservation of Historic Districts of Asia, 2003