The objectives of these workshops are to identify best practices
for management arrangements at site level which could form part
of the recommendations to be made to the Government of India as
well as providing a platform for future collaboration.
They also aim at addressing the key issues arising out of the Periodic
Reporting process and confirmed by the Retrospective Inventory.
These include: management and conservation challenges, lack of Management
Plans, unclear and, in some cases, unsatisfactory boundaries, and
lack of Statements of Outstanding Universal Values.
The 80 participants at the Hampi workshop (15-18 June) include
all the 27 Indian World Heritage Sites Managers and Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI) staff.
Among the 120 participants attending the Bangalore workshop (20-21
June) will be related Indian Central Government Ministries and Departments,
Indian Federal Government officials and site managers of all the
27 World Heritage Sites.
These workshops are organized by the ASI, in collaboration with
the UNESCO Office in New Delhi and the World Heritage Centre, with
financial support from World Heritage Funds, the ASI, the Indian
Ministry of Environment and Forest, the Indian Railways and the
Government of Karnataka, India.
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