The course includes field trips, lectures, group work, discussions
and practical demonstrations at the World Heritage sites in Kyoto.
Ritsumeikan University Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of
Urban Cultural Heritage (Rits-DMUCH) will also provide various kinds
of academic support to the participants to develop risk management
plans for cultural heritage in their own countries.
The main objective of the course is to provide the 10–15
participants with an overview of various facets of disaster risk
management of cultural heritage. More specifically, the course provides
interdisciplinary training for professionals in order to:
- undertake an integrated risk assessment to analyze the vulnerability
of cultural heritage to physical, socioeconomic and political
risks;
- build integrated system for disaster risk management of cultural
heritage, incorporating disaster preparedness and urban planning;
- formulate risk management plans for cultural heritage that
correspond to the regional disaster mitigation plan; and
- establish an international scientific network system for risk
management of cultural heritage.
The criteria for selecting the participants for this training
course
The criteria for selection are in accordance with the rules of
ICCROM. In the group work and workshop of this training course,
it is expected that the trainees will prepare a plan for the disaster
management of cultural heritage by taking into consideration the
nature of cultural heritage and the disaster management context
of their respective countries. Therefore, it is more desirable for
you to apply in pairs of two experts, each belonging to cultural
heritage and disaster management fields in your own country.
Application Documents Submission Checklist
1. A completed application form
2. A short paper (3-5 pages)
The short paper should include detailed information about the
project(s) concerning cultural heritage management or risk management
in which the candidate has been or is currently involved, and should
conclude with suggestions on how this training would contribute
to enhance the candidate's professional skills.
The application form, and the short paper (all in hard copies)
must be sent to the Center's contact address below by post. Candidates
are also required to send the electronic data of all the application
documents in MS Word format to the Center's email (see address below).
Application Deadline
All applications must reach Rits-DMUCH by 30 June 2007. Applications
that are not received in hard copy or that are incomplete will not
be considered.
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