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Title: Val de Loire Rendezvous 2007  
Dates: 11 December 2007
Venue: Angers, France
Organizers: Val de Loire Mission
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More info: http://www.valdeloire.org/front.aspx?SectionId=198&PubliId=3220&
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The Rendezvous are organised by the Val de Loire Mission and provide an opportunity for a meeting of the Development Committee for the management system of the Val de Loire UNESCO World Heritage site.
Free entry by invitation.

Provisional programme

09:00
Welcome
Opening addresses
Presentation of the objectives of the day

Round table

How do other European sites bring World Heritage values to life? What management plans have been put in place?

Cultural landscapes/gardens: Germany – Dessau Wörlitz gardens, Dr. Thomas Weiß, Kulturstiftung DessauWörlitz
Cultural landscapes/wine-growing: Portugal, Douro, Rosa Cortes, joint-director of the regional commission, Northern Portugal
Cultural landscapes/stone: Greece – overall management of sites, Dr. Ersi Brouskari, Head of department, General directorate of antiquities and cultural heritage, Ministry of Culture, Greece
Cultural landscapes/water: Hungary – Budapest, Gábor Soós, Project manager, international relations, National office of cultural heritage, Secretariat of the Hungarian Commission for World Heritage

Summary of the morning by Jean Musitelli, Member of the Council of State, former French ambassador to UNESCO

12:30
Lunch

14:00
Workshop sessions: Landscape, Tourism, Culture, International cooperation

Landscape workshop: landscape management in the listed site: overall coherence and local initiatives
- Expertise in pilot sites and landscape projects, Myriam Laidet, Project manager, Val de Loire Mission
- Government: policy on classified sites, DIREN (Regional Directorate for the Environment) Pays de la Loire
- Mobilising the key players in development, Emmanuel Brochard, Director, CAUE (Architecture, Planning and Environment council) Loir-et-Cher
Rapporteur: Christophe Demazière, University of Tours

Tourism workshop: partnership dynamics and new tourist offerings
- Prospects for the development of wine tourism in the Val de Loire: Jean-Max Manceau, Interloire
- An approach to excellence for "major sites": networking and the development of heritage tourism, Jean-Louis Sureau, Château of Amboise
- "Loire fleets and ports": guidelines for the development of leisure boating on the Loire, Philippe Duchêne, Act-Ouest (subject to confirmation)
Rapporteur: Philippe Violier, University of Angers

Culture Workshop: UNESCO values in the projects of cultural institutions in the Val de Loire
- The transformation of Fontevraud Abbey, Xavier Kawa-Topor, Director, Fontevraud Abbey
- The Chaumont estate of the future, Chantal Colleu-Dumond, Director, Chaumont-sur-Loire estate
- UNESCO values: the challenge of mediation, Fabrice Masson, Culture and Heritage facilitator, Town of Saumur (subject to confirmation)
Rapporteur: Philippe Tanchoux, University of Orléans

International cooperation workshop: promoting expertise in rivers and heritage
- The research policy of the Plan Loire, Jean-Claude Eudes, Director of development and external relations, Loire Public Corporation
- The Water Facility project, Emmanuelle Robert, France-UNESCO Convention
- The Loire-Niger-Mekong project, Vincent Rotge, Val de Loire Mission
Rapporteur: Corinne Larrue, University of Tours

Feedback from workshops
Rapporteurs
Yves Dauge, President of the Association of French World Heritage properties
Isabelle Longuet, Secretary to the France/UNESCO Convention

17:00
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