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Message from Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. 27 October 2007
Audiovisual records - which is to say moving images and recorded sound - provide us with valuable entries into the past. They draw us into the collective dramas of our recent history, they allow us to experience, firsthand, how an art was practised, they show us people going about their business in settings that may have changed vastly, and indeed going about business that may have changed just as much. They tell us a great deal about ourselves and others, where we have been, and what makes us what we are.
UNESCO. Director General. Messages. Publicated: 22-10-2007

[français] Chantiers de bénévoles REMPART pour le patrimoine en Israël et en Palestine
Samedi 10 novembre 2007. 14 h 00 à 15 h 30 - Studio-théâtre de la Comédie-Française
REMPART coopère avec de nombreux partenaires étrangers dans l'organisation de chantiers de bénévoles sur des sites historiques. Cet été, deux premiers chantiers ont été organisés en Israël et en Palestine : dans la citadelle des Croisés à Saint Jean d'Acre, classée par l'UNESCO, en partenariat avec l'association ICOMOS Israël ; et dans une maison ottomane du village de Taybeh, avec l'association Riwaq.
Récit en images de ces deux expériences originales et prometteuses...
Salon du Patrimoine Culturel. Conférences. France. Publicated: 22-10-2007

[français] Programme de la journée d'étude pluridisciplinaire sur Porto-Novo, 27 octobre (Réseau Patrimoine et développement, Paris I)
Le réseau de recherche « Patrimoine et développement » organise, le samedi 27 octobre prochain, une journée consacrée à l’étude du projet de réhabilitation du patrimoine architectural et urbain de Porto-Novo (Bénin), qui intègre de façon exemplaire les enjeux patrimoniaux et les données sociales et économiques...
Institut National d'Historia de l'Art. Actualités. France. Publicated: 22-10-2007

Projection of the film « La saga des Inuits » by Jean Malaurie, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador - 26 and 29 of October of 2007 (in French)
On occasion of the world Day of audio-visual heritage, and within the framework of the Festival "Treasures of UNESCO’s cinema archives", the national Institute of audio-visuals (INA), the French national Commission for UNESCO and UNESCOs’ public Information bureau present the film by Jean Malaurie "La saga des Inuits: a legendary town ". Sessions (French version) Friday 26 October 2007 at18:30 and Monday 29 October 2007 at 18:30 in UNESCO’s theater room, level -1, access by the Ségur hall.
(INA) Institut national de l'audiovisuel. News. France. Publicated: 19-10-2007

UNESCO and Library of Congress sign agreement for World Digital Library
UNESCO and the US Library of Congress will join forces to build a World Digital Library, following the signing of an agreement by Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, and the Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 17 October, 2007.
UNESCO. UNESCO Media Advisory No.2007-69. UNESCOPRESS. Publicated: 17-10-2007

EU/CULTURE: Call for Universities to open up to i2010 European Digital Library
The European Parliament adopted on September 27th a resolution based on the own-initiative report drafted by Marie-Helene Descamps (EPP-ED, France) on i2010: towards a European digital library. It recommended setting up in stages a European digital library in the form of a single, direct and multilingual access point for the European cultural heritage. The long term aim of the initiative should be to establish a tool that covers all categories of cultural material. The Parliament invited all European libraries to make available to the European digital library works that are free of rights which they already hold in digital form.
European Commission. Information Society. Activities. Publicated: 16-10-2007

All issues of the Journal Oralidad available in digital format at the "Portal of Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean"
All the issues of Oralidad, the Annual for the Rescue of Oral Traditions in Latin America and the Caribbean are now available at the "Portal of Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean" (www.lacult.org) in digital format. Oralidad, has been published since 1988 with funding from the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prestigious researchers and outstanding writers in the region and the rest of the world have published in the journal on several topics related to the rich oral and intangible heritage of Latin America and the Caribbean.
UNESCO’s Regional Bureau for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. News. Publicated: 8-10-2007

First Workshop on cultural heritage directed to promary school children
In July 2007, UNESCO organized the first Workshop on cultural heritage, which was carried out in the Rural Official Mixed School "Francisco Marroquín" of San Juan del Obispo municipality of Old Guatemala, with the participation of educational personnel and a total of 219 children between the ages of 9 and 14, students of fourth, fifth and sixth year of primary school.
UNESCO Central America and Mexico. Newsletter CLUSTER nº 8. Publicated: 2-10-2007

Publication of the first numbered collection of mosaics
To improve the signposting and the signaling of the world heritage sites are recommendations that arise from a recent survey that has affected thousands of tourists in Tunisia. In fact, the African Bank of development (BAD) has recently granted to Tunisia a subvention exactly with this same objective.
Tunisia Heritage. News. DVD. Tunisia. Publicated: 2-10-2007

Dedication Ceremony of the African Burial Ground National Monument
The formal ceremony will take place on Friday, 5 October 2007 at 11 a.m. at the African Burial Ground National Monument site in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Recognizing the lives and contributions of Colonial era Africans, the dedication will be an event of international significance and one of the most noteworthy events in New York’s Black American History. The Director-General will be represented by Ms Hélène-Marie Gosselin, Representative to the United Nations and Director of UNESCO's New York Office...
UNESCO. Culture. News. USA. Publicated: 1-10-2007

Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece)
The 2007 Prize will be awarded to the Borodino Battlefield site in the Russian Federation, with special mention to the Grand Bassin (Ganga Talao) site in Mauritius. The award ceremony will take place in the presence of Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General, Mr Christos Zachopoulos, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Culture of Greece and H.E. Mr Georges Anastassopoulos, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Greece to UNESCO. It was during its sixteenth session in December 1992, that the World Heritage Committee recognized the need to protect cultural landscapes and decided to establish the Melina Mercouri International Prize (UNESCO-Greece), which is awarded in conjunction with UNESCO's biennial General Conference.
World Heritage Centre. Activities. Melina Mercouri International Prize. Publicated: 1-10-2007

African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes
The African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes content area links high-quality visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites.The digital library includes photographs, 3D models, GIS data, site plans, aerial and satellite photography, images of rock art, excavation reports, manuscripts, traveller's accounts, historical and antiquarian maps, books, articles, and other scholarly research...
Aluka. Content. Cultural Heritage. USA. Publicated: 1-10-2007

The conservation of religious heritage in Canada
On 18 September the Faculty of Architecture of the Catholic University of La Plata (UCALP) will sign a co-operation agreement with the Argentine committee of the international Council on Monuments and Sites (Argentina ICOMOS) and at 7.00pm a conference will be offered on "the conservation of religious heritage in Canada: experiences in Montreal and Québec, by Dinu Bumbaru and doctor Mario Dufour.
Universidad Católica de La Plata (UCALP). News. Argentina. Publicated: 28-09-2007

URBACT: urban regeneration and cultural heritage
The inter-ministerial Delegation of the city, that assumes the responsibility of the URBACT program, European program of exchange between cities, on behalf of its homologous European and of the Commission, has just published the first work of a series dedicated to URBACT productions: "urban Regeneration and cultural heritage" just published in the Villes collection.

[français] Mise en place d'une formation «patrimoine culturel et développement local» pour les collectivités d'Afrique de l'Ouest
L'UNESCO, dans le cadre de la Convention France-UNESCO et avec le soutien du Sénat, a organisé les 3, 4 et 5 septembre 2007 à Paris des ateliers de travail impliquant des collectivités locales africaines, sur le thème "patrimoine culturel et développement local". Cette expérience à l'échelon de l'Afrique de l'Ouest s'inscrit dans une démarche plus globale de constitution d'un réseau de maires et de techniciens sensibilisés à leur patrimoine dans un objectif de développement urbain durable. Contact: danielle.senigout@equipement.gouv.fr
Centre du Patrimoine Mondial. Fonds. France-UNESCO. Publication: 27-09-2007