National Seminar on the Preservation of Urban Heritage in Cambodia
January 16 and 17, 2006
Organised by the Cambodian National Commission for UNESCO, the Municipality of Phnom Penh and the UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts
Venue: City Hall, Monivong Boulevard, Phnom Penh
Dates: Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 January 2006
Press conference: Tuesday 17 January 2006 at 5.30pm
The first national seminar on Urban Development and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Cambodia is to be held in Phnom Penh on 16 and 17 January 2006.
The seminar, expected to number 150 participants, will bring together representatives of the Royal Government, the private-sector and conservation experts, to discuss how the development and growth of towns and cities in Cambodia can be integrated with strategies to protect important urban and architectural heritage.
The importance of the private-sector in bringing investment and development proposals to towns and cities will be discussed, and case-studies reviewed where historic buildings have been preserved and restored for commercial use.
Both the Municipality of Phnom Penh and the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction will discuss the work they have recently been carrying out in the documenting of historic buildings.
National and international experts will speak on approaches used elsewhere by the authorities to work with communities to develop strategies for protecting the most valuable urban heritage while encouraging social and economic development. International contributions will be received from Singapore, Manilla and Bangkok.
The seminar is based on the UNESCO understanding that through their preservation, the significance and message of historic towns and buildings can form a part of the spirit of the people who live in them, and contribute to their sense of cultural continuity and common memory; at the same time, historic areas can be successful in attracting tourism and trade, with wide-ranging beneficial economic effects urban preservation and economic growth are not contradictory ideas.
In the seminar hall, there will be an exhibition of recent paintings of historic buildings, as well as photographs from the collection of the Cambodian National Commission for UNESCO.
For further information please contact UNESCO Phnom Penh Tel: 023-426.726/217.244, Mrs Laurence Monnin, Seminar Administrator, HP 012 785 512, email l.monninNOSPAM[via]unesco[dot]org OR Mr Geoff Pyle, Seminar Coordinator, HP 012 904 313, email geoff.pyleNOSPAM[via]mac[dot]com
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