The 4th International NGO Forum on World Heritage at Risk
Villa Decius, Krakow, 30 June – 1 July 2017
P r o g r a m
Friday, 30 June 2017 (Day 1)
8:30 Registration
9:00 Opening Plenary
Welcome Address by Prof. Ryszard Tadeusiewicz (Chairman, Villa Decius Association)
Opening by Stephan Doempke (Chairman, World Heritage Watch)
Message from President Lech Wałęsa
Keynote Speech
Prof. Christina Cameron (University of Montreal)
Civil Society Impact on the World Heritage Convention
10:00 Three Parallel Fora
Forum 1: Natural Properties
Moderator: Luke Chamberlain
Robert Cyglicki (Polish NGO Coalition): Bialowieza Forest. The Last European Lowland Natural Forest in Danger of Destruction by Human Intervention
Heorhi Kazulka (Belovezhskaya Pushcha – 21st Century): Belarusian Belovezhskaya Pushcha as an Example of Successful Salvation of a World Heritage Site
Dmitry Shevchenko (Ecological Watch Northern Caucasus): Ski Resort Development in the Western Caucasus (Russia)
Ivan Blokov (Greenpeace Russia): Construction of a Military Base on Wrangel Island (Russia)
Forum 2: Historic City Centers
Moderator: Prof. Michael Turner (Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem)
Gerry Proctor (Engage Liverpool): A Message to UNESCO from the People of Liverpool
Herbert Rasinger (Initiative Stadtbildschutz): For a High-Rise Building Tycoon, Vienna’s City Council Risks Losing the Town’s World Heritage Status (Austria)
Kreshnik Merxhani (Forum for Gjirokastra): Heritage Under Pressure: The Case of the Bypass Road Project in Gjirokastra (Albania)
Khadija Shekue Famau (Save Lamu) Lamu Old Town (Kenya): Threats at the Door
Forum 3: Cultural Landscapes and Mixed Sites
Moderator: Elena Belokurova (Center for European and German Studies)
Klaus Thomas and Elke Greiff-Gossen (Rheinpassagen Citizens’ Initiative): The Upper Middle Rhine Valley: A Risk Report (Germany)
Oksana Gourinovitch: Spaces of Flows: The Water and Green System in Minsk
Emilija Apostolova (Ohrid SOS): Lake Ohrid: World Cultural and Natural Heritage in Peril (Macedonia)
Manana Tevzadze (Georgian Committee of the Blue Shield): Cultural Heritage Preservation Efforts in Upper Svaneti Communities and their Challenges (Georgia)
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Three Parallel Fora Continued
Forum 1: Natural Properties
Moderator: Luke Chamberlain
Oxana Engoyan (Public Fund Altai – 21 Century): Golden Mountains of Altai – State and Threats (Russia)
Evgeny Simonov (Rivers Without Boundaries): Planned Hydro-Electric Dams in Mongolia in the Context of the Lake Baikal Preservation (Russia)
Forum 2: Historic City Centers
Moderator: Prof. Michael Turner (Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem)
María Rosa Muñoz Barriga: Tourism and the Strategy of the ‘Entrepreneurial City’ in Quito (Ecuador)
Ercan Ayboga (Sur Conservation Platform): Destruction of the Old City (Suriçi) of Diyarbakır since Fall 2015 and its Current Status (Turkey)
Forum 3: Cultural Landscapes and Mixed Sites
Moderator: Elena Belokurova (Center for European and German Studies)
Wiwik Dharmiasih (Yayasan Konservasi Sawah Bali): Growing Pains of the Cultural Landscape of Bali (Indonesia)
Vica Bayley (Australian Wilderness Society): The Tasmanian Wilderness: Honouring Commitments to Protect Wilderness
14:30 Three Parallel Fora
Forum 1: Natural Sites continued
Moderator: Luke Chamberlain
Humberto Fernandez and Cecilia Gas (Conservación Humana AC): Threats to World Heritage Sites in Mexico from Metallic Mining Concessions
Frank Petersen (Waddenvereniging): Drowning by numbers. The effects of global warming and fossil fuel mining on World Heritage Wadden Sea
Günter Wippel (Uranium Network): The Threat of Uranium Mining in Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania)
Panut Hadisiswoyo (Orangutan Information Centre): Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra: Habitat for Critically Endangered Wildlife Faces New Threats (Indonesia)
Geoff Law (on behalf of Earth Justice): The Legal Responsibility of States to Reduce their Contributions to Climate Change. A Great Barrier Reef Case Study
Forum 4: Monuments and Sites
Moderator: Prof. Christina Cameron (University of Montreal)
Dr. Kate Fielden (Stonehenge Alliance): Road Widening at Stonehenge: The Civic Role in Exposing the Threat of Major Damage to a World Heritage Site
Marina Nikolaeva (Pskov Society for the Protection of Monuments): Prospective World Heritage Sites in the Historical Centre of Pskov (Russia)
Irina Nikiforova (Iniative for St. Andrew’s Passage): Threats to St. Sofia Cathedral through Urban Development in Kiev (Ukraine)
Manana Tevzadze (Georgian Committee of the Blue Shield): Dilemmas of Safeguarding Monuments at Mtskheta, Bagrati and Gelati (Georgia)
Imrana Tiwana (Save Lahore Movement): The Orange Train Project: Civil Society’s Role in Safeguarding World Heritage Sites
Forum 5: World Heritage Properties and Indigenous Peoples
Moderator: Nigel Crawhall (Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee)
Melody Lepine (Mikisew Cree First Nation): Mikisew Cree First Nation’s Call to Better Safeguard Wood Buffalo National Park
Mohamed Ag Ewanghaye and Nigel Crawhall (Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee): Tuareg Heritage and International Obligations: Aïr & Ténéré World Heritage Site in Niger
Joseph Itongwa (IPACC) and Tatjana Puschkarsky (OrigiNations): A Culture and Human Rights Centered Approach at the Tri-National de la Sangha, Central Africa
Leburu Molatedi Andrias and Diphetogo Anita Lekgowo (Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee): World Heritage Sites in Botswana – Indigenous Perspectives
Kate Saunders and Tenzin Choekyi (International Campaign for Tibet): The Qinghai Hoh Xil WH Nomination and Tibetan Mobile Patoralism (China)
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Plenary Session:
WHW Global Networking Meeting
18:00 End of Day 1
Saturday, 1 July 2017 (Day 2)
9:00 Plenary Session
International Perspectives on the Structured Role of Civil Society in the World Heritage Convention
Lazare Eloundou Assomo, Deputy Director, UNESCO Division for Heritage and World Heritage Centre
Kristal Buckley, International Council for Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Cyril Kormos, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Plenary Session Continued
Towards a Structured Role of Civil Society in the Framework of the World Heritage Convention
Moderator: Stephan Doempke (World Heritage Watch)
A paper on the subject for discussion and adoption by the WHW Forum will be circulated among the participants in time before the start of the Forum.
14:30 Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session 1: Networking Meeting of Civil Society in Poland
Moderators: Danuta Glondys (Villa Decius Association) / Stephan Doempke (World Heritage Watch)
Marcin Stoczkiewicz (Client Earth); Robert Cyglicki (Greenpeace Poland); Mateusz Zmyślony (Eskadra); Agnieszka Molenda (Foundation of Memory Sites near Auschwitz-Birkenau); Szymon Modrzejewski ( „Magurycz” Association); Ewa Bryla (Heritage of Carpathian Minorities Association); Michal Niezabitowski (Society of Friends of History and Monuments of Krakow); Dariusz Gatkowski (WWF Poland); Wieslaw Kaczmarek (Society for the Preservation of Historical Monuments); Anna Zglińska (Society for the Preservation of Historical Monuments of Torun); Grzegorz Trochanowski, Grzegorz Suchanicz (Lemko Union).
Parallel Session 2: Drafting Resolutions
Drafting committees will work on the Final Drafts of submitted resolutions before they will be presented for adoption in the Closing Plenary.
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Closing Plenary
Adoption of Resolutions
18:00 End of NGO Forum
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