International World Heritage Expert Meeting on the Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscape

International World Heritage Expert Meeting on the mainstreaming of the methodological approach related to the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Operational Guidelines, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3-5 September 2013.

Following Decision 36 COM 13.II of the World Heritage Committee (St Petersburg, 2012) and within the wider framework of the Revisions to the Operational Guidelines, the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN), Ministry of Culture of Brazil, will host the International Expert Meeting on the mainstreaming of the methodological approach related to the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Operational Guidelines. The meeting will be held in Rio de Janeiro, from 3 to 5 September 2013, with the support of the UNESCO Category 2 Regional Heritage Management Training Centre “Lucio Costa”.

The meeting’s main objectives are to identify ways to integrate the methodology and approach carried by the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Operational Guidelines and to review related texts. The meeting will also contribute to a better understanding of the Recommendation as a UNESCO normative instrument and tool towards a better integration of cultural heritage preservation in development policies. The meeting’s outcomes will be presented to the World Heritage Committee at its 38th session in June 2014.

Background documents

• World Heritage Convention 
• World Heritage Cities Programme 
• Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape 
• Decision 36 COM 13.II of the World Heritage Committee (St Petersburg, 2012) 
• Report of the International World Heritage Expert meeting on Visual Integrity – Agra, India, 6-8 March 2013 
• Report of the International Expert Meeting on Integrity for Cultural Heritage

• The Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention