Periodic Report Europe and North America: second cycle

Documents

• 01 National Focal Points
• 02 - Questionnaire - Section I English
• 03 - Questionnaire - Section I Français
• 04 - Questionnaire - Section II English
• 05 - Questionnaire - Section II Français
• 06 - Circular Letter - Decision 35COM 10C.2
• 07 - Lettre circulaire- Décision 35COM 10C.2
• 08 - Circular Letter Invitation - Malta Meeting
• 09 - Lettre circulaire d'invitation - Réunion en Malte
• 10 - Circular Letter Invitation - Iceland Meeting
• 11 - Lettre circulaire d'invitation - Réunion en Islande
• 12 Circular Letter Reminder Deadlines En
• 13 Lettre circulaire Rappel Dates limites Fr

Other activities

• Periodic Report Europe follow up: first cycle (2006-2011)

Events

• Information Meeting 2nd Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercice Europe and North America Nov 9, 2011 - Nov 9, 2011
• Workshop of National Focal Points of Western and Nordic-Baltic European Countries on the Preparation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise Oct 18, 2011 - Oct 21, 2011
• Meeting of National Focal Points of Mediterranean European countries on the Preparation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise Sep 21, 2011 - Sep 24, 2011
• Workshop of National Focal Points of Central, South-East and Eastern European Countries on the Preparation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting May 26, 2011 - May 27, 2011
• Follow-up Meeting on World Heritage Periodic Reporting for Western Europe Sub-region Dec 8, 2010 - Dec 10, 2010
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See Also

• Questionnaire 1 & 2

Decisions

• Decision 34COM 10B.3

  The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC-10/34.COM/10B,

  2. Recalling Decisions 30 COM 11A.1, 30 COM 11A.2, 31 COM 11A.1, 31 COM 11 A.2 and 32 COM 11D adopted at its 30th (Vilnius, 2006), 31st (Christchurch, 2007) and 32nd (Quebec City, 2008) sessions respectively,

  3. Takes note of the follow-up activities to the first cycle of Periodic Reporting exercise in Europe and North America and the results of the sub-regional meetings for Nordic, Western and Mediterranean Europe;

  4. Thanks the Irish authorities for having hosted the follow-up meeting for the Western European region in 2009 in Dublin, the Portuguese authorities for having organized the follow-up meeting for the Mediterranean sub-region in 2009 in Tomar, the Swedish authorities for having hosted the follow-up meeting for Nordic and Baltic Europe in Stockholm in 2009, as well as the Israeli authorities for having organized the follow-up meeting for the Mediterranean sub-region in 2010,

  5. Welcomes the offer of the Czech authorities to host a meeting for Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in 2011; the offer of the Estonian authorities to host a meeting for the Nordic-Baltic region in October 2010; the offer of the Maltese authorities to host a meeting for the Mediterranean region in 2011; and the offer of the authorities of the Netherlands to host a meeting for the Western European Region in December 2010; and encourages cooperation and sharing of knowledge between the European sub-regions.

  6. Requests the States Parties, to submit the required retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2012, in order to ensure the preparation of the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting; and notes with concern the workload connected with this request in relation to the resources of the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies for processing the Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value as it is crucial for the States Parties to have them approved on time.

  7. Also requests the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies to prepare a progress report on the follow-up to the European Periodic Report exercise and on the preparations for the next cycle for Europe and North America for examination at its 35th session in 2011.

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• Decision 31COM 11D.1

  The World Heritage Committee,

  1. Having examined Document WHC-07/31.COM/11D.1,

  2. Recalling Decisions 25 COM VII.25-27 adopted at its 25th session (Helsinki, 2001), 7 EXT.COM 5 and 7 EXT.COM 5A.1 adopted at its 7th extraordinary session (UNESCO, 2004), 29 COM 11.A adopted at its 29th session (Durban, 2005), 30 COM 11G adopted at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006);

  3. Recognizing the range of benefits for the World Heritage community of the new approach for Section II of the Periodic Reporting questionnaire proposed by the "Working Group on the simplification of the Periodic Reporting questionnaire and setting up of indicators" (the Working Group);

  4. Welcomes the new format for Section II as presented in Document WHC-07/31.COM/INF.11D.1;

  5. Requests the World Heritage Centre and the Working Group to develop a new format for Section I, incorporating the lessons learnt from the revision of the Section II questionnaire and to finalize both Sections I and II of the revised questionnaire and decides to allocate USD 75,000 from the World Heritage Fund for these activities;

  6. Requests the World Heritage Centre to develop a Web-based application of the revised questionnaire as found in WHC-07/31.COM/INF.11D.1 and decides to allocate USD 50,000 from the World Heritage Fund for this task;

  7. Recognizing the pivotal importance of Statements of Outstanding Universal Value in all World Heritage processes, urges States Parties, in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies, to prepare all missing Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for properties in their territory before the launching of the second cycle of Periodic Reporting in their Region and decides to allocate USD 10,000 from the World Heritage Fund to the Advisory Bodies to participate in the revision of the Statements of Outstanding Universal Value for the Arab States Region;

  8. Requests the World Heritage Centre to ensure it has adequate capacity and resources to continue the Retrospective Inventory as the basis to prefill the questionnaire at the outset of the Second cycle of periodic reporting in each region;

  9. Acknowledges the importance and complexity of adopting a consistent approach for indicators for World Heritage properties and requests the World Heritage Centre to prepare a working document on this issue to be presented at its 32nd session in 2008;

  10. Invites States Parties wishing to participate in the Field Testing of the revised questionnaire to contact the World Heritage Centre before 30 September 2007.

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