The World Heritage Committee has decided to postpone, for one year, the beginning of the next cycle of Periodic Reporting: 2007 will be the Reflection Year.
It has become evident that there is a need to: study and reflect on the first cycle of Periodic Reporting; develop directive strategies with regard to the format of the aforesaid reports; and develop training priorities as regards international cooperation and rationalization.
This workshop is the follow-up to the first meeting, held in Berlin (Germany) in November 2005, and will focus on:
Among the thirty participants attending will be World Heritage Committee members and staff, experts from various States Parties (France, Mali, Mexico and Tunisia), representatives from English Heritage, WTO, ICOMOS, ICCROM, IUCN, the UNESCO Institute of Statistics and UNESCO Field Offices.
(Room XIV, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.)