Interpretation Standards at World Heritage Sites: Is There a Need for Assessment Criteria for On-Site Interpretation Programmes and Emerging Interpretive Technologies?Registration required -- see belowA One-Day Roundtable Discussion
Organized by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation (ICIP)
at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paris
27 September 2006
In response to a recent request from ICOMOS International that ICIP analyze the need for additional assessment criteria relating to Interpretation at World Heritage sites, this workshop has been organized to discuss the current role of Interpretation in the inscription and monitoring process and examine possible assessment methodologies. Participants from the WHC, ICIP, the EU EPOCH Network, and other affinity organizations will share their varying experiences to analyze the relevance and applicability of existing professional standards and codes of “best practice” in Interpretation in a World Heritage context.
The goal of this workshop will be to analyze the potential benefit of interpretive standards at World Heritage sites. If deemed feasible, the participants will discuss possible procedural frameworks and work plans for collaboration between the WHC, ICIP, and the EPOCH Network in developing a set of clear and concrete evaluation criteria for public interpretation programmes and for the use of Interpretive Technologies at inscribed properties and for sites nominated for inscription in the World Heritage list.
If you would like to attend this meeting, please respond to the ICIP Secretariat at icomos-icip@enamecenter.org so that an entrance pass to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre can be arranged.
Provisional Agenda
| 9:30am - 12:00pm | Session 1: Interpretive Policy at World Heritage Sites
Questions to be discussed:- Where does Interpretation currently fit in to the World Heritage Site Nomination Process?
- Is Interpretation taken into account in continuing monitoring of World Heritage sites?
- What are some of the best examples of public interpretation programmes at World Heritage sites?
- What are some of the less successful? What lessons have been learned?
- Can assessment standards, best-practice case studies or general guidelines be
formulated? - Could they enhance the nomination and inscription process?
- Would it be worthwhile to add them to the Periodic Reporting Criteria?
- What role can the ICOMOS Ename Charter play?
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| 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm - 4:00pm | Session 2: New Technologies and the World Heritage List
Questions to be discussed:- How are Digital Documentation and Presentation Technologies represented and
distributed throughout the World Heritage List? - What are the economic/technical factors in this distribution?
- What are the main practical issues encountered in the use of technology by WH
sites? - What are the main scientific/content issues?
- Is there a need to formulate scientific, technological, and sustainability standards?
- What existing or developing standards could be used?
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| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Closing Discussion- Is the formulation of Interpretive Standards for WH sites desirable and feasible?
- If so, what are the practical and procedural steps that must be taken to begin the
collaborative work?
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