Report on the Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra (Albania), 10-14 November 2012

Following the concerns expressed by the World Heritage Committee (Decision 35COM 7B 82), the aim of the mission to the “Historic centres of Berat and Gjirokastra” was to assess the current state of conservation of the property and evaluate the progress made by the relevant national and local authorities in the implementation of the decisions by the World Heritage Committee.

In particular, the Mission was asked to analyse whether there are ascertained or potential dangers to the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property and whether the requirements and criteria for the possible inscription of the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger are met and identify recommendations and measures to further improve the conservation and management of the property, to be presented to the Government of Albania and to the World Heritage Committee.