1. In Memoriam – Professor Herb Stovel

2. Australia ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites NSW Symposium

3. Australia ICOMOS – Sydney Talk Series

4. Australia ICOMOS ISC/NSC Funding Program

5. Heritage Victoria and the Heritage Council of Victoria are moving

6. Seeking volunteers to help students

7. Inaugural SA Heritage Conference – 19 April 2012

8. Input requested for the Madrid Document from ISC20C

9. Australia ICOMOS 2013 Centenary of Canberra conference – call for volunteers

10. More courses offered by IPPHA

11. Books in Exchange for Book Reviews

12. RMIT Architecture public lecture – THIS EVENING, 6-8pm

13. Queensland Heritage Gala Dinner – All Welcome!

14. UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards 2012 – entry deadline extended

15. 18 April: International Day for Monuments and Sites

16. Cultural Heritage seminar in Melbourne next week – REMINDER

17. Dates and tentative program for the 2012 ICOMOS Advisory Committee and Scientific Council meetings

18. Port Arthur’s Ticket of Leave E-Newsletter available online

19. New email address for ICOMOS Spain

20. Latest Global Heritage Review (GHR) bulletin available online

21. Architecture in the Age of Austerity conference, London, 30 April 2012

22. Fourth Arte-Polis International Conference and Workshop – early bird registration open

23. “Natural cements in European cultural heritage” conference, 26-27 April 2012

24. SITUATIONS VACANT Conservators to Work In Antarctica

25. SITUATIONS VACANT Heritage Consultant & Student Heritage Consultant (2 positions)

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1. In Memoriam – Professor Herb Stovel

Dear Dinu and our colleagues in Canada,

I join with our President and other National committees in passing on our sincere condolences to Herb Stovel’s family, friends and colleagues. I believe Gustavo has expressed the sentiments of us all in his message. I would only add that I did not have the privilege of anything other than a brief acquaintance with Herb but I have found as a newer member of the ICOMOS community that there are some giants in our midst whose experience, prestige and contribution shine out. Herb is definitely one of those outstanding people, and for this he will certainly be remembered.

I pass this message on behalf of all the members of Australia ICOMOS, many of whom I know did have a longer and closer relationship Herb. We will all miss him.

With the deepest sympathies of us all.

Jane Harrington
President, Australia ICOMOS

ICOMOS Secretary General (1990-1993)

Dear members of the ICOMOS family,

It was with immense sadness when, just returning from the Executive Committee meeting in Paris, I received Dinu Bumbaru’s call informing me of the death of Herb Stovel, a very dear friend and trusted advisor who was always there when I needed him.

It is an immense personal loss, but beyond that and more importantly, it is a greater loss for Canada, for ICOMOS, and for the entire heritage community of the world, where he always played a protagonist role in imagining and ensuring the best possible conservation amid all cultural contexts.

We can find some level of consolation in the legacy that he lovingly, intelligently and generously built during his entire adult life, especially among the hundreds of the younger generations whom he mentored and carefully ushered into the field of conservation.

Herb was a giant among giants, a trait that he ably disguised through the warmth of his humanity and his ever willingness to listen to all who approached him.

We will sorely miss him, but he will never be forgotten by those whom he touched and who will benefit from his work far into the future.

To Herb’s family, my most sincere heartfelt condolences, along with assurances that we all join them in mourning for the loss of such an unusual and universally loved man.

Gustavo F Araoz
President of ICOMOS

Conservationist and educator (1948-2012)

On 14th March in Ottawa, Canada, Herb Stovel passed away. This news brought a moment of deep sadness, silence and remembrance throughout the extended family of ICOMOS and the world of conservation. Our first thoughts are for his family to whom we offer our condolences and expression of a deep sense of loss and gratitude for all the good work Herb has done and the many challenges he gave us all to help make the world a better place to be.

A humanist curious of the world’s wealth of ideas and cultures, Herb was trained as an architect, graduating from McGill University in Montreal in the 1970s, at a time of strong struggles to save entire living neighbourhoods as well as individual heritage structures and monuments. From that period and throughout his professional or academic journey with the Government of Ontario, the Heritage Canada Foundation, Parks Canada, Université de Montréal, ICCROM, Carleton University and his relentless and continuous involvement in ICOMOS, Herb’s work remains distinctively engaged to connecting scientific, professional and social or community dimensions in defining and achieving the conservation of cultural heritage, and to the education and empowerment of those who can make these ideas a reality.

In ICOMOS, Herb Stovel embodied the authentic ideals and values of our non-governmental and diverse organisation as an active and committed member as well as one of its most engaged and inspiring institutional and intellectual leaders. As Secretary General in 1990-1993, he provided ICOMOS with leadership to progress as he set up the current process for ICOMOS to accomplish its advisory role in the implementation of UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention. He also engaged the organisation in fundamental reflections on authenticity, leading to the Nara Document of which he was one of the main authors, and demonstrated such energy as President of ICOMOS Canada and as an active contributor to many of our International Committees.

Such accomplishment earned him many awards including ICOMOS Canada’s Jacques Dalibard Award presented at the 16th General Assembly in Québec in 2008, and the prestigious ICCROM Award in 2011. In addition to these honours, one of Herb’s most valued acknowledgments rests in the work and action of the many people he brought to the field of conservation through his work as an educator or as guiding mentor or friend.

The warm voice and generous personality of our dear colleague and friend Herb Stovel will be missed. Yet his enduring spirit of endeavour for conservation, which he saw as a very special discipline as well as a cause essential to the modern world, and the immense legacy of his works and thoughts, will remain a guiding force for us and for ICOMOS which he loved dearly and whose future he saw with optimism.

Thank you Herb!

Dinu Bumbaru, C.M.
President, ICOMOS Canada
Member of the Executive Committee and former Secretary General of ICOMOS

Dear Friends and Colleagues

The UNESCO family is mourning the death of our friend Herb Stovel.

Although we knew that he was seriously ill, the news of his passing away has saddened all those who have known him along the years, at ICCROM, at ICOMOS and as a Professor.

His intellectual contribution to the understanding and the practice of heritage management is reflected in the essays and the manuals he published, as well as in the many documents and studies he helped producing, among which the Nara Document on Authenticity stands out.

Through a relentless effort of inquiry, reflection and training, he has contributed to the advancement of the World Heritage Convention in ways that few other professionals have been able to do.

He was a wise and open person, always available to advise and help.

We join all those who loved him in remembering this outstanding figure of heritage professional and this dear friend.

We will miss you, Herb.
Ti sia lieve la terra.

Francesco Bandarin
UNESCO Assistant Director General for Culture

Links to other messages

• UNESCO
• ICCROM
• Organisation of World Heritage Cities

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2. Australia ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites NSW Symposium

Australia ICOMOS is organising a symposium to be held in Sydney on 18th April 2012 to mark the International Day for Monuments and Sites.

April 18th is a major celebration for ICOMOS and each Australia ICOMOS organises activities around Australia to celebrate the diversity of the world’s cultural heritage. This year’s theme marks the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, which was adopted in 1972. The focus will be on “World Heritage and Sustainable Development: the Role of Local Communities” – which spans not only the involvement of local communities in the nomination, management and conservation of properties, but also their role as participants and economic beneficiaries, and holders of traditional management practices and l knowledge.

The venue for the event, in line with this year’s theme, is Hyde Park Barracks, one of 11 Australian Convict Sites that have been inscribed on World Heritage List on 31 July 2010.

The following is the provisional list of speakers and the preliminary running order of the program:

Time: The event will commence at 3.00pm and will conclude at 6.30pm
Cost: Australia ICOMOS members $10; non-members $15 (to cover catering)
RSVP: Please email Kerime by 30 March 2012.

We look forward to welcoming you on the day!

Best regards,
Kerime Danis
Australia ICOMOS NSW Representative &
International Day for Monuments & Sites Coordinator

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3. Australia ICOMOS – Sydney Talk Series

Reflections on holistic conservation and management of historic gardens
Jan Haenraets

Jan Haenraets, Landscape Architect and Conservation Specialist, will speak on some aspects of holistic management and conservation of gardens and cultural landscapes, such as ownership and local engagement, the wider landscape, integrity, skills and environmental management. The subject will be explored through project experiences with the National Trust for Scotland, the Olmsted Centre for Landscape Preservation at the US National Park Service and recent advisory support to the Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage Jammu & Kashmir Chapter where work is advancing to safeguard the Mughal Gardens of Kashmir and to submit a UNESCO World Heritage nomination.

Dr Jan Haenraets is a Landscape Architect, Conservation Specialist and Environmental Advisor. He is an Associate in Atelier Anonymous, Vancouver, BC, Canada; member of ICOMOS UK; and member of the DOCOMOMO International Specialist Committee on Urbanism and Landscapes.

Members of the public are welcome!

Time & Date: Thursday 29 March 2012, 5.30pm for 6pm start
Cost: Members $5, non-members $10, payable at the door. Wine and nibbles will be provided.
Venue: Godden Mackay Logan, 78 George Street, Redfern
RSVP: email Jane Vernon or call (02) 9319 4811. Please note: RSVP is essential as places are limited.

This is the second of a regular talk series organised by NSW members of Australia ICOMOS, held on the last Thursday of each month. If you have any ideas for future talks, please do not hesitate to email Anita Krivickas.

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4. Australia ICOMOS ISC/NSC Funding Program

The Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee has endorsed the implementation of a new ISC/NSC Funding Program to provide financial assistance for events, projects or programs that promote and strengthen Australian membership of ISCs and NSCs. The program aims to recognise Australia ICOMOS’s commitment to provide support for the work of AI members active in International Scientific Committees (ISC) or National Scientific Committees (NSC).

In August 2011, Australia ICOMOS allocated a fund of up to $5,000 for the 2011-2012 financial year, some of which has already been provided to NSCs and ISCs for events and activities. Some funds are yet to be allocated. Therefore, applications are now invited from Australia ICOMOS members who are also members of an ISC or NSC. Grants will be available to a maximum of $2,000 per annum. Grants are intended for discrete, one-off events, meetings or projects, and will not apply to funding for ongoing programs. Grants may be applied for in consecutive years by any ISC or NSC. Allocation will be competitive.

Eligible activities for the funding program may include, but are not restricted to:

• An annual meeting of all Australian ISC / NSC members
• An event for an individual ISC, NSC or group of ISCs
• Support for an international ISC meeting in Australia (Note: Australia ICOMOS is unable to fund the full extent of such a meeting, however if an international meeting was planned for Australia through other external funding, AI members would be eligible to apply for this fund as a small part of its budget)
• Discrete projects or programs of works that aim to promote Australian membership of ISCs or NSCs and actively engages with the AI membership
• Discrete projects or programs of works that allow AI members to support the work of an ISC or NSC and that has some benefit or relevance for Australian members

Procedure for applications for the ISC/NSC Funding Program

• Any Australia ICOMOS member who is also a member of an ISC or NSC is eligible to apply for a grant
• The applicant must demonstrate how the grant will broadly benefit the ISC or NSC and, in particular, members of that ISC or NSC in Australia. Priority will not be given to requests where the benefit is to an individual member
• The grant is not available to cover personal travel expenses to attend ISC or NSC meetings
• When assessing the merits of a particular application for a grant AI will take into account the nature of the proposal, the potential benefits to the ISC or NSC (in particular to the Australian membership), and the ability of the proposal to actively engage the AI membership
• As a condition of funding, successful applicants will be expected to submit a written report to the Australia ICOMOS Executive on the project/program awarded funding, and a short version of this report for inclusion in the e-news, so that other members are informed about issues currently under discussion by that ISC or NSC
• Grant recipients will also be required to provide AI with an acquittal report of the project within one year of the grant being awarded. Copies of receipts or invoices for goods and services must be provided. Any shortfall between the grant and the expenses incurred will need to be returned to Australia ICOMOS

Please email all applications to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat by COB 23 March 2012.

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5. Heritage Victoria and the Heritage Council of Victoria are moving

Heritage Victoria and the Heritage Council of Victoria are moving to 1 Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 on Monday 26 March 2012.

Our postal address remains GPO Box 2392, Melbourne, VIC 3001. Heritage Victoria and the Heritage Council will no longer have a dedicated reception area.

For general enquiries please contact the DPCD customer service line (03) 9208 3333. When visiting Heritage Victoria please go to the DPCD Reception on Level 15 of 1 Spring Street.

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6. Seeking volunteers to help students

Seeking volunteers to help students report on a historic building
Saturday 14 April, 2.00-4.30pm

Deakin University’s Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies program offers a unit titled ‘Introduction to Traditional Buildings’. It was developed by Donald Ellsmore and Cheryl Leary, is taught by yours truly, Linda Young, and runs online in off-campus mode.

To bring some genuine timber, bricks, stone and mortar into the experience, a field school will be held in Melbourne on 14-15 April. Some 20-25 students from around the country are expected to participate.

We will spend Saturday afternoon closely examining and documenting the structure, materials and deterioration of Black Rock House, Ebden St, Black Rock, working in small groups.

We need 4 or 5 heritage experts willing to guide groups of 3-4 students in looking at and recognizing the usual features of a historic masonry building. There will be a group sharing of findings about 4pm, appropriately lubricated.

If you can give time to help a bunch of keen beginners, your assistance will be gratefully received! Please email Linda Young  or call her on (03) 9251 7130.

Thankyou, ICOMOSsians!

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7. Inaugural SA Heritage Conference – 19 April 2012

The National Trust’s CEO Eric Heapy has been working closely with the owners of Rymill House and the Property Council on the Inaugural SA Heritage Conference 2012, which will be featured as part of Australian Heritage Week, and held on 19 April 2012.

This premier national event, to be held at Adelaide’s heritage icon Rymill House, brings together national and local experts on heritage, culture, economic development, property development, design and tourism to debate and discuss the role heritage will play in a growing, changing society. The first in an annual series, this Conference brings the opportunity to help influence the shape of South Australia’s heritage policy for years to come.

Throughout the full-day Conference, guests will be treated to presentations from esteemed guest speakers ranging from local policy makers to authors and cultural curators, planners, architects, and designers and legal practitioners. Guests will also have the opportunity to indulge in a fine food experience, shared with delegates from across the spectrum of industries touched by heritage, across the nation.

Bookings can be made through Kali Hunter on 0409 696 446 or by emailing Kali. For more information, click here and/or download the SA Heritage Conference Brochure 2012.

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8. Input requested for the Madrid Document from ISC20C

The ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Twentieth Century Heritage (ISC20C) would like to invite input on the “Madrid Document – Approaches for the Conservation of Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage”, which was launched last June and presented at the General Assembly of ICOMOS in December 2011 as part of the ISC20C’s ambitious plan to promote the profile and conservation of twentieth century heritage.

Click on the links below to access the Madrid Document and an indication of the input sought.

• Madrid Document
• ICOMOS ISC20C_Input sought on Madrid Document

Australia ICOMOS intends to provide input on this document. Australia ICOMOS members who wish to contribute to this are requested to email their comments to Helen Wilson by COB Friday 13 April 2012.

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9. Australia ICOMOS 2013 Centenary of Canberra conference – call for volunteers

Australia ICOMOS 2013 Centenary of Canberra—Imagined pasts…, imagined futures…

Richard Flanagan recently wrote of James Boyce’s colonial history ‘Van Dieman’s Land’: ‘In re-imagining Australia’s past, it invents a new future’. The Centenary of Canberra 2013 provides an opportunity for Australia ICOMOS to reflect on how heritage participates in the ‘imagined communities’ and ‘imagined geographies’ of the nation in a globalizing world. ICOMOS 2013 will explore how narratives of the past and visions of the future are entwined in place and how heritage is created at different scales to imagine different forms of communities and belonging—from personal heritage and local places, to virtual communities, diaspora, national and world heritage.

Dates: Thursday 31 October-Sunday 3 November 2013
Venue: Museum of Australian Democracy @ OPH

Call for Volunteers

The Australia ICOMOS 2013 Conference Committee is calling for volunteers to work towards our exciting conference planned to coincide with the Centenary of Canberra next year. Tasks include: Sponsorship, Publicity, Program, Events, Tours, Social Media, Sustainability Initiatives, Budgets and Liaison.

If you are interested in working on the planning and organisation of the conference over the next year and a half, or in helping with tasks that arise closer to the event, please email Tracy Ireland.

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10. More courses offered by IPPHA

The Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage & the Arts (IPPHA) has some exciting courses on offer – click on the links to view course information:

1. Communities and place: understanding social and aesthetic values in heritage conservation, a one-day skills development workshop on Thursday 26 April 2012
2. Cultural Landscapes: current issues and approaches in international practice, a one-day professional update session on Friday 27 April 2012
3. The Physical Conservation of Buildings and Structures, Kosciouszko National Park, 10 – 15 April 2012
4. Key issues in Native Title Anthropology, Canberra, 16 – 20 April 2012

Register via the IPPHA website. For further information email Sandy Blair or phone (02) 6125 5887.

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11. Books in Exchange for Book Reviews

Please contact Sandy Blair, the HE Reviews Editor, if you are interested in reviewing any books – Sandy will allocate the books in a way that shares the role around widely. We are keen to include some reviews by graduate students and early career practitioners so please don’t be shy about putting yourself forward. It’s a good way to build your CV. Its not a very onerous task – reviews are usually about 700-800 words in length. And the best bit – you get to keep the book!

These reviews will be included in Historic Environment issues during 2012-13.

Books available:

• Ashgate series: New Directions in Tourism Analysis
  Book title: Tourists, Signs and the City: the Semiotics of Culture in an Urban Environment
  By Michelle M Metro-Roland, Western Michigan University, USA, 2011

• Routledge Handbooks Series: Routledge Handbook of Heritage in Asia, Edited by Patrick Daly and Tim Winter, USA and Canada, 2012

• Getty Conservation Institute: A Didactic Case Study of Jarash Archaeological Site, Jordan: Stakeholders and Heritage Values, (2 vols, includes teaching materials) USA, 2010

We also have the English Heritage Practical Conservation Series arriving over the next few months. The first two volumes, on stone and timber, will be reviewed by David Young and David Mason.

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12. RMIT Architecture public lecture – THIS EVENING, 6-8pm

HARRY SEIDLER – The Art of Collaboration
Vladimir Belogolovsky
6-8 pm Friday 23 March

8.11.68, RMIT Building 8, Level 11, Lecture Room 68

Free entry

This lecture traces the life and work of Sydney-based architect Harry Seidler (1923-2006), his key role in bringing International Modernism and Bauhaus principles to Australia, identifies his distinctive architectural style, and reveals long-lasting collaborations with leading creative figures of the 20th century, including with architects Marcel Breuer and Oscar Niemeyer; artists Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, Norman Carlberg, Charles Perry, and Frank Stella; engineer Pier Luigi Nervi and photographer Max Dupain. In almost sixty years, Seidler realized over 160 of his designs – from houses to mixed-use multi-story towers and prominent government commissions – all over Australia, as well as in Austria, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, and Hong Kong. Apart from the architect’s creative achievements, the lecture will focus on Seidler’s life, a fascinating journey from his motherland of Austria to England, Canada, the United States, Brazil, and finally, to Australia, where he settled in 1948, becoming one of this country’s most accomplished architects.

The following key projects will be discussed: Rose Seidler House (1950), the architect’s house (1967), Australia Square Tower (1967), and Grosvenor Place (1988) – all in Sydney; Edmund Barton Building (1974) in Canberra, Embassy of Australia (1977) in Paris, HSBC Competition project (1979) and Hong Kong Club (1984) – both in Hong Kong, Shell Headquarters (1989) in Melbourne, Lincoln Centre (1996) in Kuala Lumpur, and residential complex Wohnpark Neue Donau (1998) in Seidler’s native Vienna.

Presenter biography
Vladimir Belogolovsky, founder of the New York-based Intercontinental Curatorial Project, organizes, curates, and designs architectural exhibitions worldwide. Trained as an architect at Cooper Union, he is the American correspondent for the Russian architectural journal TATLIN and has authored several books, including Felix Novikov, Green House, and Soviet Modernism: 1955-1985. His exhibitions include: Chess Game at the Russian Pavilion at the 11th Architecture Venice Biennale (2008), a retrospective of architect Ángel Fernández Alba at the Royal Botanical Gardens (Madrid, 2009),G reenHouse (Moscow, 2009), and American Institute of Architects Today (Moscow, 2010). He is currently working on a book, Harry Seidler (Rizzoli, 2014) with foreword by Kenneth Frampton, introduction by Chris Abel, and tribute by Norman Foster. He is curating a Harry Seidler traveling exhibition to go to Tallinn, Riga, Paris, Houston, North Carolina, and Sydney from 2012 to 2014.

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13. Queensland Heritage Gala Dinner – All Welcome!

Please join us on 18 April as the National Trust of Queensland celebrates the launch of the Queensland Heritage Festival, the ICOMOS International Day for Monuments and Sites and Australian Heritage Week with a Gala Dinner at the Queensland Rugby Club.

Our special guest speaker, Professor Peter Coaldrake, Chair of the Queensland Heritage Council, and Master of Ceremonies, cricketing legend Ian Healy, will help us celebrate this significant day and the start of a month-long celebration of Queensland’s heritage.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the National Trust of Queensland website, email the NT (QLD) or  phone (07) 3223 6666. Discounts apply for National Trust members and non-members receive an introductory National Trust membership.

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14. UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards 2012 – entry deadline extended

Entries are still being accepted for the 2012 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

In addition to the conservation awards, the “Jury Commendation for Innovation” will also be considered for newly-built structures which demonstrate outstanding architectural design that is well-integrated into historic contexts.

The 2012 Awards cycle marks a milestone for the program, after successful implementation over the first twelve years. With support from the Macau Foundation, the Awards program is now being enhanced to have even greater impact in raising awareness about exemplary practices in conserving heritage sites around the region.

The deadline for receipt of materials is 30 April 2012.

For more information, please see the press release and brochure, or view the video.

To apply, please download the entry forms.

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15. 18 April: International Day for Monuments and Sites

Every year on 18 April, ICOMOS celebrates the “International Day for Monuments and Sites”, whose establishment was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983. The theme for 2012 is World Heritage in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention.

Aim of the International Day

The aim of the International Day for Monuments and Sites is to encourage local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives, identities and communities, and to promote awareness of its diversity and vulnerability and the efforts required to protect and conserve it.

2012 Theme: World Heritage

On 16 November 1972 the General Conference of UNESCO adopted the ‘Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage’. This was the culmination of a process initiated several years before and, at the same time, the starting point of a new phase in the field of identification, protection and conservation of heritage.

The World Heritage Convention is considered the most successful of all the UNESCO conventions: ICOMOS has played a prominent role in the implementation of the Convention; together with IUCN and ICCROM they constitute the three Advisory Bodies of the World Heritage Committee.

For the fortieth anniversary of the Convention, States Parties and Advisory Bodies were invited to reflect on its future, to recognise its successes and growing complexity, identify global strategic issues, key challenges, trends and opportunities and develop possible approaches, including synergies with other international instruments.

The importance of the active participation of local communities in the World Heritage process is evident in the theme chosen by the World Heritage Committee for the 40th anniversary celebration of the Convention: ‘World Heritage and sustainable development: the role of local communities’.

Read more about the theme in the 18 April 2012_Background article.

Events and activities

18 April is celebrated all over the world by a wide range of organisations and many ICOMOS National and International Scientific Committees.

Events include scientific conferences and symposia, exhibitions, photography competitions, excursions, press conferences, the awarding of prizes, releasing press releases, publishing magazine articles, projecting films etc.

More information is available at the following links

ICOMOS

• 18 April web site
• ICOMOS and the World Heritage Convention – general page
• ICOMOS Thematic Studies
• ICOMOS Bibliographies

UNESCO

• World Heritage – general site
• 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention site
• Brochure (English)

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16. Cultural Heritage seminar in Melbourne next week – REMINDER

A reminder that Professor Richard Mackay will be speaking on “Our heritage report card: The State of the Australian Environment 2006 – 2011” as part of Deakin University’s cultural heritage seminar series this coming Wednesday.

Location

DeakinPrime
Deakin University Melbourne City Centre
Meeting Room 2
Level 3, 550 Bourke St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia

Date & Time

28 March 2012, from 5.30pm

For further information, please email Steve Cooke or contact him on (03) 9244 6827. RSVPs are also appreciated – please email Steve Cooke.

The full list of this year’s seminars is available at the CHCAP webpage or download the CHCAP 2012 seminar series flyer.

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17. Dates and tentative program for the 2012 ICOMOS Advisory Committee and Scientific Council meetings

The President of the Advisory Committee, the Scientific Council Coordinators, and the host Committee ICOMOS China have set the dates and tentative programme for the 2012 Advisory Committee and Scientific Council meetings.

The call for papers for the Scientific Symposium “Tangible Risks, Intangible Opportunities: Long-Term Risk Preparedness and Responses for Threats to Cultural Heritage – Natural and Human-Caused Disasters” that will be held on this occasion will be circulated in due course.

Dates

27 October to 1 November 2012

Venue

Beijing Landmark Towers, Beijing, China

Tentative Program

• 26 October: Arrival of participants
• 27 October: Executive Committee meeting,  International Scientific Committee meetings
• 28 October: Executive Committee meeting (morning only), Advisory Committee meeting starting at 11:30 am
• 29 October: Scientific Council meeting,  Regional Group meetings (afternoon, in parallel)
• 30 October: Advisory Committee meeting
• 31 October: Scientific Symposium
• 1 November: Executive Committee meeting, Tour

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18. Port Arthur’s Ticket of Leave E-Newsletter available online

To read the latest news from Port Arthur, click here.

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19. New email address for ICOMOS Spain

From 1 April 2012, the new email address for ICOMOS Spain will be buzonicomosesp@esicomos.org.

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20. Latest Global Heritage Review (GHR) bulletin available online

To view the latest issue of the GHR bulletin, click here.

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21. Architecture in the Age of Austerity conference, London, 30 April 2012

The program for the upcoming International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) conference has been announced. Full details are now available at the INTBAU website, where you can also register online to reserve your place.

The conference will be jointly held with the Traditional Architecture Group and the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. The morning session will be a high-level overview from prominent figures in economics, politics, and social change. In the afternoon, practitioners will present case studies for more technical architectural discussion. To follow INTBAU’s international profile, speakers will be from around the world.

Speakers will include:

• The Rt Hon Lord Lamont of Lerwick, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer and a Cabinet Minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major
• Professor Scott Lash, Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths University
• Professor Robert Adam, INTBAU Chairman
• Farrokh Derakhshani, Aga Khan Award for Architecture
• Semion Mikhaylovsky, St Petersburg Academy of Arts (to be confirmed)
• Deependra Prashad, INTBAU India
• Steve Mouzon, Mouzon Design & author of The Original Green

Questions can be directed to Harriet Wennberg by email or telephone (+44 (0)20 7613 8578).

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22. Fourth Arte-Polis International Conference and Workshop – early bird registration open

Fourth Arte-Polis International Conference and Workshop
CREATIVE CONNECTIVITY AND THE MAKING OF PLACE
Living Smart by Design
Bandung, Indonesia
5-7 July 2012

The 4th Arte-Polis International Conference and Workshop is in full gear to convene between 5-7 July 2012 on the campus of Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Bandung, Indonesia. The Keynote and Featured Speakers lined up include Elizabeth PLATER-ZYBERK, F.A. I.A; Anies BASWEDAN, Ph.D. and Em.Prof. Mohammad DANISWORO, Ph.D. Andres DUANY, F.A.I.A: Prof. Ulrich WEINBERG and Dr. Sapta NIRWANDAR are awaiting final confirmation.

Over 260 Abstracts from 19 countries in all 5 continents have been received and are now going through a rigorous Blind-Review process by the Arte-Polis 4 panel of International Reviewers, to produce the best selected Papers for presentation by global creative champions at the Arte-Polis 4 Conference.

We encourage you to join this excellent creative networking event on 5-7 July 2012 in Bandung, by taking advantage of the Arte-Polis 4 Early Bird Registration until 30 APRIL 2012.

A completed Arte-Polis 4 – Registration Form should be e-mailed together with a copy/scan of Proof of Payment to artepolis@ar.itb.ac.id and CC-ed to artepolis_itb@yahoo.com. If you are currently a Student, copy/scan of valid Student Card should also be attached.

Secure your place in Arte-Polis 4 now by registering early since Walk-In registration on days of Conference are subject to availibility of seats. The conference Fee includes Conference kit, Abstracts/Program book, CD of conference Proceedings, lunches, coffee-breaks and Certificate of Participation.

Bank details of the Arte-Polis 4 Organizing Committee, for transfer of payment are:

BANK MANDIRI, KCP Bandung Siliwangi Bandung, Indonesia. Swift Code: BMRIIIDJA

US Dollars: Dr.Ing. Ir. HERU WIBOWO, MURP, IAI – Acct. No.130-00-0564603-2

Indonesian Rupiah: Dr.Ing. Ir. HERU WIBOWO, MURP, IAI – Acct. No.130-00-0474754-2

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23. “Natural cements in European cultural heritage” conference, 26-27 April 2012

The next ICOMOS technical days, entitled “Natural cements in European cultural heritage: history, properties, applications and conservation”, will be held on 26-27 April 2012, in Paris, at the INHA auditorium – Galerie Colbert.

Created in 1796 in England, natural cements were industrially produced all around Europe during the whole 19th century. From light yellow to ochre and red, from fast setting to almost slow, these natural cements were used equally by engineers for their hydraulic properties, and by architects for their aesthetic qualities. Massively employed for façade decoration, rendering but also as cast-stone elements for masonries, they constitute a cultural heritage common to the whole of Europe, which is both abundant and relatively unknown, needing now to be clearly identified and restored.

During the conference the results of research projects carried out on the one hand on the French cements in the Laboratory of Research on Historical Monuments (with the Cercle des Partenaires du Patrimoine), and on the other hand at a European level, within the ROCARE project (Roman Cement for Architectural Restoration to New High Standards), will be presented.

Addressed to an international audience, this conference will present the history, properties and main uses of the natural cements, but also the restoration and the repair solutions associated to this material.

Download the Natural Cements conference brochure for further details; register using the Natural Cements conference – registration form.

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24. SITUATIONS VACANT Conservators to Work In Antarctica

Positions Vacant – Conservators to Work In Antarctica
Employer: Antarctic Heritage Trust

Applications for 6 positions listed below are now open. Closing date: 30 March 2012.

For further information and application forms visit the Antarctic Heritage Trust website.

Vacancy: 1 x Lead Summer Conservator 2012/13 (6 month fixed term agreement with the possibility of combining a winter contract to make a twelve month contract in total)

Vacancy: 1 x Summer Timber Conservation Carpenter 2012/13 (6 month fixed term agreement with the possibility of combining a winter contract to make a twelve month contract in total)

Vacancy: 1 x Lead Winter Conservator 2013 (6 month fixed term agreement) Fixed Term Agreement Dates: February 2013 to August 2013 in Antarctica

Vacancy: Winter Conservators 2013 (6 month fixed term agreement) Fixed Term Agreement Dates: February 2013 to August 2013 in Antarctica Positions Available: 2 Conservators, 1 Conservation Carpenter

Email Karen Clarke for further with any queries.

Phone: +64 3 358 0212
Fax: +64 3 358 0244

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25. SITUATIONS VACANT Heritage Consultant & Student Heritage Consultant (2 positions)

Heritage Consultant & Student Heritage Consultant (2 positions)

City Plan Services is an integrated development consultancy servicing the private and public sectors in the fields of town planning, urban design, heritage conservation and building certification, with offices in Sydney, Gosford and Newcastle.

We are seeking an experienced Heritage Consultant & a Student Heritage Consultant (2 different positions) for our Sydney office. Our heritage division, City Plan Heritage is a practice skilled in the disciplines of heritage conservation and management with a team who bring together a unique combination of experience, qualifications and abilities and provides significant opportunities to enhance your experience and career.

We offer a full range of services, including:

• Heritage Impact Statements
• Conservation Management Plans
• Heritage Studies
• Heritage Interpretation
• Conservation Architect Services
• Archival Recording
• DA Assessments & Peer Reviews
• Archaeological Assessments

We currently have two positions available and seek an Experienced Heritage Consultant plus a Student Heritage Consultant to join our Heritage team, and to complement our other development services.

Position 1: Experienced Heritage Consultant (permanent part-time or full-time)

The ideal individual for Heritage Consultant position will have 3-5 years experience in heritage assessments, appraisals and conservation management plans. A broad understanding of the operation of Local, State and National statutory heritage and planning frameworks is also highly desirable. A qualification in architecture or archaeology is an advantage.

Position 2: Student Heritage Consultant (casual part-time)

As a guide, we are seeking a student with 1 – 3 years experience with a recognised tertiary qualification in history, archaeology or museum studies. Experience in historical research is a must for this position.

Well-developed oral, written communication and interpersonal skills are essential for both positions, as well as an ability to work effectively in a team environment. An intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Photoshop is preferred.

Both positions offer an exciting career path for the successful applicant and competitive salaries will be negotiated commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Please forward your cover letter & CV to Kerime Danis (Manager) via email by COB Friday 23 March 2012.

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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
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Burwood VIC 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia

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