e-News n°113

27 November 2024

Information on recent and future General Assemblies - Outcomes 2014, Call for Papers 2015, Dates and Venues 2015, 2016 & 2017

General Assembly 2014 Symposium - The Florence Declaration

At the 18th General Assembly (Florence, Italy, November 2014), the Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Landscapes as Human Values " wanted to promote a broad discussion able to provide insights for improving the intercultural dialogue and placing the human being at the centre of the cultural debate, where heritage and landscape values represent a shared synthesis. Following presentations by 170 speakers and debates, the General Assembly adopted the "The Florence Declaration on Heritage and Landscapes as Human Values regarding the values of Cultural Heritage in building a peaceful and democratic society". This Declaration encourages an in depth reflection on the ethics and processes of heritage management, and a shared concern regarding the challenges that current and future generations will have to deal with. All ICOMOS Committees and members are encouraged to make this declaration widely known.

Download the Florence Declaration in English, French and Italian 

The papers that were presented in Florence will soon be published by ICOMOS Italy in both hard and electronic format on the ICOMOS web site (ebooks with ISBN). All remaining accepted posters and contributions of registered participants will be made available electronically on the ICOMOS website (ebooks with ISBN). 

For more information on the General Assembly outcomes click here

Call for Papers - Risks to Identity : Loss of Traditions and Collective Memory

On the occasion of the 2015 annual General Assembly and Advisory Committee taking place in Fukuoka (Japan), the Advisory Committee is organizing a Scientific Symposium on 29 October 2015. Part 3 of the Symposium cycle “Tangible Risks, Intangible Opportunities: Long-Term Risk Preparedness and Responses for Threats to Cultural Heritage” the theme is “Risks to Identity: Loss of Traditions and Collective Memory”.

Download the call for papers in English and French

Proposed abstracts should be sent to admin@ahms.com.au by 15 April 2015.

Future General Assemblies - 2015, 2016 & 2017 

The new ICOMOS Statutes foresee an annual General Assembly that takes place on the same occasion as the annual Advisory Committee meeting. The agenda of the annual General Assembly focuses on: receiving the reports of the ICOMOS President and Treasurer on the management by the Board and the health and financial situation of the association; and approving the annual report and accounts and discharging the Board, as well as voting next year’s budget. All other matters such as adoption of doctrinal texts, elections of the Board and officers, conferring of Honorary membership, voting the ICOMOS General Programme and budgetary guidelines for the next triennium, as well as proposing resolutions for adoption by ICOMOS continue to be dealt with by the triennial General Assembly. All members shall have the right to attend the General Assembly and may be designated to be a voting member at the General Assembly within the conditions set out in Articles 9-a and 13-d-4 of the Statutes. 

The calendar for the 3 coming years is as follows :

• 2015 : Annual General Assembly and Advisory Committee
  26 - 29 October 2015 in Fukuoka on the invitation of ICOMOS Japan. The Annual General Assembly will take place on the afternoon of 27 October only. The special website with all practical information for the event will be launched beginning of April - please consult the ICOMOS website.

• 2016: Annual General Assembly and Advisory Committee
  15 - 21 October 2016 (tentative dates) in Istanbul on the invitation of ICOMOS Turkey.

• 2017: 19th Triennial General Assembly and annual Advisory Committee
  19 - 25 November 2017 (tentative dates) in Delhi on the invitation of ICOMOS India. International Scientific Symposium - "Heritage & Democracy" (working title).

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