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Institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO(Category 2)
Reference documents pertaining to the integrated comprehensive strategy for category 2institutes and centres:•37 C/Resolution 93 (adopted on 19 November 2013)•37 C/18 Part I and its attachments•

37 C/4 (Medium-Term Strategy) and 37 C/5 (Programme and Budget)

Full name of institute/centre and its Regional Heritage Management
acronym, if any
Centre “Lucio Costa”
Name of the host Member State and city

Training

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Name of other participating/sponsoring N/AMember State(s)Date of approval for the creation by the UNESCO General Conference 35 C/Resolution
General Conference and relevant 54
resolution
October 2009
Date of entry into force of the signed 1/08/2010
agreement with UNESCO
Date(s) of the renewal of the agreement 13/06/2018
andrelevant
Executive
Board UNESCO Executive Board 202 EX/Decision
decision(s)18.1.CIs the present agreement in compliance yeswith the integrated comprehensive
strategy (37 C/18 Part I)?
Duration of the agreement

6 years

Thematic specialization

Heritage and World Heritage management: themain focus of the Centre is to contribute tocapacity building in Heritage managing in theRegion, considering World Heritage as aplatform for cooperation, for exchange ofexperiences and the dissemination of bestpractices

Contribution to which UNESCO strategic Major Program IV Culture
objectives (37 C/4) and expected results (41 C/5), Outcome 5 Enhance the protection
at the main lines of action (MLA) level and promotion of the diversity of heritage and(37 C/5)

cultural expressions. Output 5 Member State’s
capacities strengthened to identify, protect andmanage tangible heritage, as relative to theeffective application of the 1972Contribution to the two global priorities The Lucio Costa Centre region encompassesof UNESCO – Africa and Gender Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries inEquality
Africa, with Cape Verde and Mozambiquecurrently composing it Governing Body, andCape Verde also at the Executive Committee.
Contribution to the implementation of
sector-specific strategy of interaction World Heritage Global Strategy
Conservation
with category 2 institutes/centres
Researchandcollaboration
implementation of the World
Convention

intheHeritage

Implementation strategy (200 words), Regarding objectives: act as a centre ofshould come from the agreementreference for education, research, training,networking platform and capacity-building
through projects, programmes and courses;
promote and facilitate a regional network ofeducationalandresearch
institutions,organizations and researchers in order todevise well-informed solutions for the problems
facing World Heritage management andconservation; share technical expertise with
Unesco, particularly with the World Heritage
Centre, and to cooperate with other institutions
related to the World Heritage conservation andmanagement; contribute to the achievement ofThe United Nations sustainable Development
Goals(SDG); encourage entrepreneurship in an
academic setting related to the World Heritage.
Regarding
functions:
identify,analyse,systematize and disseminate best practices andexperiences on the management andconservation of World Heritage; promote better
understandingoftheWorld
Heritage
Convention in the Region, as well as a wide
variety of issues relating to the World Heritage
management and conservation; facilitate
technical cooperation and the provision oftechnical services on questions of World
Heritage in the Region; promote research, heexchange of information, thematic networks andspecialized meetings, for the communicationand dissemination of the criteria and operationalinstruments of the World Heritage Convention inthe Region.
Geographic coverage

The Region covered by the Center
comprehends South Latin America, andPortuguese Speaking Countries in Africa andAsia.
Best practices in promoting South- Training and capacity-building for Risk
South, North-South and triangular Preparedness, World Heritage and Intangible
cooperation
Cultural Heritage management; public calls forresearch and articles on the subject of World
Heritage; translation of UNESCO Resource
Manuals
Governing Board

Governing board renewed every two years,
composed of:a) the President of IPHAN or his/her appointed
representative as representative of theGovernment;b) representatives of all Participant States:
Argentina, Cape Vert, Chile, Colômbia,Ecuador, Mozambique, Paraguay, Peru,Uruguay;c) a representative of the UNESCO DirectorGeneral;
Other participants: (without vote)d) the President of Instituto Chico Mendes deConservação da Biodiversidade, ICMBio, or
his/her appointed representative;e) one representative from the Ministry of
Culture of the Federative Republic of Brazil;f) one representative from the Ministry ofForeign Affairs of the Federative Republic ofBrazil;g) one representative from the Brazilian
Cooperation Agency; andh) the Director of the Centre in an observatory
capacity

Financial contributions of UNESCO if theagreement of institute/centre enteredinto force before 2013 when the General
Conference approved the current
integrated comprehensive strategy in its
37 C/Resolution 93

Resources
provided underRegularprogramme for:(i)
feasibility
study
(ii)
activities,
implemented
through
contractual
arrangements(iii)
participation ingoverning
board meetings(iv)
renewalreview
assessment(v) others (pls.
specify)
Extra-UNESCO
may
provideassistance, as needed, in theform of technical assistancefor the work plan of the Centrebudgetary
Total
Centre’sbudgetsourcesfinancing

Regular Budget:and US$ 315,000.00
ofFunding sources:
Governenment

Has the institute/centre been providing
biennial
self-assessment
progress
report(s) to UNESCO?
If so, indicate the date of the last
submission and provide the web link

BrazilianMarch 2014:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/category2centres/February 2013:
http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/activities/documents/activity-676-3.pdf

Has the institute/centre been evaluated Yes, the last evaluation was made by Juan Luis
and/or audited?
Isaza Londoño in 04/08/2016. In 2023,
UNESCO will undertake an evaluation toIf so, when and by whom?
determine renewal of the Agreement, with two
independent experts.
Is the institute/centre considered as non- No
operational due to the absence of anagreement signed between UNESCO
and a host country?
Responsible
UNESCO
Programme CLT/World Heritage Center/ Latin America andSector and its implementing unit(s)the Caribbean Unit

Name and title of responsible officer(s)Mauro Rosi, Chief , Latin America and theCaribbean Unit, World Heritage Centre

Name and title of sectoral focal point(s) Sara Garcia defor category 2 institutes and centres
Executive Office

Ugarte,UNESCO field office in contact with UNESCO Brasilia
institute/centre

Name and title of field office focal Isabel de Freitas Paulapoint(s)Coordinator, Culture Unit

Name and title of UNESCO staff
seconded to institute/centre, if any

CultureSector,Relevant web-links for :(i) UNESCO sector-specific web-page(ii) Institute/centre dedicated web-page(iii) Agreement with UNESCO(iv) otherhttp://whc.unesco.org/en/category2centres/
http://whc.unesco.org/en/280/?id=640&
http://portal.iphan.gov.br/clc