The 2nd Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage in Southeast Asia

Understanding People, Nature, Culture: Heritage Management for
Building Resilience of Living Traditional Settlements
Date: 4th February – 3rd June 2021
Time: 8:00-10:00 (CET/Winter), 9:00-11:00 (CET/Summer),
14:00-16:00 (BKK/JKT), 15:00 -17:00 (Brunei/Manila), 16:00-18:00 (Kyoto)
Course Coordinators
Hatthaya Siriphatthanakun, SEAMEO SPAFA
Rohit Jigyasu, ICCROM
Note: 1st to 7th Online session will focus on understanding the heritage management process
in general, while Sessions 8th to 15th will position disaster risk management and its
relationship to climate action within larger heritage management covered earlier.

Tentative Programme
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Title & Learning Objectives
Inauguration and Introduction
SessionLinking Nature & Culture andEvolving Conservation Practice:
To understand multiple linkages
between nature and culture andappreciate ‘heritage place based
approach’ for heritage conservationand management. The place goesbeyond the definition of a heritage
site, and includes its setting (theFacilitator

Resource
Persons

DateRohit
Jigyasu,
Hatthaya,

Centre4th February
Director2021
SEAMEOSPAFA, DG
of ICCROM,
Representativeof Museum
Department,
Brunei
Darussalam,
Director of RDMUCH

Steve Brown

Nobuko Inaba

11thFebruary
2021

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wider landscape and seascape), andany wider international connections
it has.
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6.

Assessing Values & Attributes
To map heritage values and identify
attributes that contain those values
from various perspectives includingthat of the local community. To
identify the relationship between
values and ‘continuity andevolution’ of living heritage
settlements.
Management Systems
To understand the interactions
among structures, processes andtraditions that enable forms ofcontinuity and change within andaround a heritage place that arecompatible with conservation
agendas and also the broader needsof society.
Social, economic andenvironmental context +GovernanceTo understand local context inwhich heritage management practice
should be embedded. To enhance
governance by effectively enforcing
legal and customary frameworks andrespect for substantive rights; and on
all those involved having thecapacities necessary to assume theirroles and responsibilities.
International and national policies
related to disaster risk
management
To learn about various international
policies by UNESCO, UNDRR andother organizations that are relevant
for disaster risk management ofcultural heritage. To learn about
good policies on DRM for cultural
heritage developed and implemented
at national level such as Japan. To

Hatthaya

PinrajKanchanathiti,
Gamini
Wijesuriya,
Moe Chiba

18thFebruary
2021

Luisa deMarco

Richard A
Engelhard

25thFebruary
2021

Leticia
LeitaoMontiraHorayangura
Unakul

4th March
2021

Giovanni
Boccardi

SophieAbraham

11th March2021

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for implementing these policies.

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Identifying cause-effectRohitrelationships for factors affecting
Jigyasu
heritage places and analyzing
disaster risks
To identify all the natural andhuman induced, slow and fast
factors that have negative as well as
positive impact on heritage place. To
analyse cause-effect relationshipbetween them and resulting impact
on attributes and values.
The terminology related to disasterrisk management, such as risks,hazards, vulnerability, capacity,
exposure, and their interrelationship, will be introduced here
Climate Change and its impact on
heritage + analyzing disaster risks
To understand the phenomenon of“climate change” and its relationshipwith disasters and analyze theimpact on heritage places. To
recognize the role of traditional
knowledge systems for adapting toclimate change. The terminologies
will be revisited here.
Methodology for Disaster Risk
Assessment
To collect information/data for
identifying probabilities and severityof impact on heritage places.
Building risk scenarios based on
analysis of hazards andvulnerabilities/capacities and causeeffect relationships and their impacts
on attributes.
Resilience: An approach for
managing heritage places
To understand the wider concept ofrisk and resilience in the context ofmanagement of heritage places,
especially living settlements. To

Eugene Jo

18th March
2021

Rohit
Jigyasu

Jothi Ganesh

25th March
2021

HatthayaRohit Jigyasu

1st April
2021

Rohit
Jigyasu

Leticia Leitao,
Fabrizio
Aimar

8th April
2021

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discuss practical application of theseconcepts for managing change inheritage places.

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14.

Management Planning/Cycle
To learn about a series of processes, Luisa deactivities and actions related to Marcoplanning,
implementation
andmonitoring and evaluation activities
and actions which together deliver a
set of results, some of which benefit
the heritage place and society as awhole. These produce numerous
outputs on a long- and short-termbasis. Their combined impact ensuresoutcomes, the macro objectives
inspired by the long-term strategic
purpose of the management system,
can be achieved.
Disaster Risk Management Cycle,Mitigation & Adaptation
To understand the disaster risk
management cycle outlining all thestages of assessment, mitigation,
preparedness, response and recovery
before, during and after disasters. To
learn about the basic principles andtypes of mitigation and adaptationand illustration through a practicalcase study from Japan
Emergency response & postdisaster recovery
To learn about the procedures forresponding during emergencies forsaving people and heritage. To beaware of basic considerations forundertaking recovery following
disasters.
Traditional knowledge + engaging
communities for disaster risk
management
To recognize the role of traditional
knowledge in disaster risk
management. To learn fromJapanese experience in engaging

Richard A
Engelhard

22nd April
2021

Hatthaya

TakeyukiOkubo

29th April
2021

Rohit
Jigyasu

Hatthaya

6th May2021

HatthayaGamini
Wijesuriya,
Dowon Kim

13th May
2021

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communities in disaster riskmanagement.

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Implementing & reviewing
disaster risk management projects
To develop pilot projects for disasterrisk management and prepare action
plan for their implementation andreview

Rohit
Jigyasu

Final Presentation
To discuss and wrap-up the action
Rohit
plans proposed and prepared by each Jigyasu,
participant for comments
HatthayaAll facilitators

20th May
2021

All facilitatorsand resource
persons

3rd June
2021

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