Stavroula-Villy Fotopoulou (HMoCaS) - Session 3 - 1st InHeriT International Conference Athens 2016
Channel: InHeriT_ ERASMUS+ KA2 Adult Education
Date: 03/10/2016

Session 3 Cultural Heritage in the Context of Economic Development Policy and Planning

Stavroula-Villy Fotopoulou, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece
Intangible Cultural Heritage, Local Knowledge and Sustainable Management of Cultural Assets and Environmental Recourses

The Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has been adopted by UNESCO in 2003 and since then it has helped to bring about a significant increase in international debate about not only the nature and value of intangible heritage, but also the meaning and character of heritage more generally. While it’s a relatively new Convention, ratification on behalf of States has gathered unprecedented momentum (in the first 3 years it had been ratified by more than 160 UNESCO member-States). More importantly, the implementation of the ICH Convention has contributed significantly not only to the development of management and conservation/preservation practices, but also to the re-examination of the dominant ideas about the role and meaning of heritage in contemporary societies.
In this presentation I will examine four ICH elements, all inscribed in the National Inventory of ICH of Greece (kept by the Directorate of Modern Cultural Assets and Intangible Cultural Heritage), that may help to broaden our understanding about the value of ICH in general as a crucial factor for sustainable development and more specifically its great but not fully recognized potential in successfully carrying-out restoration projects of built heritage in the most financially efficient manner.

CULTURAL HERITAGE AS ECONOMIC VALUE
Economic Benefits, Social Opportunities and Challenges of Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development 
11-13 May 2016, Kastri, Athens