Session: #797

Theme & Session Format

Theme:
Theories and methods in archaeological sciences
Session format:
Discussion session: EAA President's Forum

Title & Content

Title:
International Cooperation in Archaeology and Heritage and the World Bank’s Engagement in Cultural Heritage Management
Content:
The World Bank has long recognized that its projects, especially those with a physical footprint, can have inadvertent but adverse impacts on cultural heritage. Since July 2006 there has been a safeguard policy on physical cultural resources to address such risks. With the advent of the Bank’s new Environmental and Social Framework those provisions have been strengthened into a stand-alone Standard on Cultural Heritage. Beyond this ‘do no harm’ approach to protection, the Bank has increasingly supported projects which pro-actively promote the responsible and productive use of cultural heritage. This session will explore the risks and opportunities for the Bank’s increased engagement in this area.
Keywords:
heritage, international cooperation, World Bank
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no

Organisers

Main organiser:
Katerina Kleinova () 1
Co-organisers:
Felipe Criado Boado (Spain) 1
Affiliations:
1. EAA