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International organization
HERIMED works with many organisations, local, national and international, in the course of its activities. Here below, a list of the main International organisations involved in Heritage documentation, conservation, and management.
ICOMOS [Europe]
International Council on Monuments and Sites. A forum for conservation professionals. Information on conferences, conservation principles, techniques and policies with respect to the World's cultural heritage.
http://www.icomos.org
ICCROM
ICCROM is an intergovernmental organization (IGO) dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage. It exists to serve the international community as represented by its Member States, which currently number more than 110.
http://www.iccrom.org
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
http://www.unesco.org
World Monuments Fund
World Monuments Fund is a New York-based non-profit dedicated to preserving and protecting endangered works of historic art and architecture around the world. The World Monuments Watch, a program of World Monuments Fund, issues the List of 100 Most Endangered Sites every other year.
http://wmf.org
European Institutions
Gateway to the European Union
EUROPA. WWW-server offering information on the European Union's goals and policies.
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
The European Culture Portal
Since its inclusion in the Treaty on the European Union, cultural cooperation has become a new community competency. The Culture site is aimed mainly at European cultural operators who want to set up cooperation projects with other European partners. Information on the numerous other EU policies for the promotion of culture is available on the European Culture Portal
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/portal/index_en.htm
European Commission
http://europa.eu/index_it.htm
European Parliament
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/default_en.htm
The Council of the European Union
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?lang=EN
EU Financial bodies
European Investment Bank
http://www.eib.europa.eu
EU Executive agencies
The new Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), located in Brussels, is operational since 1st January 2006. Its mission is to implement a number of strands of more than 15 Community funded programmes and actions in the fields of education and training, active citizenship, youth, audiovisual and culture.
http://europa.eu/agencies/executive_agencies/eacea/index_en.htm
Other Institutions
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe's co-operation programme entails devising common policies and standards, developing transnational co-operation networks, providing technical support for member states and organising schemes to increase awareness of heritage values.
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Heritage
International non-profit non-governmental organization (NGOs)
HERIMED actively foster links with local partners, mainly international non-profit non-governmental organization (NGOs) which operate in the cultural heritage sector. We welcome approaches by any organization keen to work with us. Our welcome therefore also extends to organizations who may wish to contribute to our aims. If your group or organisation has an idea or initiative you would like to share with us, please contact us at info@herimed.org
Heritage Conservation Network
Heritage Conservation Network is a non-profit organization promoting the conservation of historic architecture and sites. Hands-on preservation workshops are held at sites around the world selected to offer a variety of locations and building types. Workshop participants have the opportunity to work with and learn from experts in the field of heritage conservation, as well as join an international network of people working to conserve historic structures and sites.
http://www.heritageconservation.net
Organisation of World Heritage Cities
An international non-profit non-governmental organization, the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) was created to assist member cities adapt and improve their management methods in relation to the specific requirements of having a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
http://www.ovpm.org
Further pages of links:
Information resources
http://www.culturalheritage.net
Academic Institutions, Universities, Foundations, Think Tanks.
HERIMED actively foster links with national academic Institutions, Universities, Foundations and Think Tanks which operate in the cultural heritage field.
The Observatory for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage in Area of Crisis OPBC The "Observatory for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage in Area of Crisis" (OPB) was created in 1995 from professor Fabio Maniscalco. He is one of the greater experts in the world on safeguard of the cultural heritage in the areas of war risk. The OPBC is locally based at the University "L’Orientale" of Naples (Faculty of Arabic-Islamic Studies and the Mediterranean). In 2005 the Observatory set up new offices locally based in Palestine (near to the Institute of Archaeology of the Al-Quds University of Jerusalem) and in Albania (near to the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Albania). Prof. Maniscalco attended at the international seminar about risks prevention held on December 2006 in Palermo. The seminar was organized by UNIMED in cooperation with Herimed. For more details see you can download the POLIRISK agenda here below.
ASSOCIAZIONE CIVITA
Civita Association was set up in 1987. Civita Association is strongly engaged in the "promotion of the culture" through researches, seminars, meeting and projects.
www.associazionecivita.it
FEDERCULTURE
It is the main reference for the national and public foundations, associations, institutions, consortia, cooperatives, and companies that operate in the field of culture.
http://www.federculture.it
EUROMESCO
The members of the network are drawn from the thirty-five member-countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP), the European Union's comprehensive policy for its relations with the Southern Mediterranean region. http://www.euromesco.net
THE MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE (IMED)
The Mediterranean Institute (IMED), established in 1987, is a non-profit institution. IMED has a general vocation and acts in the Euro-Mediterranean area in three strategic fields: a) economic and social development, b) citizenship, c) culture.
www.imednet.it/home.htm
The Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures
The Foundation is the first common institution jointly established and financed by all 35 members of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. This far reaching partnership between the European Union and their partners in the southern Mediterranean region was launched at the Barcelona Conference in 1995. The declaration adopted at Barcelona strongly promotes regional cooperation in the economic, social and cultural fields.
http://www.euromedalex.org
HERIMED is a member of the ALF National Network.
The registration was approved by the ALF Commitee on December 11th, 2007 (n. prot. 1579/2007). Please, click here to get the full members list of the ALF National Network.
Regional Management and Support Unit
A Regional Management and Support Unit has been set up for Euromed Heritage, to assist partners and beneficiary countries in achieving project objectives. Role of the RMSU is to ensure coherent implementation, full exploitation of opportunities, regional co-operation, project ownership and sustainability, exchange of information and results. The RMSU works together with the EuropeAid Co-operation Office and benefits from the scientific and logistic support of the Italian Institute for Catalogue and Documentation , and from the technical know-how of the International Centre Cities on Water.
http://www.euromedheritage.net/en/rmsu/about/rmsu.htm
MBAC - Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
http://www.beniculturali.it
ICCD - Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione
The Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation is the body within the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC) which defines the standards and tools for the Cataloguing and Documentation of national archaeological, architectural, art history and ethno-anthropological heritage in agreement with the Regions. It also manages the General Information System for Cataloguing and carries out high level training and research in the Cataloguing sector. The Institute conserves and valuates collections of photography and aerial photography held in their own archives, which are open for public consultation.
http://www.iccd.beniculturali.it/istituto/
Città d’Acqua / Cities on Water
Cities on Water is partner of a consortium constituted with the ICCD – the Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation of the Ministry for Cultural Activities in charge by the European Commission for the management and monitoring of projects included in the Euromed Heritage II program (2003-2005).
http://www.citiesonwater.com/sito/inglese/europeanproject.html
Journals
The Art Newspaper The Art Newspaper is an investigative newspaper. It reports on old art, new art, decorative art, the commercial and the non-commercial world.
http://www.theartnewspaper.com
ANSAmed
BRUSSELS, APRIL 6 - In the next 50 years the Mediterranean area will house nearly two billion refugees fleeing deserted and boiling hot regions because of climate changes.
http://www.ansamed.info/en/
Web Journal on Cultural Patrimony (WJCP)
Published under the auspices of the "Facoltà di Studi Arabo-Islamici e del Mediterraneo" (University "L’Orientale" of Naples), Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, and "OPBC in Areas of Crisis" the "Web Journal on Cultural Patrimony" (WJCP) is a multi-disciplinary academic journal, focusing on the protection, conservation, valorization and study of international material as well as immaterial, cultural Heritage. Founded and edited by Fabio Maniscalco, the journal was created in cooperation with numerous and prestigious universities and scientific institutions.
http://www.webjournal.unior.it/introduzione.php
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