Mosaics in the Mediterranean: needs assessment meeting
Rome, 13 – 15 May 2008

Participants

Algeria

• Mourad BETROUNI, Directeur du Patrimoine, Ministère de la communication et de la culture
• Sabah FERDI, Inspectrice du Patrimoine Archéologique, des Sites et Monuments d’Algérie, Site et musée de Tipasa

Cyprus

• Eleftherios CHARALAMBOUS, Assistant Conservator (Responsible for Mosaics), Department of Antiquities
• Marina SOLOMIDOU- IERONYMIDOU, Curator of Antiquities, Department of Antiquities

Egypt

• Amira ABOU BAKER EL KHOUSHT, General Director of Restoration in Alexandria and Marsa Matrouh  at the Supreme Council of Antiquities
• Ibrahim Attia DARWISH, General Director of Alexandria Museums

Israel

• Ra’anan KISLEV, Director of the Conservation Department, Conservation Department, Israel Antiquities Authority
• Jacques NEGUER, Specialist in the Field of Mosaics Conservation, Head of Art Conservation, Israel Antiquities Authority

Jordan

• Suzy BOURAN, Acting Director of the Madaba Institute for Mosaic Art, Tourism Education Administration Consultant/ USAID/Siyaha Project
• Catreena HAMARNEH, Director of Archaeological Documentation Unit, Department of Antiquities, Jordan

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

• Giuma ANAG, Director General, Department of Antiquities and Museums
• Mohamed FARAJ AL-SHAKSHOUKI, Deputy Director, Department of Antiquities and Museums

Morocco

• Rachid BOUZIDI, Archaeologist-researcher (Classical Archaeology), Member of ICOM, ICMAH-board, Moroccan ICOM-board, Curator-Director of the archaeological site of Volubilis
• Mohammed BENHADDOU, Conservateur du site archéologique de Cotta

Palestine

• Osama HAMDAN, Specialist in the Field of Conservation of Mosaics, Palestinian Mosaics Workshop
• Ahmed RJOOB, Acting Director General, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Syria

• Ashraf ABOU TRABAH, Specialist in the field of conservation of mosaics
• Ghias KLESLY, Director of Restoration Laboratory, Directorate of Antiquities and Museums

Tunisia

• Mohamed Beji BEN MAMI, Directeur Général, Institut National du Patrimoine
• Nabil KALLALA, Archéologue, Institut National du Patrimoine

Turkey

• Zehra Tugba Hande KOKTEN, Associate Professor, Ankara University
• Mehmet ONAL, Director of Gaziantep Museum, General Directorate for Preservation Cultural Heritage and Museums

Regional Coordinator

• Aicha BEN ABED, Directrice Sites et Monuments Historiques, Institut National du Patrimoine

Observers

Institutions

• Guido MELI, Director, Centro Regionale per la Progettazione e il Restauro della Regione Siciliana
• Henri LAVAGNE, Président, AIEMA (Association Internationale pour l'Etude de la Mosaïque Antique)

Experts

• Luisa MUSSO, Professore ordinario archeologici e sulla conservazione di beni culturali
• Father Michele PICCIRILLO, Custodia Terra Santa, Franciscan Archaeological Institute, Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo

Partner Institutions                                                            

GCI

• Thomas ROBY, Senior Project Specialist, The Getty Conservation Institute
• Jeanne-Marie TEUTONICO, Associate Director, Programs, The Getty Conservation Institute

ICCM

• Gaël DE GUICHEN, Honorary President, ICCM, Advisor to the Director-General of ICCROM
• Demetrios MICHAELIDES, ICCM President, Professor of Classical Archaeology
• Roberto NARDI, ICCM Vice-President, Centro Conservazione Archeologica (CCA)

ICCROM

• Catherine ANTOMARCHI, Collections Unit Director
• Zaki ASLAN, Project Manager of ATHAR Programme, ICCROM’s focal point for the Mosaics Initiative
• Mounir BOUCHENAKI, Director-General
• Joseph KING, Sites Unit Director
• Amel MORSLY, Meeting Coordination Assistant, Mosaics Programme

Financial Partner

Getty Foundation

• Joan WEINSTEIN, Associate Director
• Antoine M. WILMERING, Program Officer

Member States represented: Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

updated on: 27 January, 2010