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Technical course: impact assessment and heritage
26 October – 21 November 2009
Partners
- AFRICA 2009 Programme
- Cultural Heritage Direction (DPC), Côte d’Ivoire
Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA)
The course was coordinated by the Ecole du patrimoine Africain (EPA), in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Direction of Côte d’Ivoire, CRAterre-ENSAG, ICCROM, and the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO (WHC).
Financial partners
This activity also benefited from substantial financial and logistic support from the Ministry of Culture and Francophonie of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.
Duration: 26 October - 19 November 2009
Venue: Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
Participants
17 heritage professionals from 16 African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Congo Democratic Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
Objective
The principal objective of this course was to familiarize participants with the theory and practice of environmental impact studies applied to cultural heritage sites.
Contents
The course involved two main components:
- an introductory theoretical part where the context of impact studies and the heritage legislation of various countries were presented to participants;
- a practical part in the form of an exercise applied to the historic site of Grand-Bassam, which has been proposed for inscription on the World Heritage List, including the project to reopen the mouth of the Comoé river, which passes through the town.
Principal course results
- Participants acquired knowledge about heritage legislation and practice in environmental impact study and its application to conservation and management of the built heritage, particularly through documentation, evaluation, mitigation, continuous control and recommendations on the results of the study;
- increased awareness among African cultural heritage professionals, specialists in environmental impact studies (EIS), political/administrative authorities and local communities regarding the importance of environmental impact study as a tool for protection and sustainable management of cultural heritage;
- increased awareness among the various actors involved in the impact study on the need to create synergy through collaboration and joint efforts;
- a detailed report on the course results consigned to the authorities of the town of Grand-Bassam and the Cultural Heritage Direction of Côte d’Ivoire to encourage follow-up of the course results.
updated on:
28 December, 2009
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