The Draft 2006 Shaoxing Statement (2006)

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The purpose of the statement is to increase the institutional understanding and effective use of recently developed “tools” for managing cultural heritage properties, sites and areas.

Preface:The Draft 2006 Shaoxing Statement (2006) was adopted by the 2nd International Conference on Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development, Shaoxing, Zhejinag Province, China, 30 May-2 June.

From 31 May to 02 June 2006, in Shaoxing, China, 188 Chineseexperts joined with 63 international experts for the 2nd InternationalConference on Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development. The conference was sponsored by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China, the Ministry of Construction of China, UNESCO and the World Bank. The Cultural Heritage Bureau of Zhejiang Province and Shaoxing Municipality generously hosted the conference.

The purpose of the conference was to increase the institutional understanding and effective use of recently developed “tools” for managing cultural heritage properties, sites and areas. The conference focused on three inter-related themes:

 i) strategies for successful heritage conservation, management and monitoring.

ii) responsible tourism as a tool for heritage conservation.

iii) heritage financing and revenue generation.

The participants recalled the analysis of the situation with regard to heritage conservation and urban development noted by the participants in the 1st International Conference in 2000 as articulated in The Beijing Statement:
“Amid the rapid economic growth of the 21st century, the cultural heritage of many historic cities is being impacted and many even be threatened with destruction. The increase in urban population, the tendency of cities to grow ever larger, more modern and more economically-oriented encroaches every day on the environment required for the survival of their cultural heritage. The authenticity of many historically significant neighborhoods of traditional culture is vanishing. “

The participants applauded the significant progress achieved since 2000 at the national, regional and international levels to deal with the factors threatening heritage, but noted with concern the continuing pressures on cultural heritage resources brought about by rapid urban growth, unregulated tourism development and the lack of integration of heritage conservation within planning frameworks. Therefore, the specific objectives of this conference were to take forward the achievements of the past 6 years within a structured framework of strategies and tools, providing key decisionmakers the opportunity:

a) to deepen their understanding of the issues that must be considered when integrating effective cultural heritage protection with responsible cultural tourism development, particularly within the context of rapid economic growth and expansion of infrastructure;

b) to explore the range of mechanisms which may be employed to establish long-term financing mechanisms to support and capitalize on heritage resource conservation;

c) to become familiar with the range of professional tools which can be used to achieve successfully the objective of integrating heritage conservation into sustainable development planning and implementation

Category
Statement
Date

2006

Promulgation

The Second International Conference on Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development, Shaoxing, Zhejinag Province, China, 30 May-2 June.

Descriptions

  • The purpose of the statement is to increase the institutional understanding and effective use of recently developed “tools” for managing cultural heritage properties, sites and areas.
  • It identifies the priority issues as key to the successful integration of heritage conservation into sustainable development: heritage conservation, management and monitoring; responsible tourism as a tool for conservation; heritage financing: public and private initiatives; strategies for success: the nexus of heritage conservation and local economic development.

Source

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/CMUDLP/Resources/issue01_english.pdf

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References

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