New Directions in Heritage Preservation

Morning

9:15 — 9:45 Opening Ceremony

9:15 -9:25 Speaker: Enrique Iglesias, President, Inter American Development Bank

The signing of the Agreement for the financing of the Mundo Maya Sustainable Development Program will take place during the opening ceremony.

9:45 — 11:30 First Session

The challenges and opportunities of heritage preservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Chair: Augusto Zodda, Director General, Ministry of Finance, Government of Italy

9:50 — 10:05

Culture and development
Speaker: Francisco Weffort, Minister of Culture, Brazil

10:05 — 10:20

Investing in culture as an instrument to promote socioeconomic development.
Speaker: Francesco Scoppola, Ministry of Culture, Government of Italy.*

10:20 — 10:35

Heritage preservation as a community building resource
Speaker: María Teresa Franco y González Salas, Director General, National Institute of Anthropology, Mexico.

10:40 — 11:30

Discussion:
Panelists: Margarita Gutman, University of Buenos Aires
Kenry Jackson, Executive Director, Jamaica National Heritage Trust
Mariano Arana, Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay *

General discussion

11:30 — 11:45

Coffe

11:45 — 13:15 SECOND SESSION

Collaboration and cooperation in the preservation and development of the heritage. Involving all stakeholders
Chair: Jaime Ravinet, Mayor, Santiago of Chile

11:50 — 12:05

The need for public-private cooperation in heritage preservation and development. Towards a new contract.
Presenter: Pasqual Maragall i Mira, President of the Group, Socialist-Citizens for Change, Catalonian Parliament,

12:10 — 12:25

Private sector involvement. Moving from enlighten philanthropy to good business.
Presenter: Joaquim Falcao, President, Roberto Marinho Foundation, Brazil

12:30 — 13:15

Discussion
Panelists: Diego Ponce, Former Minister of Housing, Quito, Ecuador
Pres Kabacoff, Architect, Developer, New Orleans
Sergio Omarini, University for the Protection of the Artistic Heritage, (ENEA) Rome

General discussion

13:15 — 15:00

Lunch

Afternoon

15:00 — 18:15

Cooperation for heritage preservation.

Issues and perspectives

Convened by the Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, New Orleans
Chair: Thomas Reese, Director, Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, New Orleans

15:05 — 15:35

Ambassador Bernardino Osio, Director General IILA, The experience of the Istituto Italo Latinoamericano, Italy
Marinella Loddo, Head of International Organization Unit Italian Institute for Foreign Trade Italy

15:40 — 15:45

Michel Ricard, Ministry of Culture and Communication

15:45 — 16:00

Coffee break

16:05 — 16:20

Jesús Gracia, Secretary General, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI) The experience of the Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, Spain.

16:25 — 16:40

Monir Bouchenaki, Asistant Director, General UNESCO

16:45 — 17:30

Discussion

Panelists Germán Gutierrez, Council member, Municipality of Sucre, Bolivia
Nelson Toca, Director, Consorcio de la Ciudad Colonial de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Pedro Taddei, Director Monumenta Program, Ministry of Culture, Brazil

General discussion

17:30 — 18:45

Mundo Maya Project. Technical cooperation to promote the development of the Maya region encompassing five countries and financed through the Japan Special Fund, the Fund for Special Operations, the Norwegian Trust Fund for Consulting Services and the Swedish Fund for Consultants.