“EkoSfera” Sosial-Ecological Center, Baku, 29 June 2019
P r o g r a m
9:00 Plenary Session
Welcome by Stephan Doempke, World Heritage Watch
Welcome by Firuza Sultan-zade, “EkoSfera” Social-Ecological Center
9:15 Perspectives of Cooperation of Civil Society and Statutory Bodies of the World Heritage Convention
Moderator: Stephan Doempke
Mechtild Roessler, Director, UNESCO Division for Heritage and World Heritage Centre (tbc)
Toshiyuki Kono, President, International Council for Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Peter Shadie, Director World Heritage Programme, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
Suggested Items for Discussion:
Time and Place of Future WHW Fora Potential contributions of WHW to IUCN and ICOMOS
General Conferences Common Goals and Activities for the 50th Anniversary of the WH Convention
10:45 Coffee break and Group Photo
11:15 Plenary Session: Policy Papers
Moderator: Stephan Doempke
Policy Paper on Climate Change
Presenter: Adam Markham, Union of Concerned Scientists
Dicussion
Policy Paper on Hydroelectric Dams
Presenter: Eugene Simonov, Rivers without Boundaries Coalition
Discussion
Nature at Risk - How Politicization is Limiting the Effectiveness of the World Heritage Convention
Presenter: Olivia de Willermin, Worldwide Fund for Nature
Discussion
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Plenary Session
World Heritage Watch Networking Meeting
Moderator: Stephan Doempke
Suggested Items for Discussion
Planning of work on Policy Issues
Preparation for the 50th Anniversary of the Convention
Working modalities of WHW
15:15 Parallel Sessions
- Azerbaijan NGO Networking Meeting
Moderators: Stephan Doempke (World Heritage Watch), Firuza Sultan-zade ( SEC “EkoSfera” ) - Indigenous Peoples Permanent Forum on World Heritage Meeting
Moderator: Chrissy Grant (IPPFWH) - Drafting Resolutions
16:30 Coffee break
17:00 Closing Plenary
Adoption of Resolutions
18:00 End of NGO Forum
Evening Program
After the end of the Forum, participants are invited by our host NGO Ekosfera to an
Excursion to the Ateshga Fire Sanctuary and Qutab Dinner Party at the Castle (Gala)
These locations are in the vicinity of the airport. We will all be taken there and return together by a chartered bus.
The Ateshga sanctuary, according to tradition is the place of origin of Zoroastrism, the so-called "religion of fire", one of the most important heritage sites of Azerbaijan.
From there we will continue to the nearby Castle where Ekosfera has its second Center, and we will be treated to traditional Azerbaijani food, tea from the Samovar and a taste of Azeri wine.
