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Implementation in the Field Decentralization – Management and Cost Effectiveness of Technical Cooperation

Main points of lecture delivered by Sylvio S. Mutal at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris,

2005 (Unesco’s 60th Anniversary) in reference to UNESCO field operations

the case of Lima based Regional Project on Cultural, Urban and Environmental Heritage in Latin America and

the Caribbean (1976 – 1995)

Conservation/ Development / Management of Cultural /Urban Heritage Projects in

Latin America and the Caribbean 1976 – 1995

Technical cooperation and preinvestment

through the UNDP / UNESCO Regional Project (RLA) based in Lima, Peru

[CTA and Regional Coordinator S. Mutal]

Excerpts from the FieldField Operations in LAC

1976 - 1995

Regional Project started in 1974/76 with the participation of 6 Andean countries and over the years expanded gradually to 26

countries, concluding in 1995

TRAINING

134 Regional and National Coursesin

Matters of Heritage in LAC

Total trainees: 4177

In collaboration with iccrom, icomos-icom, Getty, etc.

18 CONSERVATION CENTRES for Movable Heritage

Have been established in Bogota, Lima, Habana, La Paz, Mexico, Cusco, Caracas, Kingston, Quito, Santiago de

Chile, Arica, Sao Paolo, San Jose

(and still in operation)

4 Regional Conservation Centers in Movable Heritage

• Mexico (Churubusco)

• Brazil (CEUR – Belo Horizonte) • Peru (MNAA – Lima /textiles) regional vocation

• Cuba (Cencrem – Habana) regional vocation/ catedra de la

Unesco

2 Regional Conservation / Rehabilitation Centers in

Immovable Property

• Peru (Cusco – San Bernardo 1974 - 80)

• Brazil (Salvador de Bahía – Cecre from 1980 onwards)

29 REGIONAL SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIA

• Heritage and Development• Architectural Conservation• Conservational of Archeological Sites• Historic Cities• Museology• Museum Financing• Urban Economics / Historic Centers• Conservation of Movable Objects - Wood, stone, textiles, ceramics, canvas paintings…• Adobe: conservation in monuments and sites• Adaptive reuse of monuments and Sites• Public Private Partnerships

3 FEASIBILITY STUDIES

For possible investments from IADB Washington

in Kingston, Port Royal and New Seville (Jamaica), Quito (Ecuador), and

Historic Cities in Brazil

Special

TRAINING COURSES

on

MANAGEMENT/ ADMINISTRATION of CULTURAL ASSETS

Natural Disasters – Mitigation and Risk Management

STUDIES / WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS

on

HISTORIC CITIES/CENTRES

and

SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Urban Management

EXPERT / CONSULTANT SERVICES

(National and Regional)

± 300 m/w/months

provided in 26 countries in LAC

in 20 yearsIn all components of the Regional Project

NATURAL DISASTERS

23 EMERGENCY Actions in World Heritage Sites of UNESCO

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PREVENTION, Mitigation

Rehabilitation

PUBLICATIONS

119 (Spanish 89 - S/E 18 - E/P 18 )

Produced by RLA / LAC

to world over

(inventory catalogue to be available in digitalized format at

www.heritageanddevelopment.org and at Unesco website)

26 VIDEOS, FILMS, TV SPOTS and POSTERS

Most videos and films in conjunction with UNDP - UN New York and UNDP Geneva and RLA – Lima

financed by UNDP, Banks and Foundations

DVD format available at www.heritageanddevelopment.org

Sub regional and National Projects on Cultural Heritage in LAC Funded by

UNDP 1974 -1995The Regional Project RLA has been instrumental in collaboration with governments

in LAC to establish:

• 2 Sub regional Projects on Cultural Heritage UNDP UNESCO - Central America (with headquarters in Guatemala)

- Museums in the Caribbean (with headquarters in Kingston)

• 23 National Projects PUNDP UNESCO on Cultural Heritage in- Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (2), Brazil,

Panama, Chile, Cuba (2), Peru (4), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, among others

The CTA of RLA with no cost to those prepared, coordinated y collaborated in the execution of these projects

(also see slides on funding and finance)

56 JOINT MONITORING EXERCISES

with

RLA Project – Lima / State Parties in LAC of 1972 UNESCO Convention

• 56 World Heritage Sites in LAC (Cultural and Mixed Cultural- Natural)

• Mexico did its own monitoring (INAH)

EXPERTS’ ROSTERAvailable with 536 experts/consultants

classified by

Category of especiality:

Urban economics, Architecture, Rescue Archeology, Adaptive Reuse, Museography, Museology, Cultural Administration, Social

educational Aspects of Heritage, etc.

and Region:

80% LAC, 20% Europe/ USA/Canada and Africa and Asia

INCLUDING SOUTH SOUTH COOPERATION TCDC

EXPERT / CONSULTANT CONTRACTS by/with UNDP UNESCO

ONLY ONE FULL-TIME EXPERT FOR 19 YEARS

(In the person of S. MUTAL)

And 6 Full-Time Associate Experts (JPO’s)

provided and paid by NL, BEL, FIN, ITA through Unesco

2 UN Volunteers (COL and SPA) paid by RLA

And…

• SSA/FEE Contracts For ALL CONSULTANTS PRIMARLY FROM LAC From Project Field Office in Lima decentralized from New York and Paris

• DECENTRALISATION Meant SPEEDY EXECUTION and LOWER COSTS

• It was possible then. It is possible now. The time of full-time experts is over.

EVALUATIONSand

TRIPARTITE REVIEWS

(all along 20 years)

including Human Resource Appraisals in LAC

Educational Material on Heritage in LAC

Comic Strips / Bandes Dessinées forChildren and Adults alike!

On Historic Cities, the Environment

in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French

RESOURCES MOBILIZATION(1976 – 1995) at RLA - LAC

Total: $ 18,493,651

and $ 2,500,000 in kind

GRAND TOTAL: ± 21 million in 19 YEARS

Of which RLA had $ 3.250.451 over 19 years from UNDP

The rest $ 15.543.200 was raised from Unesco, WHC, Banks, Cost sharing from Governments, Bilateral Resources, NGOs, Foundations, and participating

agencies (local, national and international)

A special Facts and Figures publication has been prepared the CTA.

Compendium

ofTV-Interviews, Press Conferences,

Articles on Regional Project inMagazines, Journals, Press.

UNDP’s *CHOICES* and COURRIER-MUSEUM- WORLD HERITAGE REVIEW of UNESCO and RECENTLY DVDs- Interviews

is available

Some Sights of Project Activities in LAC:

• OBJECTIVES MET AND SURPASSED in 1995

This Project was Completed in 1995

And also led to:• AN INTERREGIONAL - GLOBAL PROJECT OF

UNDP ON HISTORIC CITIES’ CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• From 1998 to 2005 with 20 City Cases in LAC, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe with various consultants and

• a UNDP CTA/Interregional Coordinator (S. Mutal)

See powerpoint UNDP UNESCO World Historic Cities and WHC UNESCO

Cultural Heritage in LAC

Technical Cooperation

provided by UNESCO / WHC

1996 – 2012