EHHF Vienna/Bratislava 2009

EHHF delegates at Schönbrunn Palace Conference-Center, May 2009

EHHF delegates at Schloss Hof, near the border between Austria and Slovakia.   EU Commissioner Jan Figel with EHHF 2009 hosts Katarina Kosova (left) and Eva-Maria Hohle (far right) at the operning session of the 2009 EHHF meeting in Bratislava 

The 4th meeting of the EHHF was co-hosted by neighbouring countries Austria and Slovakia, and provided the forum with a unique insig ht into the dramatically contrasting 20th century history of these two countries. Photo of delegates from the 2009 EHHF meeting in Bratislava 

Keynote speeches were made by European Commissioner Jan Figel and US economist Donovan Rypkema that stimulated vibrant discussions on current issues ranging from how the heritage sector can respond to the ongoing financial crisis to finding mechanisms to avoid heritage protection being adversly affected by the development of EU directives.

The agenda, papers and final statement can be found below.

28 May 2009, BRATISLAVA

The culture programme of the European Commission	Jan Figel, EU Commissioner for Cultural Affais
Heritage and the financial crisis	Donovan Rypkema	Rypkema Rypkema pwp
The Norwegian crisis package and cultural heritage - the what, why and how	Terje Nypan (Norway)	Nypan NO Crisis Package Paper Nypan NO crisis pwp
Heritage in our hands	Cees van't Veen (the Netherlands)	Veen pwp
EEA Grants	Nils Marstein (Norway)	Marstein pwp
European Heritage Label - update	Bruno Favel (France)	Favel and Proissy
HEREIN - update	Bruno Favel and Orane Proissy (France)
European Heritage Days	Piet Jaspaert (Belgium)	Jaspaert pwp
European Heritage Legal Forum (EHLF) - update	Terje Nypan (Norway)	Nypan EHLF Report Nypan EHLF pwp

29 May 2009, VIENNA Chairman Simon Thurley, keynote speaker Donovan Rypkema and host Eva-Maria Höhle during the opening session of the EHHF meeting 2009  Červený Kameň Castle  Unveiling the European Heritage Label Plaque at Červený Kameň Castle before the EHHF 2009 dinner. 

A short story of preservation in the Austrian context	Wilfried Lipp	Lipp pwp
Structure and organisation in France	Isabel Marechal (France)	Marechal
Structure and organisation in Switzerland	Johann Murner (Switzerland)	Murner Muerner pwp
Structure and organisation in Sweden	Inger Liliequist (Sweden)	Liliequist Liliequist pwp
Care of monuments in Slovakia after political turning points (1948-2000)	Katarina Kosova (Slovakia)	Kosova Kosova pwp
Care of monuments in Austria (1945-2000)	Andreas Lehne (Austria)	Lehne Lehne pwp
Budapest - new investors contra preservation	Tamas Fejerdy (Hungary)	Fejerdy pwp
Conservation areas at risk	Simon Thurley (UK)	Thurley Thurley pwp
Shutting down of catholic and protestant churches in Germany	Gerd Weiss (Germany)	Weiss
Reuse of religious buildings in the Netherlands	Ben de Vries (the Netherlands)	Vries Vries pwp

EHHF delegates at work in the Schönbrunn Palace Conference-Center, Vienna 

 

CONCLUSIONS

2009 EHHF Statement on the Heritage Stimulus in a time of Economic Recession	Statement on the heritage stimulus in a time of economic recession 2009
2009 Final Statement	2009 EHHF Final Recommendations REVISED

 

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