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• From 14th to 16th of December 2011 WATCH participate as observer at the SIXTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT that will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

• The International Institute of Humanitarian Law is pleased to open registrations for its Contemporary Workshop on Rule of Law from 13 – 15 December 2011. (more)

• The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) in collaboration with the International Institute of Humanitarian Law is pleased to announce its Course on Weapons Law and the Conduct of the Legal Review of Weapons in English. The Workshop will be conducted over the period 12 – 16 December 2011 at the GCSP offices in Geneva, Switzerland. For more details.

• The International Institute of Humanitarian Law is still accepting registrations for its Specialised Courses for Directors and Instructors of Training Programmes in the Laws of Armed Conflict (LOAC) in English and French. Both courses will be conducted concurrently over the period 5 - 9 Dec 2011. (more). Issued on 30/11/2011

• E-FAITH launched the campaign for a European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year (www.e-faith.org) . It was therefore launched an appeal to all heritage organisations, local preservation groups, associations for regional and local history, associations of museum friends and friends of heritage sites, etc. to endorse this campaign by approving the memorandum pleading for the European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year. The aim is to have the support of at least 250 organisations from at least 15 European countries before contacting the EU and the CoE. If your organisation or institute does support the idea, please copy the text of the memorandum (http://www.e-faith.org/EITHY)on your letterhead and send the approved copy, dated and duly undersigned by your representative(s) to the secretariat (fax +32.56.255173 - secretariat@e-faith.org). Issued on 28/11/2011

• A concept study took place at the Municipal “Centre Culturel’' the city of Byblos (Lebanon) from 25th to 28th October 2011 within the framework of War Free World Heritage Listed Cities project. More. Issued on 30/10/2011

• A Study Tour in Rome and Turin (Italy) will take place from October the 30th through the 5th of November 2011. It is an initiative organised within the framework of the project ExCHange, 'Experience for change within the Cultural Heritage sector' as a part of the EU cofinanced programme Civil Society Dialogue II – Culture and Arts Grant Scheme. More. Issued on 20/10/2011

• Workshop on Virtual Palaces November 18 and 19, 2011, organized by the ESF Research Networking Programme PALATIUM and Co-Organized by Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation, University of Leuven. For more details. Issued on 04/10/2011

• Industrial Heritage 2011 5th European contact weekend for industrial heritage volunteers and associations Tilburg (The Netherlands), 14-16.10.201. Additional information on: www.e-faith.org . Issued on 02/10/2011

• A Concept study took place in the historic city of Mtskheta (Georgia) from 27th to 30th September 2011 within the framework of War Free World Heritage Listed Cities project: http://www.warfreeheritage.net/2011/10/474/. Issued on 01/10/2011

• The 9th biennial of European towns and town planners - Genoa September 14-17 2011. The 9° edition of the Biennial of European Towns and Town.

  Planners is back to Italy 14 years after the Rome Biennial in 1997. The great changes occurred in Europe and in the world claim our attention on how cities can support the competitiveness of the European continent. Town planners want to reflect on how the spatial disciplines can contribute to the competitiveness and cohesion of European continent. ( http://www.biennaleurbanistica.eu/biennale/en). Issued on 20/09/2011

• A Focus group took place i in Byblos (lebanon) on September the 14th within the framework of War Free World Heritage Listed Cities project: http://www.warfreeheritage.net/calendar/. Issued on 15/09/2011

• The 34th Round Table on current problems of International Humanitarian Law, organized by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, will take place in Sanremo from 8th to 10th September 2011. The debate will focus this year on the topic: “International Humanitarian Law and new weapon technologies”. For the provisional programme of the Round Table, click here. Issued on 10/09/2011

• URBENVIRON Association announce the 4th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT - GREEN CITIES: A PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY that will take place in Cairo (Egypt), from December 10 to 13, 2011. Call for papers is already open - For further information: www.urbenviron.org. Issued on 30/08/2011

• PRECOMOS announces: International Conference on Preventive Conservation of Architectural Heritage, 29-30 October, 2011, Nanjing, China. For the detailed information about this conference, please check the news on the PRECOMOS website http://precomos.org/index.php/news/. Issued on 30/08/2011

• The kick-off meeting of the EC Project ExCHange (Experience for change within the Cultural Heritage sector), took place in Istanbul 27- 29 of July. A project led by the Turkish NGO Friends of Cultural Heritage (FOCUH) to promote the civil society dialogue in cooperation with WATCH (partner in the project) that was represented by a delegation at the kick-off meeting. The KoU is also attentended by the associates members: University of Kocaeli, University of Rome Sapienza and the Municipality of Korfez. Observers from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) will also join at this activity. Issued on 30/07/2011

• The International Institute of Humanitarian Law is pleased to announce its Specialised Courses on the Laws of Armed Conflict for Planners and Executors of Naval and Air Operations. Both courses run concurrently and will be conducted over the period 28 Nov – 2 Dec 2011. Full details can be accessed via IHL Training Courses section on the website: www.iihl.org. Issued on 30/06/2011

• The International Institute of Humanitarian Law open registrations for its Contemporary Workshop on Rules of Engagement (ROE) from 12 – 16 September 2011. Full details can be accessed via IHL Training Courses section on the website: www.iihl.org. Issued on 30/05/2011

• WATCH announces that the project “Experience for Change within the Cultural Heritage sector” has been entitled to receive a Grant from the Turkey and EU Civil Society Dialogue II: “Culture & Art Component”. Within the scope of the program, a total grant of 2.2 million Euro is allocated to culture and arts projects proposed by non-governmental organizations. Exchange is one of nineteen projects wich were selected out of three hundred proposals. Friends of Cultural Heritage/KUMID-FOCUH (http://www.kumid.eu/en/about.php) Istanbul, Turkey takes part in the project as Project Beneficiary whereas University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy (http://www.uniroma1.it/default_e.php), University of Kocaeli, Turkey (http://www.kocaeli.edu.tr/int/) and Korfez Municipality (http://www.korfez.bel.tr/tr/Default.aspx) are the Associate Members of the Project. Opening Ceremony of the Program which also includes the aforementioned project was held in Istanbul on May 11, 2011 at The Marmara Esma Sultan Palace-İstanbul, Turkey. For detailed information about the program, please visit the websites below: http://www.csdproject.net/web2/Main.aspx?ID=100 http://www.abgs.gov.tr/index.php?p=46007HYPERLINK . Issued on 20/05/2011

• FOCUH (Friends of Cultural Heritage), located in İstanbul, Turkey, participated as CSO to session: Contribution of civil society to the preservation of cultural heritage of People to People 2 Program (P2P) held in Brussels, Belgium from 29 March- 01 April 2011. The P2P Programme is funded by the EU and DG Enlargement with the assistance of the European Union Delegations in the beneficiary countries. It is entitled to candidate countries (Turkey, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and potential candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244), Montenegro and Serbia). P2P aims to support the role of beneficiaries countries’ civil society organisations at regional, national and European levels; by providing the possibility to visit, learn and create networks with EU institutions, EU relevant umbrella NGOs with a view of familiarisation with the EU policies, programmes, initiatives and best practices; and to facilitate a better mutual understanding, in the perspective of future enlargement and partnership building. For more information please visit http://www.avrupa.info.tr/CSD_Revised,P2P_Announcement_2011.html?LanguageID=2 During the program, on behalf of FOCUH, Mrs Saadet Guner made an announcement to introduce WATCH briefly to the CSOs participated from the said countries. She suggested them to visit the WATCH'‘s Web Page, be member to it (individual or institutional) introduce WATCH in their universities, academics and various CSO’s in their countries, encourage them to be the Member of WATCH. FOCUH'’s announcement is published on the official Web Page of the Program: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex/dyn/taiex-events/library/detail_en.jsp?EventID=44684. Issued on 30/04/2011

• The International Institute of Humanitarian Law open registrations for its Contemporary Workshop on Rules of Engagement (ROE) from 12 – 16 September 2011. Split into two parts, the first part (2.5 days) will focus on the development and drafting of ROE. Using the recently published Sanremo ROE Handbook as a reference, participants will be invited to draft and discuss ROE for a variety of hypothetical missions/scenarios. The focus will be on multinational operations and the practical aspects of their construction and implementation. The second part of the workshop will take this focus on multinational operations and focus on the interoperability challenges which arise from applying ROE in a multinational environment. With presenters and syndicate facilitators drawn from a wide range of countries, including those experienced in NATO, UN, EU and other multinational operations, participants will have the opportunity to discuss lessons learnt as well as be able to exchange differing national perspectives on ROE. The workshop runs for 5 days from 12 – 16 September 2011 and is conducted in English.Full details can be accessed via IHL Training Courses section on the website: www.iihl.org - Issued on 13/04/2011

• WATCH announces that: The Municipality of Mtskheta (Georgia), in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia will host a Focus Group on March the 25th within the framework of War Free World Heritage Listed Cities, a project co-financed by the European Commission EuropeAid as a part of the ENPI programme CIUDAD. - - - - - A thirty months initiative designed within a partnership between the Municipality of Mtskheta (Georgia), the Council of the United Municipalities of Jbail (Lebanon) and the World Association for the Protection of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage WATCH (Italy), in association with the Friends of Cultural Heritage Society FOCUH (Turkey) & the Network per il Restauro Avanzato NEREA (Italy) the project focuses on urban and regional planning for cities that are registered in the World Heritage List and located in critical areas being exposed to the threats of conflict. Risk Preparedness Plans and Risk Mitigation measures will be defined for the cities of Byblos in Lebanon and Mtskheta in Georgia to abide with the Guidelines issued in 2009 by UNESCO for the implementation of the Second Protocol of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Properties in times of armed conflicts. More - Issued on 25/03/2011

• WATCH launches its Fund-raising campaign 2010-2011 to support its early action plan.
  For contribution see more details. - Issued on 01/11/2010

• First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict - Dates: 17 September — 29 October 2010 (6 weeks) - Application deadline: 14 May, 2010. Place : Rome, with study visits to other cities in Italy with the cooperation of: UNESCO, Blue Shield and specialized international and national agencies. For more info . - Issued on 20/08/2010

• The kick off meeting of the CIUDAD programme took place in Bruxelles 21 through 23 June together with the closing event of the Med-Pact programme. A 14 millions Euro EC AIDCO funded programme CIUDAD will reach an end in 2013. The three days meeting was organized to also enable the projects launched within the new programme to take advantage of the experience, thematic but also procedural, gained by the Med-Pact projects. This will enable the 21 projects financed under the EC AIDCO ENPI instrument to have a smoother project implementation.

  WATCH is partner in the War Free World Heritage Listed Cities project, within a partnership which is represented in Georgia, Italy, Lebanon and Turkey.

  More information on CIUDAD are found in: www.ciudad-programme.eu

• RETE - Association for the Collaboration between Ports and Cities - will publish the first issue of its new "online magazine" Portus plus. Call fo papers, deadline: 30th June 2010. - Issued on 15/05/2010

• Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict Edited by Laurie Rush With the contribute of Joris Kila (WATCH responsible of Civil Military Affairs). For more info. - Issued on 01/04/2010

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