Dear Giovanni and Michel,
I agree very much with all of your ideas.
However, remember that the main theme for the ICOM 2004 General Conference
in Seoul, Korea, in October next year is going to be "Museums and the
Intangible Heritage". Therefore we all need to be preparing now for this,
both centrally (Executive Council and Secretariat) in relation to the
general programme for 2004, and through all national and international
committees.
(The ICOM Training Committee - ICTOP - already has a Working Group on the
implications of broadening the definition of museums to include intangible
cultural heritage centres in preparation for this, and we are having a
preliminary session on this in our annual meeting in Slovenia next month.)
Re Michel's point on working through UNESCO National Commissions: again I
agree.
Unfortunately there isn't a Commission any more in the UK, since earlier
this year the British Government ABOLISHED it without consultation (we
think because the Commission refused to carry out the Overseas
Development Minister's (truly eccentric!) wishes...)!!
Patrick Boylan
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On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Giovanni Pinna wrote:
> As the French Committee, also the italian committee of Icom is
> institutional member of the Italian Unesco Committee.
> I read with interest the contribution of George Okello Abungu
> concerning the rich african intangible heritage and I am convinced of
> the importance of the museums' action in safeguard, collect and
> preservation of such foundamental part of the world memory. On the
> other side I believe that Icom will play an important role if he will
> theorize a plan of action for museums in the field of intangible
> heritage, studying strategies by means of national and international
> committees, of a specific Working Group ( it will be nice, I think, to
> start with scientific or cultural working Groups) or of our very active
> General Secretary, with the ultimate aims of suggesting concrete
> actions to museums.
>
> Giovanni Pinna
>
>
> nteresting e nella in p.
>
> Marted́, 12 ago 2003, alle 11:11 Europe/Rome, Van-Praet Michel ha
> scritto:
>
> > I completely agree with Alissandra and congratulate Patrick too. I
> > contact the French national UNESCO committee and may add that our
> > French
> > national ICOM committee is an institutional member of the French
> > national UNESCO committee.
> > I do not know if it is usual in other countries but I may said that is
> > an efficient way to send messages . I push of all you to be
> > institutional member of our national UNESCO committee if is not.
> >
> > Michel Van-Praet
> > Head of the French national Committee.
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