Dear colleagues, I'm for one and only ICOM Europe and no other organizations in this small area with many members. We should stand together. Mariliina Perkko former Chair of the ICOM Costume Committee member still -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: International Council of Museums Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Puolesta Patrick Boylan Lähetetty: 5. syyskuuta 2007 21:26 Vastaanottaja: [log in to unmask] Aihe: Re: ICOM Regionalisation Dear Mario, and subsequent contributors to this discussion, There are many different and often overlapping regional groupings around the worlds, not least in Europe and adjacent areas. The European Union has a very effective Mediterranean Heritage programme, but this itself overlaps with its ROSTE programme for south-eastern Europe excluding Greece, Turkey and Cyprus - i.e. mainly the Balkan states), which is run out of the EU's Venice office. (I'm on the advisory boards for both.) An ICOM Mediterranean would also overlap with ICOM Arab, which broadly covers MENA Region (= Middle East and North Africa) of the United Nations and the World Bank. However, ICOM Arab in turn overlaps with both ICOM-ASPAC and AFRICOM! There have also been debates for many years about the exact limits of ICOM-ASPAC, since both Russia and the USA are very obviously Pacific countries - as at today's summit in Sydney. Perhaps the biggest question mark - and main debate - ought be over the idea of ICOM Europe? Is it realistic to have a Regional Organisation (now "Alliance") which aims to cover the interests of almost three-quarters of all current ICOM members, or should there be a move towards some rational subdivision of Europe on geographical (or perhaps even on cultural or language) lines? Patrick Boylan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html