Announcement and invitation

Founding Conference of the Association of National Committees of the  
Blue Shield (ANCBS) will be held in The Hague on the 7th, 8th and 9th  
of December 2008.

This conference will be the start and the presentation of new  
developments within the Blue Shield organization: the founding of  
ANCBS and the establishment of a coordination centre in The Hague for  
the Blue Shield organization, to stimulate and facilitate a closer  
cooperation between the national committees.
This is the tangible outcome of The Hague Accord signed during the  
Blue Shield Conference of 2006 by ICBS members and representatives of  
Blue Shield's  National Committees. Since then an international  
working group consisting of representatives of several national  
committees have been working on the founding of a new association  
within the Blue Shield organization and the preparation of a  
coordination centre.

The international working group of the future Association of National  
Committees of the Blue Shield (ANCBS) cordially invites all national  
Blue Shield Committees, members and representatives from their  
founding bodies (ICOM, ICA, CCAAAA, IFLA and ICOMOS) and other  
interested parties like representatives of other cultural emergency  
assistance organizations and heritage institutes, to participate in  
this first General Conference at the end of 2008.

Objectives of the conference:
The first day: The founding of ANCBS, with the election of the ANCBS  
board and the official start of the coordination centre in The Hague,  
generously supported by this city. The agreement between the national  
committees (and those under construction) on a strategic plan and  
future activities in which the coordination centre will stimulate  
joint operations and coordinates national initiatives.
The second day: Strengthening the network between Blue Shield and  
other cultural emergency assistance organizations and institutions  
and authorities that are responsible for cultural heritage.

The third day: Improving the knowledge and skills of the conference  
participants during a variety of training courses in concurrent  
sessions. The courses will benefit from the wide range of experience  
of the participants, thus giving everybody the opportunity to become  
more effective in meeting requests for help with adequate responses.

The Conference program and subscription details can be found on our  
website www.ancbs.org


We hope to welcome you during our conference.


Leif Pareli
President working group ANCBS
&
Marjan Otter
Secretary working group ANCBS

Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield (ANCBS)
Postal address:
ANCBS Office,
Laan van Meerdervoort 70
2517 AN The Hague,
The Netherlands
E mail address: [log in to unmask]
Web address: www.ancbs.org
Telephone: 070-3466161
Fax: 070-3467232


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