"are not only based on geographical areas, but also on cultural and
historical contexts."
It is exact the concept driving the idea of Icom.Mediterranean, as it is
difficult to consider Europe as "small area with many members".

And Mediterranean area includes around 23 countries (included Palestina)
with 19 national committee.
5 from Africa
14 from Europe (near half of the whole Europe)
4 from Arab/Midle-East area

Mario Bucolo
Museumland.net

On 9/9/07, Inkyung Chang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Within ICOM-ASPAC the member countries do not have any confusion about
> where
> to belong. Only concerns are Pacific region is not well represented in
> ASPAC, since there are very few national committees from that specific
> area.   Nevertherless, PIMA is very active and it is an affiliated
> organization in ICOM.  I understand ICOM-Russia do not join the activities
> in ASPAC which should be respected as indicated in the model rule of RO.
> And also if we follow the definition of the regions of UNESCO(if I
> remember
> correctly) USA belongs to Europe even though it is located at the
> north-eastern part of the Pacific.
>
> Since RO has been already changed to Regional Alliences, we can focus more
> on collaboration with specific goals within the region(or sub-regions if
> needed) than deviding fine lines between the States based on geographical
> boundaries.
> As Prof. Boylan mentioned that these boundaries are not only based on
> geographical areas, but also on cultural and historical contexts.
>
>
> Inkyung Chang
> Chairperson/ICOM-ASPAC
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/7/07, Perkko Mariliina <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
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