Seminario. Conservación y Difusión del Patrimonio Cultural. SOS Joyas en peligro

As part of the International African Book Fair, on the 19th December  a seminar called  "Conservation and Dissemination of Cultural Heritage," will be held at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium of Casa África (C/ Alfonso XIII, 5. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) with the main purpose of bringing together researchers, teachers and other professionals related to the integral management of heritage, to exchange experiences, criteria and ideas on development cooperation  in areas related to cultural heritage.

At this meeting, policies, strategies and projects from public organisations and academic institutions, which have set up development projects for the valuation, conservation and dissemination of heritage will be made known.

The Seminar is aimed at professionals in the cultural heritage management area, people who are interested in finding out more about development cooperation in areas relating to cultural heritage and all those agents who belong to the culture sector.

To attend this free seminar you must formalise your registration before the 17th December,  due to the limited number of places available, through: www.proyectocodepa.org

The programme planned for this seminar is the one listed below:

• 9.30 – 10.00 WELCOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND HANDING OVER OF MATERIALS
• 10.00 – 10.30 OFFICIAL INAUGURATION
• 10.30 – 11:30 DAK’ART. THE INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF AFRICAN ART FROM SENEGAL
• 11:30 – 12:00 BREAK
• 12:00 – 12.30 THE DRAFT NATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE PROJECT OF IIPC OF CAPE VERDE run by Hamilton Jair Moreira Lopes Fernandes, Director of Conservation and Heritage at the Research and Cultural Heritage Institute of the Ministry for Culture of Cape Verde
• 12.30 – 13:00 RESTORATION AND DISSEMINATION OF HISTORICAL HERITAGE carried out by Mrs. Juana Hernández, Technical Expert of the Dissemination of Historical Heritage of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria
• 13.00 – 13.30 DEBATE
• 13.30 – 16.00 BREAK
• 16.00 – 16.30 PREVENTATIVE CONSERVATION OF ARCHEOLOGICAL 
  MATERIALS: THE CANARY ISLANDS MUSEUM carried out by Mrs. Mª del Carmen Cruz de Mercadal,
  Curator of the Canary Islands Museum
• 16.30 – 17.00 CONSERVATION OF SITES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC by Mr José de León,
  Inspector of Historical Heritage of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria
• 17.00 – 17.30 CONSERVATION OF DOCUMENTS AND HISTORICAL ARCHIVES by Mrs. María del Rosario González Lacalle, Restorer of graphic documents. Provincial Historic Archive of Las Palmas
• 17.30 – 18.00 DEBATE
• 18.00 – 18:30 CLOSING CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES