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2024年10月16-17日，中国北京——由联合国教科文组织东亚地区办事处主办，北京市文物局、北京京企中轴线保护公益基金会协办的“亚太区域框架行动计划执行东亚磋商会议”成功举行，来自世界遗产委员会咨询机构、东亚各国世界遗产相关主管部门、参与文化和自然遗产保护工作的联合国教科文组织二类中心、联合国教科文组织教席和世界遗产地管理机构的多位专家齐聚一堂，就东亚地区在未来几年世界遗产保护和管理工作的优先事项进行了卓有成效的对话和讨论。
亚太区域框架行动计划执行东亚磋商会议专家及发言人合影 © 高晨翔
根据1972年《保护世界文化和自然遗产公约》中对遗产监测的要求，亚太地区是全球首个采用世界遗产保护和管理定期报告机制的地区。在2003、2012和2023年完成的三次定期报告中，缔约国就公约的实施以及本国世界遗产保护工作的现状进行了自查反馈。基于第三次定期报告中提到的过往成功经验、当下面临的挑战，以及未来工作中仍有提升空间的一些方面，各国讨论形成了一份《亚太区域框架行动计划（2023-2030年）》，其中明确了依据5C战略（可信度、保护、能力建设、宣传和社区）形成的行动目标，划定了优先工作事项，并针对公约的实施落地提出了具体的行动方案。在此背景下，本次地区性磋商会议为东亚各国的相关机构和专家们提供了针对区域框架行对计划中涉及的内容在本国和跨国开展世界遗产工作进行协商的机会。
北京市文物局副局长褚建好先生、联合国教科文组织东亚地区办事处代表夏泽瀚教授和国家文物局副局长解冰先生在致辞中重申各方对东亚地区世界遗产保护和管理区域合作的支持。
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联合国教科文组织世界遗产中心亚太地区负责人古榕女士向与会各方介绍了第三次定期报告和区域框架行动计划中提到的工作内容。来自中国、日本、蒙古和韩国的世界遗产管理机构代表分别介绍了本国的优先工作事项。世界遗产中心副主任乔蒂·霍斯格里哈尔（Jyoti Hosagrahar）博士为与会代表介绍了世界遗产工作中与气候变化相关的政策。
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世界遗产委员会的三家专业咨询机构分别介绍了近期工作内容，以及能为缔约国和世界遗产地管理方提供的专业技术和资源支持。国际文物保护与修复研究中心（ICCROM）世界遗产领导力项目负责人赵尤金（Eugene Jo）女士介绍了《“提升我们的遗产”工具包2.0版》和《遗产影响评价指南和工具包》两份文件。代表国际古迹遗址理事会（ICOMOS）发言的哈达雅·诗丽帕他那坤（Hatthaya Siriphatthanakun）女士介绍了机构参与预备名录、上游程序和预评估工作的内容。国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）的克莱门斯·库珀（Clemens Küpper）先生介绍了《世界遗产展望》报告。随后，亚太区域内的六个联合国教科文组织二类中心代表也汇报了各自中心的工作，包括过往成功举办的项目、区域合作的经验，以及未来几年的工作重心。
世界遗产咨询机构及联合国教科文组织二类中心代表分享见解 © 国家文物局
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作为此次磋商会议的重点内容，由联合国教科文组织东亚地区代表处文化项目主管杨碧幸博士主持，来自各国的世界遗产保护管理机构和专家们共同参与了极有成效的多边对话，讨论的话题包括支持世界遗产工作的资金来源和法律框架；如何与社区共享保护成果；各国的遗产清单和预备名录；世界遗产教育与能力建设；保护与发展、遗产影响评估和气候变化。与会机构和专家在以下几个工作领域达成了初步的一致并共同策划了未来具体的合作方案：参考最佳实践案例并加强能力建设，将可持续旅游业带来的收益为社区共享；开展地区国家之间的合作，申报跨国境的预备名录项目；制作多语种版本、具有本国特色的世界遗产教育材料和最佳实践指南，将现有资源本地化，在学校教育的基础之上，走出课堂争取更多元的公众支持；加强世界遗产研究、保护意识和遗产影响评估相关能力建设，建立更健全的遗产影响评估法律法规体系。
分组讨论 © 联合国教科文组织东亚地区办事处
本次东亚磋商会议为区域各国世界遗产工作相关机构和专家们提供了宝贵的交流和合作平台，为政府间协调和跨部门开展合作提供了更多可能性，有效支持了世界遗产公约及相关战略在地区和全球层面的实施。与会相关主管部门和机构重申了对公约实施工作的支持，强调在世界遗产保护和管理工作中开展国际和地区性合作这一核心价值观。会议各方期待在相互理解、信任、分享和沟通的基础之上，将优先行动目标落实为具体的合作项目，为保护全人类共同的文化和自然遗产贡献力量。
East Asian World Heritage Focal Professionals Identified Common Priority Actions for Conservation and Management
October 16-17, 2024, Beijing, China – “East Asian Consultation Meeting on the Implementation of the Regional Framework Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific”, organized by UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia with the support from the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China, Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau, and Beijing Central Axis Protection Fund, was successfully concluded, demonstrating a series of fruitful discussions among the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, administrative agencies of East Asian State Parties, Category 2 Centres in cultural and natural heritage, UNESCO Chairs and site managers.
Group photo of experts and speakers in the consultation meeting © GAO Chenxiang
The Asia and Pacific is the first region to adopt the exercise of Periodic Reporting, as an important monitoring mechanism of the 1972 World Heritage Convention. Having completed three cycles of periodic reporting in 2003, 2012, and 2023, State Parties have had opportunities to reflect on their implementation of the Convention and the state of conservation of their World Heritage properties. Based on the successes, challenges, and areas for improvement shown in the latest report, a Regional Framework Action Plan for 2023-2030 was developed, outlining strategic objectives structured around the “Five Cs” (Credibility, Conservation, Capacity-building, Communication, and Communities), identifying priority areas, and proposing concrete actions to strengthen the implementation of the Convention. Upon this background, the consultation meeting served as an arena for East Asian focal points and site managers to discuss ways to concretize the Regional Framework Action Plan into national and sub-regional heritage strategies.
To open Day 1 of the consultation meeting, Mr. Chu Jianhao, Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau, Professor Shahbaz Khan, Director of UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia, and Mr. Xie Bing, Deputy Administrator of National Cultural Heritage Administration of China, gave welcome remarks on behalf of their respective agencies, reaffirming the commitment to regional cooperation on World Heritage conservation and management in East Asia.
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World Heritage Advisory Bodies and UNESCO C2Cs sharing their insights © NCHA
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As a vital part of the consultation meeting, officials and professionals from the Advisory Bodies, administration agencies of each State Party, Category 2 Centres, Chairs and site managers participated in in-depth small-group and plenary discussions in the afternoon of Day 2, facilitated by Dr. Duong Bich Hanh, Programme Specialist for Culture at UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia. With prior consultation, the five East Asian States Parties have indicated their priorities within the Regional Framework Action Plan (2023-2030), identifying two actions selected by four countries as their priorities and seven others selected by three countries. To facilitate the group discussion, the nine actions were grouped into four areas, (1) funding, legal framework for resource allocation, and benefit sharing; (2) national inventories and Tentative List; (3) education and capacity-building; (4) conservation, development, Heritage Impact Assessment, and climate change. The discussions were organized in a way that each State Party was well represented in each of these themes and topics.
Group discussions © UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia
As results of these discussion, delegations were able to form directions and agreed on some concrete actions in the following areas: (1) exploring sustainable tourism revenue and benefit sharing through collection of good practices and capacity building; (2) exchanging and collaborating on Tentative List revision with a view for transboundary nomination; (3) produce country-specific educational materials and best practices guidelines to overcome language barriers and reach diverse groups of audience within and beyond formal education curriculum; (4) carry out research, awareness raising and capacity building on Heritage Impact Assessment to be a stronger legal framework of HIA.
The East Asian Consultation Meeting served as a valuable platform for World Heritage focal points to have dialogues with colleagues across national and institutional boundaries and with organizations supporting the implementation of the 1972 Convention at a regional and global levels. It not only highlighted each State Party’s commitment to effective implementation of the Convention, but also demonstrated the core value of international and regional collaboration in World Heritage conservation and management. It is hoped that the mutual understanding, trust, and insights shared in these two days will be transformed into more concrete joint strategies and programmes to protect our diverse cultural and natural heritage.
