Activities - International Day for Monuments and Sites
The International Day for Monuments and Sites, which is endorsed by UNESCO, offers an opportunity to raise awareness concerning the diversity of the world's heritage and the efforts that are required to protect and conserve it.
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MONUMENTS AND SITES, Friday 18th April 2014
The theme for 2014 is Commemoration. To mark this, ICOMOS Ireland is collaborating with the Irish National Committee of the Blue Shield to hold a series of short presentations on the afternoon of 17 April at 1600hrs, which will include the following:
- a brief outline of the Blue Shield and the objectives of the Irish National Committee;
- a note on the Hague Convention (1954) and its protocols, by Cathy Daly;
- a presentation by Beatrice Kelly reflecting on the climate/weather events of the last few months in the light of the Heritage Council and Fáilte Ireland’s “Climate Change, Heritage and Tourism: Implications for Ireland’s Coast and Inland Waterways” Report from 2009.
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