1. Main points of lecture delivered by Sylvio S.
Mutal at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris,
2005 (Unesco’s 60th Anniversary) in
reference to UNESCO field operations
the case of Lima based Regional Project on Cultural,
Urban and Environmental Heritage in Latin America and
the Caribbean (1976 – 1995)
Implementation in the Field
Decentralization – Management and Cost
Effectiveness of Technical Cooperation

2. Conservation/ Development / Management
of Cultural /Urban Heritage Projects in
Latin America and the Caribbean
1976 – 1995
Technical cooperation and preinvestment
through the UNDP / UNESCO Regional
Project (RLA) based in Lima, Peru
[CTA and Regional Coordinator S. Mutal]

3. Excerpts from the Field
Field Operations in LAC
1976 - 1995
Regional Project started in 1974/76 with
the participation of 6 Andean countries and
over the years expanded gradually to 26
countries, concluding in 1995

4. TRAINING
134 Regional and National Courses
in
Matters of Heritage in LAC
Total trainees: 4177
In collaboration with iccrom, icomos-
icom, Getty, etc.

5. 18 CONSERVATION CENTRES
for Movable Heritage
Have been established in Bogota,
Lima, Habana, La Paz, Mexico, Cusco,
Caracas, Kingston, Quito, Santiago de
Chile, Arica, Sao Paolo, San Jose
(and still in operation)

6. 4 Regional Conservation
Centers in Movable Heritage
• Mexico (Churubusco)
• Brazil (CEUR – Belo Horizonte)
• Peru (MNAA – Lima /textiles) regional vocation
• Cuba (Cencrem – Habana) regional vocation/
catedra de la
Unesco

7. 2 Regional Conservation /
Rehabilitation Centers in
Immovable Property
• Peru (Cusco – San Bernardo 1974 - 80)
• Brazil (Salvador de Bahía – Cecre from
1980 onwards)

8. 29 REGIONAL SEMINARS
AND SYMPOSIA
• Heritage and Development
• Architectural Conservation
• Conservational of Archeological Sites
• Historic Cities
• Museology
• Museum Financing
• Urban Economics / Historic Centers
• Conservation of Movable Objects - Wood, stone, textiles,
ceramics, canvas paintings…
• Adobe: conservation in monuments and sites
• Adaptive reuse of monuments and Sites
• Public Private Partnerships

9. 3 FEASIBILITY STUDIES
For possible investments from IADB
Washington
in Kingston, Port Royal and New
Seville (Jamaica), Quito (Ecuador), and
Historic Cities in Brazil

10. Special
TRAINING COURSES
on
MANAGEMENT/ ADMINISTRATION
of CULTURAL ASSETS
Natural Disasters – Mitigation and
Risk Management

11. STUDIES / WORKSHOPS /
SEMINARS
on
HISTORIC CITIES/CENTRES
and
SUSTAINABLE HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
Urban Management

12. EXPERT / CONSULTANT
SERVICES
(National and Regional)
± 300 m/w/months
provided in
26 countries in LAC
in 20 years
In all components of the Regional Project

13. NATURAL DISASTERS
23 EMERGENCY Actions in World
Heritage Sites of UNESCO
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
PREVENTION, Mitigation
Rehabilitation

14. PUBLICATIONS
119 (Spanish 89 - S/E 18 - E/P 18 )
Produced by RLA / LAC
to world over
(inventory catalogue to be available in digitalized format at
www.heritageanddevelopment.org and at Unesco website)

29. 26 VIDEOS, FILMS, TV SPOTS
and POSTERS
Most videos and films in conjunction with UNDP -
UN New York and UNDP Geneva and RLA – Lima
financed by UNDP, Banks and Foundations
DVD format available at
www.heritageanddevelopment.org

30. Sub regional and National Projects on
Cultural Heritage in LAC Funded by
UNDP 1974 -1995
The Regional Project RLA has been instrumental in collaboration with governments
in LAC to establish:
• 2 Sub regional Projects on Cultural Heritage UNDP UNESCO
- Central America (with headquarters in Guatemala)
- Museums in the Caribbean (with headquarters in Kingston)
• 23 National Projects PUNDP UNESCO on Cultural Heritage in
- Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (2), Brazil,
Panama, Chile, Cuba (2), Peru (4), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador,
Honduras, among others
The CTA of RLA with no cost to those prepared, coordinated y collaborated in
the execution of these projects
(also see slides on funding and finance)

31. 56 JOINT MONITORING
EXERCISES
with
RLA Project – Lima / State Parties in
LAC of 1972 UNESCO Convention
• 56 World Heritage Sites in LAC
(Cultural and Mixed Cultural- Natural)
• Mexico did its own monitoring (INAH)

33. EXPERTS’ ROSTER
Available with 536 experts/consultants
classified by
Category of especiality:
Urban economics, Architecture, Rescue
Archeology, Adaptive Reuse, Museography,
Museology, Cultural Administration, Social
educational Aspects of Heritage, etc.
and Region:
80% LAC, 20% Europe/ USA/Canada and
Africa and Asia
INCLUDING SOUTH SOUTH COOPERATION TCDC

34. EXPERT / CONSULTANT CONTRACTS
by/with UNDP UNESCO
ONLY ONE FULL-TIME EXPERT FOR 19 YEARS
(In the person of S. MUTAL)
And 6 Full-Time Associate Experts (JPO’s)
provided and paid by NL, BEL, FIN, ITA through Unesco
2 UN Volunteers (COL and SPA) paid by RLA

35. And…
• SSA/FEE Contracts For ALL
CONSULTANTS PRIMARLY FROM
LAC From Project Field Office in Lima
decentralized from New York and Paris
• DECENTRALISATION Meant SPEEDY
EXECUTION and LOWER COSTS
• It was possible then. It is possible now. The
time of full-time experts is over.

36. EVALUATIONS
and
TRIPARTITE REVIEWS
(all along 20 years)
including Human Resource Appraisals
in LAC

37. Educational Material on
Heritage in LAC
Comic Strips / Bandes Dessinées for
Children and Adults alike!
On Historic Cities, the Environment
in English, Spanish, Portuguese,
French

40. RESOURCES MOBILIZATION
(1976 – 1995) at RLA - LAC
Total: $ 18,493,651
and $ 2,500,000 in kind
GRAND TOTAL: ± 21 million in 19 YEARS
Of which RLA had $ 3.250.451 over 19 years from
UNDP
The rest $ 15.543.200 was raised from Unesco, WHC,
Banks, Cost sharing from Governments, Bilateral
Resources, NGOs, Foundations, and participating
agencies (local, national and international)

42. Compendium
of
TV-Interviews, Press Conferences,
Articles on Regional Project in
Magazines, Journals, Press.
UNDP’s *CHOICES* and COURRIER-
MUSEUM- WORLD HERITAGE REVIEW of
UNESCO and RECENTLY DVDs- Interviews
is available

44. Some Sights of Project
Activities in LAC:

92. This Project was Completed in
1995
•
OBJECTIVES MET AND SURPASSED in 19

94. And also led to:
• AN INTERREGIONAL - GLOBAL PROJECT
OF UNDP ON HISTORIC CITIES’
CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
• From 1998 to 2005 with 20 City Cases in LAC, Africa,
Middle East, Asia, Europe with various consultants
and
• a UNDP CTA/Interregional Coordinator (S. Mutal)
See powerpoint UNDP UNESCO World Historic Cities and WHC
UNESCO

95. Cultural Heritage in LAC
Technical Cooperation
provided by UNESCO / WHC
1996 – 2012