The hearing focused on the different factors that could make public and private investment in the restoration of cultural heritage one of the main solutions to stop the economic downturn in the EU.
PROGRAMME
Welcome speech by Vasco Graça Moura, MEP.
Presentation of the resolution by Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, MEP.
Panel 1
Heritage investment: Counter cyclical opportunity in Economic Downturns. Mr Donovan Rypkema. President, Heritage Strategies International, Washington DC.
Cultural heritage conservation: an economic perspective. Dr Romilda Rizzo, Department of Economics and Quantative Methodology, University of Catania.
Panel 2
Heritage restoration: an opportunity for the SMEs. Dr Edmundo Werna. Expert in the construction industry and urban development, International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.
Exchange of views / Experiences: Use of built cultural heritage in times of economic crisis.
Dr Terje Nypan (Senior Counsellor for Riksantikvaren. Directorate for Cultural Heritage under the Royal Ministry of Environment.
Mr Hans Schaidinger. Mayor of the City of Regensburg, Germany.
Dr Carlos Carvalho. Chairman of the Institute for Research and Cultural heritage, Cabo Verde.
Mr Joaquín Segado Martínez. Town planning and sustainable development Councillor, Cartagena , Spain.
Dr Hubert Staroste. Senate, Department for Urban Development, Germany.
Questions and Answers
Conclusions by Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines, MEP:
“We have a clear message from the experts that investment in cultural heritage is a win-win solution especially in this context of economic downturn, so I expect European politicians to listen to the message”
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Presentations are available here
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HEARING
THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF HERITAGE IN A TIME OF FINANCIAL CRISIS
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