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MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION

DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES PATRIMOINES

EHHF 2010 HERITAGE AND TOURISM: RISKS AND BENEFITS

Specialised in geopolitics, Chevalier of Arts and Letters, Bruno Favel is Head of European and International Affairs at the Directorate General of Heritage (DGP) of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.

He is also Secretary General of the France-UNESCO Convention. He coordinates the European and international policy in four areas: museums, heritage, architecture and archives in connection with international and European organisations as well as all national and international partners. He has been a member of the International Committee of the Silk Roads (Unesco), Chairman of the new technologies of the Council of Europe, Chair of the Steering Committee for Heritage and Landscape of the Council of Europe, Director of the French Cultural Centre Committee Salzburg and Upper Austria, among other things.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
The first European Heritage Summit was organised in London from April 26 to 28, 2006 by Dr Simon Thurley, former Chief Executive of English Heritage. The mission of the summit was to bring together for the first time those responsible for Europe's cultural heritage, to create an opportunity to exchange experiences in heritage management and to initiate joint action. The first summit brought together 23 European countries, who agreed in the summit's final declaration to continue to meet annually in the form of a European Heritage Heads Forum. Each year, future host countries are chosen by mutual agreement at the annual meeting, so that the tradition can continue.

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