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Lithuania

MINISTRY OF CULTURE – DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

In 1985, Vidmantas Bezaras graduated from the Vilnius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences (geography, specialisation in landscape geography). Since December 2018, he has been working at the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture in the position of director. Vidmantas Bezaras has a long working experience in the field of protected areas and landscape protection previously working in leading positions at the Ministry of Environment. He has extensive experience of interinstitutional cooperation and team work as a member or chief of more than 30 interinstitutional commissions or working groups in the fields of environmental protection, cultural heritage, forestry, tourism, transport, agriculture, science, but also long-term work of UNESCO National Commission, Lithuanian Tourism Council, Ethnic Culture Protection Council and other organisations. Vidmantas Bezaras is the author of more than 20 publications on landscape, geography, tourism and protected areas.

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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