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SWITZERLAND

FEDERAL OFFICE OF CULTURE

Born in 1970, Oliver Martin obtained a Master in Architecture in 1998 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETHZ Zürich. He pursued his studies with a PhD in technical sciences and history of architecture at ETHZ until 2002.

Olivier Martin held several positions at the Swiss Federal Office of Culture until he joined the management board in 2012 as Head of Section Baukultur. In parallel, he acted as an expert member of the Swiss delegation to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee from 2010 to 2013. Since 2013, Oliver Martin is a member of the ICCROM Council, and was elected chairman of the Council in 2017.

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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