Cultural Heritage Management & DRR: Introducing the Scorecard’s New Addendum to Make Cities Resilient

Organized by:
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
AECOM
 

 11:00-12:00 GMT-5
 4 November 2021
 Learning Labs 4
 Virtual

The overall goal of this Learning Lab is to raise awareness and promote knowledge exchange and cooperation on the benefits and necessity of integrating cultural heritage management in DRR strategies and plans. The presentation of the Scorecard – Cultural Heritage Addendum will give operational insights on how to concretely achieve this goal. 
At the end of the Learning Lab, participants will have:

• Identified, discussed, and assessed the current demands and challenges for integrating cultural heritage management into DRR strategies and plans in the Americas and the Caribbean, including insights from fellow participants and the situation in their municipality.
• Experimented with the Scorecard – Cultural Heritage Addendum to acquire basic knowledge on its methodology, operationalization process, and benefits to better integrate cultural heritage management and DRR agendas at the local level.
• Examined and valued the importance of integrating cultural heritage management into DRR strategies and plans in their territories via concrete policy tools, like the Scorecard – Cultural Heritage Addendum.
• Established or deepened relationships with nearby communities and/or organizations to promote actions needed to increase disaster and cultural heritage resilience.

Facilitators

Barbara Minguez Garcia
Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 

Luke Young
Resilience and Climate Change Practice Lead, AECOM

Alberto Basaglia
Postdoctoral Research Associate, D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara

Debra Kay Palmer
Director, World Heritage and Cultural Conventions, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jamaica

Raquel Núñez Elizondo
Technical Director, Coordinación Educativa y Cultural Centroamericana del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (CECC/SICA) 

Carolina Vílchez Carrasco
Director, Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Piura of the Ministry of Culture

Johanna Granados
Urban Risk Advisor, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Caroline Munier
Program Specialist for Culture, UNESCO Cluster Office (San José)

Enrique Lopez Hurtado
Programme Officer, Culture, UNESCO Office (Lima)

Yuri Peshkov
Programme Specialist, Culture, UNESCO Cluster Office (Caribbean)