Luisa De Marco
Luisa De Marco, architect, specialized in Restoration of Monuments (1999), holds a PhD in Architectural Heritage Conservation (2007). Currently she is independent consultant after serving 20 years in the Ministry of Cultural Properties, Activities and Tourism as conservation architect.
In her positions at the MIBACT, Luisa has accumulated extensive knowledge and expertise on issues concerning protection, management and promotion of cultural heritage and landscape and on technical aspects of tangible heritage preservation as well as in preservation budget planning. Luisa has been charged with coordination responsibilities in a number of applied research studies that have led her to work with professionals, scholars and academics from different fields (archaeologists, geographers, forest scientists, geologists, botanists, engineers, etc.), thus developing a robust interdisciplinary approach.
Responsible for the coordination of the management for the World Heritage property “Porto Venere, Cinque Terre and the Island” since 2007, Luisa has accumulated experience on management mechanisms, efficiency and effectiveness in complex inter-institutional contexts.
Since 2004 she has been engaged in initiatives aiming to evaluate and to sustain the setting up of legal, planning and technical instruments and frameworks in European (Georgia) and non – European countries (Nepal).
Luisa has a 15 - year experience in didactic and training activities in post – graduate courses with the University of Genoa and professional trainings with ICCROM (courses: ITUC-03 on integrated urban conservation, May 2004, course on conservation for Azerbaijani civil servants, April 2016 Course on built Heritage Conservation – module on Heritage Impact Assessment (Rome), October 2016, Course on People Centre Approaches to Conservation (Macedonia – Albania), October 2016, Course on Heritage Impact Assessment (Vigan, Philippines).
She has worked with major Italian, European and international cultural heritage agencies as heritage and conservation expert and lecturer: ICOMOS International, UNESCO, ICCROM, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property; Italy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ICOMOS expert and adviser in World Heritage matters since 2006, Luisa holds extensive experience in protection, management and conservation issues and requirements for World Heritage properties, through the assessment of more than 50 World Heritage nominations, the assessment of the adequacy of the management system, legal protection and state of conservation of more that 30 properties, evaluation and monitoring missions.
Significant recent working experiences include the role of Resident Twinning Adviser in the EU funded Twinning Project between the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of the Republic of Moldova and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Activities and Properties “Support to promote cultural heritage in the Republic of Moldova through its preservation and protection”;
the Joint EU – UNESCO two- years project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared trans-boundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid Region” (2014 – 2017) in Albania and Northern Macedonia, as international consultant;
Georgia, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development City Project for “Planning Documentation of Khertvisi-Vardzia-Oloda Cultural Landscape” (2015), as International consultant;
Georgia, Euro East Culture – Eastern Partnership Culture programme “Regional Co-operation for the Cultural Heritage Development” (2013 – 2014) - International consultant for comparative analysis between the legal and planning systems for the protection of cultural heritage and landscape in Georgia and in other EU countries with a view to support the reform process of the Country;
Georgia - Italy, Ministries of Foreign Affairs Bilateral Agreement Italia – Georgia for the scientific and cultural cooperation (2000-2004), Project coordinator for Preliminary study for the drawing up of a management programme for Vardzia Khertvisi, in view of nominating the site for inscription in the WH list as a cultural landscape.
In her positions at the MIBACT, Luisa has accumulated extensive knowledge and expertise on issues concerning protection, management and promotion of cultural heritage and landscape and on technical aspects of tangible heritage preservation as well as in preservation budget planning. Luisa has been charged with coordination responsibilities in a number of applied research studies that have led her to work with professionals, scholars and academics from different fields (archaeologists, geographers, forest scientists, geologists, botanists, engineers, etc.), thus developing a robust interdisciplinary approach.
Responsible for the coordination of the management for the World Heritage property “Porto Venere, Cinque Terre and the Island” since 2007, Luisa has accumulated experience on management mechanisms, efficiency and effectiveness in complex inter-institutional contexts.
Since 2004 she has been engaged in initiatives aiming to evaluate and to sustain the setting up of legal, planning and technical instruments and frameworks in European (Georgia) and non – European countries (Nepal).
Luisa has a 15 - year experience in didactic and training activities in post – graduate courses with the University of Genoa and professional trainings with ICCROM (courses: ITUC-03 on integrated urban conservation, May 2004, course on conservation for Azerbaijani civil servants, April 2016 Course on built Heritage Conservation – module on Heritage Impact Assessment (Rome), October 2016, Course on People Centre Approaches to Conservation (Macedonia – Albania), October 2016, Course on Heritage Impact Assessment (Vigan, Philippines).
She has worked with major Italian, European and international cultural heritage agencies as heritage and conservation expert and lecturer: ICOMOS International, UNESCO, ICCROM, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property; Italy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ICOMOS expert and adviser in World Heritage matters since 2006, Luisa holds extensive experience in protection, management and conservation issues and requirements for World Heritage properties, through the assessment of more than 50 World Heritage nominations, the assessment of the adequacy of the management system, legal protection and state of conservation of more that 30 properties, evaluation and monitoring missions.
Significant recent working experiences include the role of Resident Twinning Adviser in the EU funded Twinning Project between the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research of the Republic of Moldova and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Activities and Properties “Support to promote cultural heritage in the Republic of Moldova through its preservation and protection”;
the Joint EU – UNESCO two- years project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared trans-boundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid Region” (2014 – 2017) in Albania and Northern Macedonia, as international consultant;
Georgia, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development City Project for “Planning Documentation of Khertvisi-Vardzia-Oloda Cultural Landscape” (2015), as International consultant;
Georgia, Euro East Culture – Eastern Partnership Culture programme “Regional Co-operation for the Cultural Heritage Development” (2013 – 2014) - International consultant for comparative analysis between the legal and planning systems for the protection of cultural heritage and landscape in Georgia and in other EU countries with a view to support the reform process of the Country;
Georgia - Italy, Ministries of Foreign Affairs Bilateral Agreement Italia – Georgia for the scientific and cultural cooperation (2000-2004), Project coordinator for Preliminary study for the drawing up of a management programme for Vardzia Khertvisi, in view of nominating the site for inscription in the WH list as a cultural landscape.
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Convention passed a ground-breaking Sustainable Development
policy that seeks to bring the World Heritage system into line with the
UN’s sustainable development agenda. World Heritage and
Sustainable Development provides a broad overview of the process
that brought about the new policy, and the implications of its
enactment.
Divided into four parts, Part I puts the policy in its historical and
theoretical context, and Part II offers an analysis of the four policy
dimensions - environmental sustainability, inclusive social
development, inclusive economic development, and the fostering of
peace and security – on which the policy is based. Part III presents the
views of IUCN, ICOMOS, and ICCROM - the three Advisory Bodies to the
World Heritage Committee, and Part IV offers ‘case study’ perspectives
on the practical implications of the policy. Contributions come from a
wide range of experienced heritage professionals and practitioners
who offer both ‘inside’ perspectives on the evolution of the policy and
‘outside’ perspectives on its implications. Combined, they present and
analyse the main ideas, debates, and implications of the policy change.
Convention passed a ground-breaking Sustainable Development
policy that seeks to bring the World Heritage system into line with the
UN’s sustainable development agenda. World Heritage and
Sustainable Development provides a broad overview of the process
that brought about the new policy, and the implications of its
enactment.
Divided into four parts, Part I puts the policy in its historical and
theoretical context, and Part II offers an analysis of the four policy
dimensions - environmental sustainability, inclusive social
development, inclusive economic development, and the fostering of
peace and security – on which the policy is based. Part III presents the
views of IUCN, ICOMOS, and ICCROM - the three Advisory Bodies to the
World Heritage Committee, and Part IV offers ‘case study’ perspectives
on the practical implications of the policy. Contributions come from a
wide range of experienced heritage professionals and practitioners
who offer both ‘inside’ perspectives on the evolution of the policy and
‘outside’ perspectives on its implications. Combined, they present and
analyse the main ideas, debates, and implications of the policy change.