ICOMOS-UK News http://www.icomos-uk.org/ United Kingdom Committee of International Council on Monuments and Sites en Copyright 2005, ICOMOS-UK. All rights reserved. rikkeosterlund@icomos-uk.org (Rikke Osterlund) phillip.dawson@boilerhousecommunications.co.uk (Phillip Dawson) Wed, 07 May 2008 12:36:20 +0100 UK News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss New Heritage Skills Task Force http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=109 Delegates at the ICOMOS-UK Conference on Action on Skills Training and Education for the Historic Environment (29-30 April 2008) agreed on the need to co-ordinate action across the whole built conservation sector to promote heritage skills training.

]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 12:36:20 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item109 Launch of new 'Conversations' series http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=108 On 23 April, ICOMOS-UK launched 'Conversations' with an inaugural event on 'Our Sacred Landscapes' in Birmingham. This also coincided with International Monuments and Sites Day 2008 whose special theme is religious heritage and sacred places.

]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:27:44 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item108 Merranblo Wind Farm Development, Orkney http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=106 ICOMOS-UK Precognition for the Public Local Inquiry on the proposed erection of three wind turbines at Merranblo, Orkney, Scotland.

January 2008

]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:19:51 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item106 Caltongate Development: Edinburgh Old & New Towns World Heritage Site http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=105 Press release on the Caltongate Development and its impact on the Edinburgh Old & New Towns World Heritage Site.

06/02/08

]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:00:10 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item105 Stonehenge World Heritage Site road scheme http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=104 ICOMOS-UK Press Statement on the Government announcement on the Stonehenge road improvements scheme.

6 December 2007

]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:54:58 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item104 Revised Olympic budget to have a massive impact on heritage funding http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=101 Does the third sector heritage lobby need to be stronger in its dialogue with the government? The revised budget for the Olympics will mean £90m less funds for the HLF and thus for heritag signals the vulnerability of the heritage lobby.

]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:36:52 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item101 The Heritage Protection Review White Paper http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=100 ICOMOS-UK warmly welcomes the news that World Heritage sites (WHSs) are to be given statutory protection in the planning system in order to control development within sites and their settings, and to ensure there is no erosion of value over time.

]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:21:52 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item100 Cornwall and West Devon Minining Landscape inscribed as a WHS http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=99 On Thursday 13th July the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape as a WHS. This follows years of hard work by the WH Team in Cornwall County Council in particular.

]]> Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:21:44 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item99 ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting, Edinburgh 8-13th September 2006 http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=98 The annual ICOMOS Advisory Committee Meeting is this year being held in Edinburgh - hosted by Historic Scotland - from 8th to 13th September 2006.

]]> Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:21:18 GMT http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/#item98 Government proposes demolition of Commonwealth Institute http://www.icomos-uk.org/news/?id=97 A leaked letter from the Foreign Office and DCMS asking the ODPM for its view on introducing special legislation to overturn the Grade 2* listing of the Commonwealth Institute in London has angered the UK heritage sector, including ICOMOS-UK.

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