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Inclusive Heritage-Based City Development Program in IndiaThis report summarizes the motivation,
 objectives, methodology, results and lessons learned from
 the design and implementation of the Demonstration Program
 on Inclusive Heritage-based City Development in India. The
 development objective of this program is to test an
 inclusive heritage-based approach to city development
 planning in three pilot cities with a focus on learning and
 future expansion. The pilot cities include a metropolis
 (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh), a medium-size city (Varanasi,
 Uttar Pradesh) and a small city (Ajmer-Pushkar, Rajasthan).
 The pilot cities have been selected on the basis of
 population, living standards in historic areas, heritage
 value and reform orientation. These cities represent India s
 diversity in terms of settlements as well as social and
 cultural heritage, and provide scope for customizing the
 tested planning instruments, specific institutional and
 financial arrangements and methods at an early stage. An
 initial activity is the first phase of a larger program
 aimed at providing national policy makers, state
 governments, urban local bodies and sector professionals in
 India with exemplary practices, institutional arrangements
 as well as financial and management incentives that can
 assist them in incorporating cultural heritage into their
 overall city development planning framework. This activity
 has three components: component 1 offers institutional
 set-up and selection of pilot cities; component 2 provides
 advisory support to pilot Cities; and component 3 maintains
 knowledge management and learning systems. Overall, the
 program is expected to leverage existing public funds under
 national and state-level schemes that have been earmarked
 for urban renewal investments but are currently not being
 utilized for this purpose due to lack of capacities,
 appropriate mechanisms and tools.
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Cultural Heritage and Development : A Framework for Action in the Middle East and North AfricaThe countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are blessed with an extraordinary cultural patrimony, secular and religious, of huge importance for each country and for humankind at large. The region is home to 48 sites already inscribed on the world heritage list maintained by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and has an enormous nonmaterial heritage as well. The Middle East is also the cradle of the world's major monotheistic religions. This cultural patrimony is a cornerstone of many people's existence and nourishes their daily lives. It must continue to flourish. This report analyzes the cultural heritage sector in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, and the World Bank's policy and operational experiences in this sector over the past six years, 1996-2001. It has three objectives: 1) to explore the characteristics, capacities, needs, and constraints of the region's cultural sector and their relevance to overall country development; 2) to take stock, describe, and analyze the World Bank's past and current support for preservation and management of the region's cultural heritage; and 3) to extract the lessons of experience and define the strategy framework for future Bank assistance for preserving and managing the MENA region's patrimony.
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VIDEO: Session 2: Managing our Public Lands for Conservation ValuesVIDEO: 10:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. SESSION 2: Managing our Public Lands for Conservation Values Moderator and Commentator: Fred Cheever, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law Speakers: Ken Rait, The Pew Charitable Trusts Brett Dickson, Conservation Science Partners Kristin Bail, Bureau of Land Management