Role of local and regional authorities in the conservation of the architectural heritage
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- Assembly debate on 8 October 1979 (15th Sitting) (see Doc. 4396, report of the Committee on Culture and Education). Text adopted by the Assembly on 8 October 1979 (15th Sitting).
The Assembly,
1. Emphasising the special responsibility which rests upon regional and local authorities for the conservation of the architectural heritage ;
2. Welcoming initiatives which have been taken to develop the interest of regional and local authorities in this task, and in particular :
a the creation by Europa Nostra of the Historic Towns Forum ; and
b the organisation of a series of symposia, under the joint auspices of the Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and the Historic Towns Forum ;
4. Asks the Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, and in particular its Cultural Committee, to examine sympathetically this recommendation ;
5. Calls on all regional and local authorities :
a to study the recommendation, and to endeavour to implement the proposals contained therein for the conservation of the architectural heritage ;
b to make much fuller use of the powers conferred upon them for this purpose ;
c to discuss the recommendation at the next symposium of historic towns, and to exchange information and experience on the matters raised therein.
