05/12/2008 Culture, Science, Education and Media
Strasbourg, 05.12.2008 - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Sub-Committee on Cultural Heritage is holding a conference on "rescue archaeology" - the study and preservation of significant elements of archaeological heritage under threat from development work – in Paris on 8 December.
Archaeologists, developers, public authority managers, NGOs and representatives of European and international institutions will debate the topic, and concrete examples will be considered in the form of case studies. In particular, the conference will help to identify the roles of the different interested parties as well as principles of good practice. It will contribute to the preparation of a PACE report on a "Balanced approach to the rescuing of archaeological finds from development projects".
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The conference, which is open to the press, takes place on 8 December from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Assemblée Nationale, Salle Lamartine, 101 rue de l’Université, Paris 7ème.
Programme of the conference
Contact: Nathalie Bargellini, PACE Communication Unit
tel. +33 (0)6 65 40 32 82 ou +33 (0)3 88 41 22 82