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5th Directors Seminar
Kenya 2003

Place: Mutare, Zimbabwe
Dates: 10– 14 November
Partner: Programme For Museums Development in Africa (PMDA), National Museums Of Kenya (NMK)

Seminar Objectives: The main objectives of the seminar were to:

• allow course participants to present the 5th Regional Course to their directors;
• examine the progress of the AFRICA 2009 Programme and give direction for the future;
• allow directors to select 2 new representatives to the AFRICA 2009 Steering Committee;
• identify key issues related to globalization and conservation of cultural heritage for use by directors in their own countries, and by AFRICA 2009 when planning regional activities.
  

Structure: The participants of the 5th Regional Course presented to the directors their reflections of the course. The reflections were based on the units covered. Each participant reflected on how particular issues raised in a specific unit would apply to his/her country. The presentations were augmented by an exhibition of the management planning process prepared by the participants. The Directors visited Shimoni Village, the site for the management planning exercise. Here, the participants presented the sites and the work they had done.

The participant presentations were followed by the section of the programme on Globalization and Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Each of the directors presented a paper on the topic, which was followed by group discussions to identify the key issues. Finally the directors discussed the Africa 2009 programme. They deliberated on some of the topics for the technical courses and thematic seminars. Some of the topics suggested included documentation and surveying, conservation and interpretation of historic buildings, documentation of the intangible heritage, conservation techniques etc.

Results:

• 18 directors attended the seminar along with representatives of 5 partner organizations, including the Swedish National Heritage Board, the Directorate of Cultural Heritage of Norway.
• 21 participants of the 5th Regional Course also attended the seminar.
• Recommendations were made on the theme of Globalization and Conservation and on future themes for activities of the Africa 2009 programme.
• Mrs. Pumla Madiba (South Africa) and Dr. Omotoso Eluyemi (Nigeria) were elected to the Steering committee of AFRICA 2009.

For more information on the seminar, see the final report (Pdf 690 KB).