Blue Shield is organising their General Assembly 2017 at the Vienna Rathaus (Town Hall) in Austria between Tuesday 12 and Friday 15 September.
There is no registration fee.

 

Please complete the registration-from (Download below!) and send it to:

Friedrich Schipper

friedrich.schipper@univie.ac.at

Registration-Deadline: Sept. 8

 

Practical information for national committees attending

Provisional Programme

Registration form  (both committees and observers)

Financial Report Blue Shield 2014-2017

Elections

 

Weitere Informationen:

http://www.ancbs.org/cms/en/home2

 

 

Interim Programm:

 

Tues 12 September

Participants arrive

 

16.00-18.00
Meeting of Interim Board

 

19.00-21.00
Welcome reception (details to follow)

 

Wed 13 September

08.30-09.30
Registration & networking breakfast

 

09.30-10.30
Opening Ceremony

 

09.30-09.40
Welcome to Vienna by the President of the Austrian National Committee of the Blue Shield -
Ursula Stenzel

 

09.40-09.50
Welcome to the General Assembly by the Interim President of the Blue Shield -
Karl Habsburg Lothringen

 

09.50-10.00
Statement by ICA

 

10.00-10.10
Statement by ICOM

 

10.10-10.20
Statement by ICOMOS

 

10.20-10.30
Statement by IFLA

 

 

10.30-12.00
Session 1: The future role of Blue Shield - 1
Chair: Karl Habsburg Lothringen, Interim President of the Blue Shield

 

10.30-11.00
The Blue Shield Approach: suggested roles and responsibilities for the Board and national committees
Peter Stone

 

11.00-11.30       
General discussion and Q&A of Blue Shield Approach and roles and responsibilities

 

11.30-12.00
Generic issues from national committee reports & Milan meeting
Robyn Riddett & Angela Dellebeke

 

12.00-13.00
LUNCH

 

13.00-16.30
Session 2: The future role of Blue Shield

 
13.00-15.00
Group discussion of proposed Blue Shield Approach, follow-up from Milan, & national committee issues

 

15.00-15.30
TEA & COFFEE

 

15.30-16.00
Group feedback
Chair: Karl Habsburg Lothringen, Interim President of the Blue Shield

 

16.00-16.30
Final discussion of proposed Blue Shield Approach
 

16.30-17.00
Networking break

 

17.00-19.00
Public Plenary Session: Facing the challenges for the protection of our common cultural heritage
Chair:Friedrich Schipper, Austrian Blue Shield

 

17.00-17.30
Karl Habsburg Lothringen, Interim President of the Blue Shield

 

17.30-18.00
Irina Bokova, Director General UNESCO

 

18.00-18.30
Agnes Husslein-Arco,Board-Member Leopold Museum

 

18.30-19.00
Panel Q&A session

 

 

 

Thursday 14 September

08.30-09.30
Registration & networking breakfast

 

09.30-11.00      
Elections for Members of the Blue Shield Board and President
Chair: Ursula Stenzel, President of the Austrian National Committee of the Blue Shield

 

11.00-12.00
Presentations to be confirmed

 

12.00-13.00
LUNCH

 

13.00-15.00
Session 3: Training for CPP in armed conflict and environmental disaster

 

15.00-15.30
TEA & COFFEE

 

15.30-17.30       
Session 4: Civil/Military cooperation regarding the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict and natural disaster

 

17.30-18.00
Networking break

 

19.30-21.00
Reception

 

Fri 15 September

 

08.30-09.30
Registration & networking breakfast

 

09.30-12.00
Session 5: Protecting the cultural heritage of the Middle East and North Africa

 

12.00-13.00
LUNCH

 

13.00-13.50
Guided tour of the Town Hall

 

14.00-16.00
Session 6: Disaster risk reduction

 

16.00-16.30
TEA & COFFEE

 

16.30-17.30
Session 6: Disaster risk reduction (cont)

 

17.30-18.00        
BREAK

 

18.00-19.00
Closing ceremony
The future of the Blue Shield - President of the Blue Shield
 

 
Sat 16 September

 

"Cultural diplomacy and cultural property protection: implementation prospects and challenges of international standards"
- open to all attending the General Assembly

Joint annex meeting for an interactive forum for in-depth cooperation discussions in the framework of the General Assembly of Blue Shield
International under the patronage of  Dr. h.c. Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen (MEP ret.), LL.M, MBA, MLE, organized by the Austrian National Committee
of the Blue Shield and the Austrian Roerich Society – National Roerich Pact Committee

-Block 1: Session at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Vienna.
Topic: „Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Property Protection against heritage wars”

-Block 2: Session at the Officers Association Vienna.
Topic: „Implementation of International cultural property protection standards: military and civil expertise”
Round Table dedicated to fostering of understanding of importance to protect cultural

 

19.00-22.00
Reception hosted by the Mayor of Vienna