Mintimer Shaimiev attended the opening of a seminar on planning and management of cultural heritage

Today in Kazan State Architecture and Construction University  an international seminar "Strategic planning and management of cultural heritage" has opened.   Lecturer is  Professor of International Management Institute in the field of cultural heritage of  Bradenburg  technical  university  of Kottbus (Germany), a UNESCO expert (ICOMOS ) for  preservation  of archaeological heritage Britta Rudolff.

Opening an international seminar was held with the participation of the Republic of Tatarstan State Counsellor, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Foundation "Vozrozhdeniye  (Renaissance)" M.Shaimiev,  RT  Minister of Culture Airat Sibagatullin and other officials as well as the representatives of the scientific community.

Welcoming the guests of the seminar, the rector of the KSACU Rashid Nizamov   said that if prior  the representatives of the university went , if possible, to study abroad , it is now an expert on the preservation of archaeological heritage of world-class arrived in Kazan, that  would    enable  to  educate more people.

State Counselor of  Tatarstan reminded that the country is doing a great job in the field of historic preservation. He stressed that it is important not only for the contemporaries, but also for future generations. Nowadays,  in  Tatarstan,  much work is being done  to restore a historic appearance of the Bolgar and Sviyazhsk  where not without difficulties due to the lack of specialists  in this field   the work is handled. That is why, according to M.Shaimiev,  so important are  these seminars  with  participation of foreign experts.

A substantive work is being done in the republic today  on the preservation of cultural heritage. One example - the Kazan Kremlin, which is included in the UNESCO list. Following objects, claiming for this  are Bolgar and Svijazhsk.

" A large-scale restoration of objects  is being held on these historical territories , much attention is paid to compliance with international standards, the requirements of the Convention on  Protection of the World Natural Heritage. If something does not meet these requirements , then we must  blame  ourselves   in it, we must learn to work at this level , "-  Mintimer Shaimiev said.

UNESCO expert invited everyone to the courses , which will be held these days in KGASU. " We will talk about the management of cultural heritage, and these lectures may also be of interest to historians and lawyers ," -  Britta Rudolff  said. It is planned that the lectures will raise various questions from  introduction in the context of the World Heritage Convention and  general understanding of what it represents to the world heritage and master classes with  analysis of specific examples.

"Our goal - to educate the public.  We need to tell people about how important the  World Heritage sites are. We try to raise awareness of the importance of historical sites , "- she said.

In memory of   the meeting,  Mintimer Shaimiev presented Mrs. Britta Rudolff a symbolic  lock with key, made by sample  of ancient lock   found on the territory of Bulgar. Representatives of  KSACU handed  to  the State Counselor  a  picture  and painted by students and books.

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