تحت رعاية صاحبة السمو الأميرة دانا فراس ، رئيسة المجلس الدولي للآثار والمواقع - الأردن ، وسفيرة اليونسكو للنوايا الحسنة ورئيسة الجمعية الوطنية للمحافظة على البتراء.
ICOMOS – Jordan held its first discussion session on the Zoom Webinar platform on Wednesday 7/7/2020, entitled “Together to Create Participatory Effective Action to Protect Jordanian Cultural Heritage”

This is part of the Council’s vision of the need to create effective partnerships with governmental and private institutions, and given the specificity of the Jordanian cultural heritage and the challenges, it faces between development projects and heritage preservation projects as well.

Her Highness Princess Dana Firas provided a brief introduction to the Council’s work and the importance of the participation of the network of specialists and researchers provided by the Council around the world. Her Highness also mentioned the cooperation agreements signed by the council since its establishment until now, and that the council seeks to activate the role of youth and provide them with opportunities to participate in the council’s local and international activities.

Dr. Munther Al-Jamhawi, a member of the Board of Directors of ICOMOS-Jordan, interviewed the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Mrs. Majd Shweikeh, and the President of the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority, Dr. Suleiman Al-Farajat. The seminar was also hosted by Dr. Zaki Aslan, Director of the Regional Center of ICROM in Sharjah, Eng. Khaled Al-Khashman, Chairman of The Greater Salt Municipality, and a number of experts and workers in the field, such as Dr. Muawiya Ibrahim / Eng. Rustom Kajian / Mr. Jihad Haroun / Eng. Firas Rabadi / Eng. Bashar Al-Bitar / Mr. Hussam Hijazin / Eng. Tahani Al-Salehi / Dr. Sultan Ma’ani.

كان هناك أكثر من 80 مشاركًا متخصصًا ومهتمًا بقضايا التراث الثقافي داخل الأردن وخارجه.
The panel discussion dealt with several topics, the most important of which is the role of ICOMOS-Jordan in presenting files for the inclusion of Jordanian heritage sites on the World Heritage List – UNESCO – with Jordanian experiences, and thus Dr. Soliman talked about the most important challenges facing the site of Petra as the first site to be included in the list and praised to the celebration of the city of Petra for the passage of 13 years On choosing Petra as the second site of the new Seven Wonders of the World.

م. كما تحدث خالد الخشمان عن تجربته في التعامل مع ملف مدينة السلط التراثية كموقع للتراث العمراني وأهمية وجود ICOMOS-Jordan في مواجهة التحديات وحل أبرز المشاكل التي عارضت إدراج موقع.

وفي ختام الجلسة ، شكرت سمو الأميرة دانا فراس المشاركين في الحوار وشكرت كل من ساهم في تأسيس جمعية المجلس ، وأكدت على أهمية المشاركة المحلية والإقليمية في مجال حماية التراث وإدارته.