News – SEPTEMBER 2007

Website Development

Please pardon our appearance as we make major changes to the design and content of SEAMEO-SPAFA’s website. Over the coming months, SEAMEO-SPAFA will be adding a lot of information and providing access to multiple resources.

Museum Forum III: 19 Sepember, 2007

SPAFA's June Museum Forum Event will be on the topic of  Military Map Museum. This forum will be led by Lt.Nithad Chitsopon who has been working as co-curator of the museum. All interested persons are very welcome to join us.

Venue: SPAFA Headquarters Building
Time: 14:00 – 16:00 hrs
Admission free of charge

For more information contact Miss Patsri

Email: patsri@seameo-spafa.org

Museum Forum Archive

Course Announcement

Regional Workshop on “From Risk Assessment to Conservation: Safeguarding Archaeological Complexes in the Mekong Subregion”

"Deadline postponed to 30 November 2007"

The Lao Ministry of Information and Culture, Department of Museums and Archaeology along with the Getty Conservation Institute, SEAMEO Regional Center for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA), and the Lerici Foundation are collaborating to present a workshop titled, From Risk Assessment to Conservation; Safeguarding Archaeological Complexes in the Mekong Subregion. The workshop will be held at the World Heritage site of Vat Phou in Lao PDR 9-22 March 2008.

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Announcement of the next CollAsia2010 International Course to be held in Lao PDR

We are pleased to announce the next CollAsia2010 International Course on Traditional Knowledge and Scientific Principles of Conservation to be held from 19 November 2007 - 14 December 2007 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

The international course will be held under the collaboration between ICCROM-SPAFA, the Department of Museums and Archaeology, Ministry of Information and Culture, Lao PDR, with a financial support from UNESCO.

Click here to download Course Annoucement and Application Form.

The deadline for application is 15 September 2007.

2nd Edition of Guidelines for Managing the Integration of Culture into Development Programmes

The 2nd edition of Guidelines has been prepared to supplement the original publication of 2004. Whether viewed as promoting inclusiveness, integration, or advocating the adoption of community-driven approaches, the Guidelines are intended as ‘guide', not a ‘blue-print'. The Guidelines have evolved from 10 workshops and 2 international conferences held from 2002-2005 that have involved the participation of over 800 persons. Presented in an easy-to use format, the Guidelines are now available for electronic download from the SPAFA Web Site and will be of interest to anyone working in the field of culture and development. Activities from the Guidelines have been successfully adapted and used in the following CollAsia 2010 programmes: the Workshop held in Manila , Philippines , in 2006; the Field Project conducted in Hanoi , Vietnam , in 2007; and more recently in the Associate Activity on Making Mangrove an Eco-Musuem, held in Chachoengsao , Thailand , during March 2007.