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Report on ‘International Capacity Building on Safeguarding the Underwater Cultural Heritage’

Author/s Anderson, R.

Year of publication 2014

Report Number: No. 311

Report on ‘International Capacity Building on Safeguarding the Underwater Cultural Heritage’ (Kegiatan Bimbingan Teknis Cagar Budaya Bawah Air Tingkat Internasional Tahun 2014) training activities Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 21 September – 7 October 2014. 

The Indonesian Directorate of Cultural Properties and Museums, Directorate General of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture (‘the Directorate’) invited the author to participate as a trainer in an International Capacity Building on Safeguarding the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) training course, to be held in Makassar, South Sulawesi between 21 September – 7 October 2014. The 2014 program followed up on the inaugural ‘International Capacity Building on Safeguarding the Underwater Cultural Heritage training course’, held in Makassar and Barru, South Sulawesi in October 2013. These courses in turn followed earlier UNESCO Foundation training courses held for UNESCO Asia-Pacific region countries held in Thailand (2008, 2009, 2010) and SEAMEO-SPAFA courses held for ASEAN countries, also held in Thailand (2011, 2012). The participants included 19 Indonesian nationals and 8 ASEAN participants from Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos and Thailand.