PURPOSE

UNESCO assessment mission for (July–August 2006) war damages on World Heritage Sites of Lebanon expressed concern regarding the routine maintenance of those sites and recommended to prioritize the establishment of an integrate action plan for tangible cultural heritage conservation all over the country. This Action Plan should be considered as an umbrella for few most important components such are:

• Establishment of risks’ map for World Heritage Site;
• Establishment of digital exhaustive technical documentation for World Heritage Site;
• Capacity building of human resources able to address above components;

Main objective of the proposed activity is to build capacities of Human Resources in charge, or potentially linked with, the conservation,the evelopment and the enhancement of tangible cultural heritage in Lebanon. The main target group will be the DGA staff, but also Lebanese University (UL) students, while the main subject of the action is to establish accurate high definition 3D digital data and documentation for World Heritage Sites through pilot on-site operation for Baalbek or Tyre World Heritage Sites

Immediate Objectives:

• To contribute to the risk mapping of the affected World Heritage Sites in Lebanon
• To ensure the state of conservation of the affected World Heritage Sites in Lebanon
• To build capacities of human resources for conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage sites in Lebanon
• To establish a model of full survey of one of the affected World Heritage Sites in Lebanon