This Course was started on April 26th , 2009 , and completed on April 28 , 2009 . the training was carried out at welfare Association in Ramallah to enable west bank’s participants to attend the course .over 43 applications were received and 23candidates were selected according to a especial criteria , five of these candidates from the Gaza strip were not able to obtain permit to enter Jerusalem.
The themes of the course were as the following:
- International Codifications
- International Standards
- Rights and International Obligations of Member States
- International Cooperation
- Legal Framework
- Structure of the Law
- Holistic Approach
- Legislative Coordination
- Protection, Management and Promotion
- Legislative framework
- Institutional framework
- Legal definition of the Cultural Heritage
- Protection
At the conclusion of the course , the participants were enable to:
- Identify the scope of the international Legal framework in the Protection, the Management and the Promotion of the Cultural Heritage
- Understand the international Cooperation mechanisms for a better protection of the National Cultural Heritage and the restitution of the stolen or illegally exported cultural objects
- Identify the needs and the scope of the International obligations to implement ratified conventions
- Assimilate the constitutive elements of an adequate legislation on the Protection, the Management and the Promotion of the Cultural Heritage
- Assimilate a new approach in the codification of the Protection, the Management and the Promotion of the Cultural Heritage
- Identify the scope of the National Regulations concerning the Protection of the National Cultural Heritage in some Arab Countries
- Understand the main protection measures and the objectives of the National Regulations
- Evaluate the Institutional framework
- Comparative analysis with the Palestinian Legislation