BURSA IS REPRESENTED AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF UNESCO IN TURKEY

The General Conference of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO will be held in Antalya on 16-17 November 2012, with the participation of a committee of 160 individuals comprising the members of the General Assembly, Executive Board, Supervisory Board and Expert Committee. Mr. Genc SEITI, Director of the Division for National Commissions and Civil Society at the Directorate General of UNESCO will attend the meeting and give a conference. Bursa Site Director Prof. Dr. Neslihan DOSTOĞLU will make a presentation on the Nominated Sites in Bursa.
A panel will be held during the meeting, with the participation of representatives of international specialist organization on cultural heritage ICOMOS and specialist organization on cultural heritage IUCN as well as representatives from three members States of the World Heritage Committee with a view to carry out the nomination process more effectively and to contribute to the process of drawing up the road map following Turkey’s declaration of its nomination to the World Heritage Committee in 2013.