(June 22, 2016) The Italian Cooperation is in the front line in Bolivia for the conservation of cultural heritage. More than 50 leading experts and scholars presented a draft of the plan for the Centro Plurinacional de Preservaciòn del Patrimonio Cultural Boliviano in La Pax whose and technical-administrative organisation was determined in a feasibility study that will be in the hands of Bolivia’s executives.The Centre is designed to provide a solution to the current problems in the conservation of the rich tangible and intangible Bolivian heritage concerning the identity of native indigenous peoples, Afro-Bolivian communities, and intercultural and mestizo communities, caring for the national and Latin-American identity. The Director of the Italian headquarters of the Agency for Cooperation and Development of La Paz, Felice Longobardi made an opening address at the opening event. The event also featured speeches from the Director General of the Bolivian Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, Sonia Aviles, and the Director the Restoration Laboratory of La Paz, Carlos Rua. These were followed by speeches give by Italian experts who work alongside the AICS Office on the Technical Assistance Programme to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism funded by the Cooperation. Simona Piras, an expert in culture and tourism management, outlined the main features of this programme whose activities are providing an important contribution to the institutional growth of ministerial counterparts; Renzo Carlucci, an expert in technologies applied to cultural heritage, then submitted the technical, financial, and conceptual proposal for the proposal to create the centre which could become a reference point for carrying out initiatives, making new experiences and teaching the use of instruments adopted for protection and preservation of cultural heritage. (Red)
