19th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
"The implementation of the European Landscape Convention at local level: local democracy"
Brno, Czech Republic, 5-6 September 2017
Study visit, 7 September 2017
Organisers
The 19th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention on “The implementation of the European Landscape Convention at local level: local democracy” was organised in Brno, Czech Republic on 5-6 September 2017, under the auspices of the Czech Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, by the Council of Europe – Secretariat of the European Landscape Convention, Directorate of Democratic Governance –, in co-operation with the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of School, Youth and Sport, of the Czech Republic, in partnership with Mendel University in Brno and South Moravian Region, within the context of the Work Programme of the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe.
Objectives
For the purposes of the European Landscape Convention, ‘Landscape policy’ means “an expression by the competent public authorities of general principles, strategies and guidelines that permit the taking of specific measures aimed at the protection, management and planning of landscapes”.
‘Landscape’ means “an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors”; ‘Landscape protection’ means “actions to conserve and maintain the significant or characteristic features of a landscape, justified by its heritage value derived from its natural configuration and/or from human activity”; ‘Landscape management’ means “action, from a perspective of sustainable development, to ensure the regular upkeep of a landscape, in order to guide and harmonise changes which are brought about by social, economic and environmental processes”; and ‘Landscape planning’ means “strong forward-looking action to enhance, restore or create landscapes”.
The Meeting aimed to present experiences of national policies adopted or being developed at local level, considering notably the provisions of its Article 5, which states that their Parties undertake:
to recognise landscapes in law as an essential component of people’s surroundings, an expression of the diversity of their shared cultural and natural heritage, and a foundation of their identity;
to establish and implement landscape policies aimed at landscape protection, management and planning, through the adoption of the specific measures set out in Article 6 of the Convention ;
to establish procedures for the participation of the general public, local and regional authorities, and other parties with an interest in the definition and implementation of the landscape policies;
to integrate landscape into their regional and town planning policies and in their cultural, environmental, agricultural, social and economic policies, as well as in any other policies with possible direct or indirect impact on landscape.
The Convention provides for the “Division of responsibilities”, that “Each Party shall implement this Convention, in particular Articles 5 and 6, according to its own division of powers, in conformity with its constitutional principles and administrative arrangements, and respecting the principle of subsidiarity, taking into account the European Charter of Local Self-government. Without derogating from the provisions of this Convention, each Party shall harmonise the implementation of this Convention with its own policies”.
The conclusions of the Meeting were presented at the 10th Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention (March 2019, Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg).
Participants
The Meeting was aimed at government officials – Members of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) and the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, representatives of other ministries, representatives of local and regional authorities, universities, professionals, public and private governmental and non-governmental organisations working in the fields of landscape and sustainable management, with its environmental, cultural, social and economic dimensions. The number of participants was limited to 130.
Mr. Vladislav SMRŽ, Deputy Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic on behalf ofMr Richard BRABEC, Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic (apologised)
Mrs Karla ŠLECHTOVÁ, Minister of the Regional Development of the Czech Rpeublic
Mr Petr VOKŘÁL, Mayor of the Statutory City of Brno
Mr Eladio FERNANDEZ-GALIANO, Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Head of Department, Culture, Nature and Heritage, Directorate General of Democracy, Council of Europe
Mr Kimmo AULAKE, Chair of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) of the Council of Europe, Ministerial Advisor, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
Mrs Sanja LJESKOVIC MITROVIC, Chair of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, National Representative of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Montenegro
Mr Thierry MATHIEU, Chair of the Committee on Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
INTRODUCTION
Mrs Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Head of the Landscape Division, Executive Secretary of the European Landscape Convention, the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) of the Council of Europe
Workshop 1 – The implementation of the European Landscape Convention in the Czech Republic
Chairs
Mr Jiří KLAPSTE, Director of the Department of General Landscape Protection, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic
Mrs Júlia TÓBIKOVÁ, Senior Official, National Representative to the European Landscape Convention, Department of General Landscape Protection, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic
PRESENTATIONS
The national landscape policy of the Czech Republic
Mr Vladimír DOLEJSKÝ, Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic (PPT presentation)
Mr Pavel SEKÁČ, Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Agriculture of the Czech Republic (PPT presentation)
Mr Roman VODNÝ, Director of the Department of Spatial Planning, Ministry of the Regional Development on behalf of Mrs Marcela PAVLOVÁ, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic (apologised) (PPT presentation)
Mr Vlastislav OURODA, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (PPT presentation)
Mr Petr BANNERT, Director of Department of Secondary and Tertiary Vocational Education and Institutional Education, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on behalf of Mr Václav PÍCL, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (apologised) (PPT presentation)
Activities of the State Land Office in the field of Soil Conservation
Mrs Svatava MARADOVÁ, Director of State Land Office (PPT presentation)
Significant Role of Mayors of Small Municipalities in Landscape Management or the Role of the Mayor as an Initiator and Co-ordinator in Landscape Management
Mrs Olga DOČKALOVÁ, Mayor of Sudice, Representative of the Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic (PPT presentation)
Association of Local Municipalities of the Czech Republic and the Support of Local Agenda 21 in small municipalities
Mrs Regína VŘESKÁ, Mayor of Zbyslavice, Vice president of the Association of Local Municipalities of the Czech Republic of the Moravian-Silesian (PPT presentation)
Strakonice, the Garden of Knowledge
Mr Miroslav ŠOBR, Head of the Nature Protection and Ecological Education Unit, Municipality of Strakonice (PPT presentation)
Workshop 2 – Instruments for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention at local level
Chairs
Mrs Krisztina KINCSES, Vice-Chair of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention National Representative of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Agriculture, Hungary
Mr Jan BROJÁČ, Senior official, Department of International Relations, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic
PRESENTATIONS
Czech Republic
Town of Spálené Poříčí, model of Sustainable Protection, Managment and Planning of Landscape
Mrs Klára SALZMANN, Representative of the International Federation of Landscape Architects Europe (IFLA-Europe), Czech Chamber of Architects, Committee on Landscape, Water and Biodiversity of the Council of Government for Sustainable Development (PPT presentation)
Mr Julien TRANSY, Policy Officer for Landscapes, Directorate of Housing, Urban Planning and Landscapes, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition (PPT presentation)
Mr Gilles de BEAULIEU, Policy Officer for Landscapes, Directorate of Housing, Urban Planning and Landscapes, Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition
Serbia
Creation of management plans for the development and promotion of cultural landscapes of Sumadija wine region
Mrs Biljana FILIPOVIC, Head of Department for European Union Integration, International Co-operation and Project, National Focal Point for the implementation of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection (PPT presentation)
Mrs Biljana JOVANOVIC ILIC, Head of Unit for Strategic and Planning Documents, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection
Mrs Jasminka CVEJIC, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Belgrade
The contribution of municipalities to landscape management: the mechanism for reporting on the implementation of landscape policy
Mr Vidmantas BEZARAS, Director of Protected Areas and Landscape Department, Ministry of Environment (PPT presentation)
Czech Republic
Landscapes in Brno
Mrs Olga NOVÁKOVÁ, Head of Town Development Section, Brno Municipality on behalf of Mr Martin ANDER, Deputy Mayor of the Statutory City of Brno (apologised) (PPT presentation)
General debate on experiences on the implementation of the European Landscape Convention at local level
With the participation of Members of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP), Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention and representatives of Ministries; Representatives of local and regional authorities; Representatives of international governmental organisations and Representatives of international and national non-governmental organisations
Representatives of Parties to the Convention:
Armenia
Mrs Naira SARKISYAN, Chief Specialist of the Urban Development and Spatial Planning, Division, Ministry of Urban Development
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mrs Lamija ABDIJEVIC, Expert Adviser For Cultural Heritage, Institute for Protection of Monuments within Federal Ministry of Culture
Mr Dejan RADOSEVIC, Senior Expert, Institute for Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage, Ministry of Education and Culture of Republic of Srpska
Ireland
Mr William CUMMING, Senior Architectural Advisor, Department of Arts, Heritage Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (PPT presentation)
Republic of Moldova
Mrs Galina NOROCEA, Head of Unit of Water, Soil and Subsoil, Ministry of Environment (PPT presentation)
Rapporteur
Mr Michael OLDHAM, Founding President of the European Foundation for Landscape Architecture (EFLA), Honorary Member of the International Federation of Landscape Architects Europe (IFLA-Europe) and Fellow of the Landscape Institute
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Workshop 3 – Experiences taking into account the landscape dimension at the local level
Chairs
Mrs Małgorzata OPECHOWSKA, Senior Expert, National Secretary for the Landscape Convention, Department for Nature Protection, General Directorate for Environmental Protection, Poland
Mr Tapio HEIKKILÄ, Senior Environmental Counsellor, Department of the Natural Environment, Ministry of the Environment, Finland
PRESENTATIONS
Belgium
Partnerships for landscape in Wallonia: the example of the Local Action Group (LAG) “Pays des Tiges et Chavées”
General debate on the landscape dimension at the local level
With the participation of Members of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP), Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention and representatives of Ministries; Representatives of local and regional authorities; Representatives of international governmental organisations and Representatives of international and national non-governmental organisations
Representatives of Parties to the Convention:
Georgia
Mrs Marina TUMANISHVILI, Architect Urban Planner, Chief Specialist, UNESCO and International Relations Unit, National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation
Spain
Mrs Carmen CARO, Senior Officer, Co-ordinator of the National Plans of Cultural Heritage, Institute of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
Slovenia
Mrs Jelena HLADNIK, Secretary, National Head of the implementation of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment
Ukraine
Mrs Olena LEGKA, European Landscape Convention National Focal Point, Chief Specialist, Division of Land Resources, Directorate of Natural Resources Protection, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Rapporteur
A message from the European Landscape Architects, IFLA-Europe Mrs Brigitte MACARIA, Secretary General of of the European Council for the Village and Small Town (ECOVAST) Austria, on behalf of Mr Arthur SPIEGLER, Vice-President ECOVAST (apologised)
Workshop 4 – Local democracy for the landscape: participation and commitment
Chairs
Mrs Liv Kirstine MORTENSEN, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, Department of Planning, Honorary chair of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, Norway
Mrs Klára SALZMANN, Representative of the International Federation of Landscape Architects Europe (IFLA-Europe) Czech Chamber of Architects, Committee on Landscape, Water and Biodiversity of the Council of Government for Sustainable Development, Czech Republic
PRESENTATIONS
Cyprus
“Considering Landscape at the Grass Roots”
Mrs Irene HADJISAVVA, Spatial Planning Officer, Department of Town Planning and Housing, Ministry of the Interior (PPT presentation)
Belgium
The Heritage Master Plan as a participative planning instrument for heritage and landscape in Flanders
Implementation of the European Landscape Convention in local municipalities: reality and future challenges in Latvia
Mrs Dace GRANTA, Senior Expert, Spatial Planning Policy division, Spatial planning department, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (PPT presentation)
The Netherlands
Examples of local democracy in the national parks in the Netherlands
Mr Peter ROS, Project Manager for Landscape, Ministry of Economic Affairs (PPT presentation)
Czech Republic
Neratov, story of Lost History
Mr Josef SUCHÁR, Neratov Association, Neratov (PPT presentation)
General debate on Participation and commitment at local level
With the participation of Members of the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP), Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention and representatives of Ministries; Representatives of local and regional authorities; Representatives of international governmental organisations and Representatives of international and national non-governmental organisations.
Representatives of Parties to the Convention:
Greece
Mr Anestis GOURGIOTIS, Senior Official, Head of Unit of National Spatial Plans, Department of Spatial Planning, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Luxembourg
Mr Claude ORIGER, Director of Nature, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
Slovak Republic
Mrs Jana ONDREJMIŠKOVÁ, State Advisor, Ministry of Transport and Construction
Mrs Sanja LJESKOVIC MITROVIC, Chair of the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention, National Representative of the European Landscape Convention, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Montenegro
Mrs Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Head of the Landscape Division, Executive Secretary of the European Landscape Convention, Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) of the Council of Europe
Mrs Júlia TÓBIKOVÁ, Senior Official, National Representative to the European Landscape Convention, Department of General Landscape Protection, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Landscape and horizontal subsidiarity in the implementation of the European Landscape Convention in Italy Mr Alberto CAGNATO, Urbanist, Director of International Relations, Landscape Observatory of Medio Piave, Italy
Identity, Community and Rebuilding – The experience of a charrette with the Observatory of the Landscape of the Eastern Lands of Modena Mrs Donatella DIOLAITI, Architect, Department of Civil Engineering, Study University of Ferrara, Italy
Inhabited sculpted landscapes in public space Mrs Nella GOLANDA, Urban Landscape Sculptor, Greece
Landscape policy and local democracy: the economy can benefit significantly from the preservation of the landscape Mr Kimon HADJIBIROS, Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
ECOVAST Austria – The Significance of Landscapes for the Local Level - with a special focus on the Green Belt Mrs Brigitte MACARIA, Secretary General of the European Council for the Village and Small Town (ECOVAST) Austria, on behalf of Mr Arthur SPIEGLER, Vice-President ECOVAST (PPT presentation)
Local Landscape Plans in Japan Mr Masaru MIYAWAKI, Professor, Nagoya University, Japan
A View of the Future - The 4th Industrial Revolution: Competence and Architects Mr Michael OLDHAM, Founding President of the European Foundation for Landscape Architecture (EFLA), Honorary, Member of the International Federation of Landscape Architects Europe (IFLA-Europe) and Fellow of the Landscape Institute
Network of landscapes as a strategy for local democracy in the Biosphere Reserve Meseta Ibérica Mr Joaquín ROMANO and Mr Emilio PEREZ, Professors, University of Valladolid, Spain
