Different Paths to Sustainability:
A Roundtable of UNESCO Award-winning Heritage Projects from Hong Kong

永續之道：聯合國教科文組織香港得獎文化遺產項目圓桌會議 [中文版]

 

A total of 21 Hong Kong’s conservation projects has been awarded the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation since 2000. The winning categories ranged from Award of Excellence, Award of Distinction, Award of Merit, and Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts to the newly launched Special Recognition for Sustainable Development. The Awards recognizes the best civil society-led conservation initiatives in the region. The “winning formula”, i.e. the conservation approaches, principles and strategies and the management practices of the awarded projects, are often the focus of the sharing and lesson learnt among the awardees. This Roundtable, however, calls upon the awardees to review how they understand sustainability as the pathway to continue the conservation effort, and to reflect on their contribution to the building of a sustainable community since the receiving of the UNESCO award.

Date & Time:	26 June 2021 (Saturday), 1:30-5:15pm
Venue:	Atrium, The Mills Fabrica (4/F The Mills, 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan)
Format:	Join us at the venue (quota: 50) or via Zoom Live broadcast on the Facebook page of the Centre for Civil Society and Governance @hkuccsg
Targets:	All are welcome
Programme:	Click here
Speakers:	Professor Puay Peng Ho UNESCO Chair on Architectural Heritage Conservation and Management in Asia
	Mr Gregory De Eb Company Principal, Crown Wine Cellars Topic: Little Hong Kong (Award of Merit in 2007) (Presentation in English)
	Ms Melanie Kwok Head of Sustainability, Sino Group and Tai O Heritage Hotel Topic: Tai O Heritage Hotel (Award of Merit in 2013)
	Ms Connie Ng Senior Manager, Community Development Services, St. James’ Settlement Topic: The Blue House Cluster (Award of Excellence in 2017)
	Mr Him Lo Senior Manager, Cultural and Community Engagement, Nan Fung Development Ltd Topic: The Mills (Award for New Design in Heritage Context in 2019)
	Ms Katie Chick Senior Project Manager, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong Topic: Lai Chi Wo Rural Cultural Landscape (Special Recognition for Sustainable Development in 2020)
	Professor Wai-Fung Lam Director, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong
Language:	Mainly Cantonese
Fee:	Free of charge
Enquiry:	3917 1448 / ruralsd@hku.hk
Registration:	Click here

 

 

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