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Contact 1: | Kim Chang-kwon, Conservation Policy Division, Cultural Heritage Administration 042-481-4843 |
Contact 2: | Eo Su-mi, Conservation Policy Division, Cultural Heritage Administration 042-481-4833 |
Tenth Anniversary of theHeritage Caretakers Program
The Cultural HeritageAdministration (CHA) is holding a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary ofthe launch of Heritage Caretakers, a conservation program that relies upon theparticipation of local communities. The event will be held in the Daejeon SeoguCulture Center at 14:00 on October 22. It will host a minimum number ofin-person participants in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It will bebroadcast online through the CHA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/chluvu).
Through the Heritage Caretakersprogram, the Cultural Heritage Administration supports everyday preventativeconservation activities at both designated (either nationally or locally) andnon-designated heritage sites. Activities covered by this heritage upkeepprogram can be categorized into monitoring, minor repair work, and routinemaintenance. The program was launched in 2010 as a pilot project in fiveprovinces and metropolitan cities.
Ten years later, the programis being implemented in 17 provinces and metropolitan cities, with 23 HeritageCaretakers groups protecting 8,126 heritage sites nationwide. A full legalbasis for the implementation of the program was laid in June of this year whena relevant provision was included in the revision of the Cultural HeritageProtection Act.
Attended by the head of theCultural Heritage Administration and members from the Heritage Caretakerssupport center and local Heritage Caretakers groups, the 10-year anniversaryceremony will begin with the screening of a commemorative video clip on thehistory of the program. The highlight of the event will be an awards ceremonyfor Heritage Caretakers groups and their members for their meritoriousactivities. The event will provide an opportunity to look back over the pastdecade and prepare a new vision for the years to come.
Besides this ceremony, theCultural Heritage Administration is planning other commemorative activities. Abook is being compiled summarizing the achievements of the Heritage Caretakersprogram and a forum will be held to discuss the vision of the program. Theseactivities will be carried out under the theme "From 10 Years ofCaretaking to the Next 100 Together." In addition, efforts are underway todevelop a new font within this year named Heritage Caretakers Font. Once completed,it will be made accessible to the public free of charge.
As it commemorates the 10thanniversary of the Heritage Caretakers program, the Cultural HeritageAdministration will endeavor to further expand this conservation program andrefresh its commitment to establishing a more systematic and stable environmentfor heritage conservation.
* Photographs of the eventwill be uploaded on the CHA cloud storage (www.webhard.co.kr) after 17:30 onOctober 22 (Enter ocphongbo for ID and 4675 for the password and click thePress Releases folder.)
Attachment 1: Outline of theevent
Outline of the Event
I. Purpose: To commemoratethe 10th anniversary of the Heritage Caretakers program and to recognizeHeritage Caretakers groups and relevant organizations for their earnest effortsin the implementation of the program
II. Outline of the event
Name | Ceremony for the 10th Anniversary of the Heritage Caretakers Program |
Time/date | 14:00–14:40 on October 22, 2020 |
Place | Art Hall on the sixth floor of the Daejeon Seogu Culture Center |
Hosted by | Cultural Heritage Administration |
Organized by | Korea Foundation for Traditional Architecture and Technology (currently serving as the Heritage Caretakers support center), Heritage Caretakers Association |
Participants | About 50 individuals - Head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, chairperson of the Korean Foundation for Traditional Architecture and Technology - Former chairperson of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage Policy - Chairperson of the Heritage Caretakers Association and leaders of individual Heritage Caretakers groups (23 people in total) - Seven of the individual award winners, on-site event assistants * The number of people on-site has been minimized due to COVID-19. The event will be broadcast online in real time through YouTube. |
Program | Screening of a promotional video, celebratory remarks, awards ceremony |
III.Program of the event
Program | Time | Content | Note |
Registration | 13:40–14:00 (20‘) | Checking temperatures, setting out a visitors book, giving out a participation badge (along with a package of rice cakes) |
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Opening | 14:00–14:01(1`) | Emceed by Kim Chang-kwon (at the Conservation Policy Division of the CHA) |
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Introduction of participants | 14:01–14:04 (3`) | Emceed by Kim Chang-kwon |
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Video screening | 14:04–14:09 (5`) | A promotional video for the program "Heritage Caretakers Program: Time to Take Care of History" |
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Reciting of the Cultural Heritage Charter | 14:09–14:14 (5`) | Recited by Lee Hwan at the Gyeoggi Heritage Caretakers |
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Thank-you remarks | 14:14–14:19 (5`) | Given by the chairperson of Korea Foundation for the Traditional Architecture and Technology |
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Commemorative remarks | 14:19–14:24 (5`) | Given by the chairperson of the Heritage Caretakers Association |
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Offering of an appreciation plaque | 14:24–14:27 (3`) | To the former chairperson of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage Policy | Given by the head of the CHA
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Offering awards | 14:27-14:34 (7`) | To three Heritage Caretakers groups and seven individual award winners for their meritorious contributions to the program; also to two additional Heritage Caretakers groups for their high performance in a recent test * Awards are given to Heritage Caretakers groups and their members, relevant civil servants, and other stakeholders | |
Celebratory speech | 14:34–14:39(5`) | Given by the head of the CHA |
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Closing | 14:39–14:40(1`) | Emceed by Kim Chang-kwon |
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1022 Tenth Anniversary of the Heritage Caretakers Program.docx