International Training for Heritage Site Managers (9th Edition)

This continuing training is aimed at French-speaking managers working on natural and cultural heritage sites and cultural landscapes around the world, as well as in France and overseas: decision-makers, project leaders or part of a management team, executives in administrations. It starts from the realities and problems faced by managers and is based on their active mobilization. Successful candidates are therefore asked to present the objective they wish to achieve for their site and to develop actions to be implemented in their territory at the end of the training. The training will help them identify the resources and actors in the territory that can be mobilized, as well as the methods and the tools allowing them to achieve this objective.

Goals

• This training favors the exchange of experiences between managers of natural and cultural heritage sites. The emphasis is placed on the role of the manager as facilitator of a territorial approach. The following themes are covered: heritage values ​​and identity of a site, integrated management and territorial project, governance, planning, mediation and work with residents, sustainable tourism, landscape etc.
• The training refers to the fundamental principles affirmed by the UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 and the Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030). Its aim is to support French-speaking managers towards a holistic and integrated look at the management of their site, taking into account all the issues encountered.
• Participants leave enriched by new encounters and experiences, and with methods aimed at fueling their thinking to build an integrated and sustainable management project for their heritage sites. At the end of the training, participants join an active exchange network between alumni, trainers and managers from five continents, led by the RGSF.

Costs and Financing

For each candidate, participation in the training includes three expense items:

• Item 1: international transport from the country of origin to Paris, visa (if necessary) and insurance – approximately €250-2000, variable depending on the country and the date of purchase of plane tickets.
• Item 2: accommodation costs for 11 days (accommodation, catering and transport in France) – between 1200 and 1800€ (variable depending on the place of immersion, the date of purchase of transport tickets, reservation of accommodation etc.)
• Item 3: educational costs and registration for training – €1,500
  • For training candidates coming from southern countries: the organizers (RGSF) can support the process of seeking funding (e.g. scholarship applications), provided that a local or national administration of the state of origin of the candidate undertakes to finance at least one of the three expenditure items listed above.

Unrolled

The training is provided in French and takes place in three stages:

• Intensive training: one week on the Grand Site de France of Bibracte-Morvan des Sommets (France, Bourgogne Franche Comté Region)
• Immersion: three days of individual immersion within the management team of a partner site in France, different for each participant
• Conclusion and outlook: a closing day in Paris in the presence of partners from the French-speaking International Pole.

Candidate Selection Process

• The selection of candidates is carried out by the Steering Committee of the International Pole
• The number of selected candidates is limited to 15 people
• The results of the selection process will be communicated to you by email.
• Selection Criteria
  • Relevance of the heritage site concerned with regard to training
  • Responsibilities and functions of the candidate
  • Linguistic criterion (the training is held in French)
  • Continuing training from which the candidate has already benefited
  • Geographic balance, balance between natural sites, cultural sites and cultural landscapes
  • Male/female balance
• Please note that the training is also open to professionals of French nationality working with heritage sites in France and overseas.

For more information, visit French-speaking International Center for Heritage Sites.