Decentralization and the Role of Citizens in Heritage Protection
Decentralization and the Role of Citizens in Heritage Protection

Author(s): Tamara Amashukeli
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture, Politics of History/Memory, Identity of Collectives
Published by: EECMD - Eastern European Centre for Multiparty Democracy
Keywords: Cultural heritage;
Summary/Abstract: Our goal should be to develop cultural heritage in a way that does not endanger it, but fully reflects its value so that cultural heritage takes its proper place in the life of the country and its economic progress. To achieve this goal, protecting cultural heritage should become a state priority, with protection and management issues fully integrated into strategic documents and action plans. All public bodies including public agencies and the education system, as well as professional and civil society, should be equally involved in strategy development, implementation, and monitoring. And this shouldn’t just be on paper - we are still far from our desired goal, and we still do not see institutions whose job it is to develop and implement these policies taking concrete steps. Citizens need to take the charge and achieve the desired result with concrete, consistent steps of their own.

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