The International Committee of the Blue Shield (ICBS)

Comité International du Bouclier Bleu (CIBB)

Conference Programme

Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB)
National Library of the Netherlands
27-28 September 2006
The Hague, Netherlands

"Towards a Solid Organization: Infrastructure and Awareness" The challenge of an effective cooperation

Day 1 Blue Shield - The Organization

Goal: the national committees endorse the fundamental principals for a strengthened international organization of Blue Shield.

Target group: members and directors of the national committees (NC's) and heritage umbrella organizations and ICBS (International Committee of the Blue Shield).

Chair for the day: Els Jacobs, Secretary-General of the Dutch National UNESCO Committee

11.00 Registration

12.00 - 12.30 Lunch

12.30 - 12.40 Welcome address

Marie Christine van der Sman, Chair of Blue Shield the Netherlands

12.40 -13.00 Role of ICBS under the Second Protocol of the Hague

Joan van Albada, president of ICBS

13.00 - 14.45 Round Table Discussion

Role of ICBS and its national committees.

Interaction between ICBS-Paris and national ICBS-committees:

(awareness raising, disaster response, fundraising, network of experts)

Proposal to benefit from the possible support of the municipality of The Hague . The text of this proposal will be distributed to the participants prior to the conference.

14.45 - 15.15 Tea (while the chair and content manager draw up a list of themes and questions)

15.15 - 16.30 The possibilities of the Association- model

The chair enumerates the themes and questions that have been brought up in the oral and written reactions to Blue Shield the Netherlands ' proposal.

Techniques used: interviews and case studies.

Probable themes: coordination of requests for help, money (fund-raising), international cooperation, collaboration between the national committees, mobilizing support, building / maintaining networks

16.30 - 17.00 Enumerate points of interest for the text of a provisional resolution by the joint Blue Shield committees on the international infrastructure of the Blue Shield organization

Together with those present, the chair closes the meeting by summarizing the points discussed.

19.00 - 22.00 Dinner / reception combined with a film on the prevention and fighting of fire in archives and libraries (filmed for The Hague 's pilot project on calamity)

Day 2 Blue Shield - In Practice

Target group: Members and directors of national committees and heritage umbrella organizations and ICBS (International Committee of the Blue Shield), volunteer professionals from the heritage sector, representatives of related relief organizations.

Chair for the day: Yola de Lusenet, Executive Secretary of the European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA).

8.30 - 9.00 Enter and register

9.00 - 9.05 Welcome by Martin Bossenbroek, Director Collection and Service, Royal Library

9.05 - 9.10 Welcome by Marie Christine van der Sman, Chair of Blue Shield the Netherlands

9.10 - 9.20 Chair welcomes participants and outlines the day's programme

9.20 - 10.10 Blue Shield - ICBS and National Committees

Conclusions of the previous day

10.10 - 10.30 coffee

Who Does What

10.30 - 11.00 Blue Shield The Netherlands by Holger de Kat, board member of Blue Shield The Nederlands and Laretna Sita Adishakti, Badan Warisan Sumatra Heritage Trust

Cultural 'first aid' after the earthquake (27-05-06) in Yogyakarta , Indonesia : The inventory of the cultural emergencies and the coordination of the requests for financial support

11.00 - 11.30 Museum Emergency Plan by Christina Menegazzi, staff member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM)

11.30 - 12.00 Cultural Emergency Response by Els van der Plas, director of the Prince Claus Fund

12.00 - 13.30 lunch

13.30 - 14.30 The Future of Blue Shield

SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) of BS

what are our strong points, and what must we work on?

Competence (additional training) - Capacity (database expansion) - Rapport (international) - Information

chair, along with guest speakers including representatives of the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), umbrella organizations, other relief organizations, and conference participants

14.30 - 15.00 Tea

15.00 - 15.45 Determine do's and don'ts and draw up a checklist

for everyone wishing to offer their help through BS during and/or after a calamity

15.45 - 16.45 Determine the definitive text of the provisional resolution for a new international organizational structure for Blue Shield

16.45 - 17.00 Concluding words by chair

17.00 - 18.30 Closing gathering with drinks in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Hotel & Travel information

More information:
Blue Shield the Netherlands,
Mrs. Marie Christine van der Sman
Tel: +31 70 3250660
mc.sman@xs4all.nl
Mrs. Marjan Otter
Tel: +31 20 4632342
marjan.otter@xs4all.nl or
conference@blueshield.nl and http://www.blueshield.nl