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Project Administration and Management

Conservation and preservation projects in cultural and natural heritage management have become complex, specialized services that follow the standards established for example by the European Union, the GEF and the World Bank are today indispensable. Such rules provide for an integrated project management systems including the sub processes project start, continuous project coordination, project controlling, management of a project discontinuity, and project close. HisGIS was asked in recent years to help DUH (Deutsche Umwelthilfe) to implement the project World Heritage of the Lebendige Elbe program, by UNESCO to coordinate the HEREIN program of the European Council. HisGIS helped Gaia Heritage to do fundraising, organize and coordinate the project on the integrated development program from the Mihai Eminescu Trust and prepared project proposals for UNDP and the European Development Fund (EDF). In the activities the above laid out rules are applied and the work is based on the project acceptance that closes any service. Furthermore we believe that a modern, project oriented structure, organization and culture are necessary to ensure the success of organizations like UNESCO, UNDP and ERN. The flexible and dynamic character guarantees the sustainability of the projects and the organizations involved.

Cultural Resource Management

HisGIS helps with the specification for documentation, inventorying and archiving of cultural heritage data. Large data storage frameworks with decentralized data input/access strategies have been developed over the last years by HisGIS following common documentation standards (CIDOC-CRM, CDWA-LITE, CCO, OBJECT ID/ SWOA, Dublin core et al..)

GIS Mapping

HisGIS offers services in project management of GIS related to environmental and conservation issues and help in defining, financing (fundraising) and implementing such projects. A network of colleagues take up specific project items and HisGIS ensures the timely implementation and the quality of the work. HisGIS carries out evaluations and audit of existing or planned GIS activities. HisGIS has in the past implemented GIS projects for UNESCO, the World Heritage Centre and evaluated projects proposed within UNESCO. Currently HisGIS is implementing WMVS (Web Map View Service following the INSPIRE directive) for ERN (European Rivers Network) and CIPR (International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine).

World Heritage

Advising services on World Heritage are offered in the field of

establishing a nomination and the technical dossier,
establishing an analysis of possible thematic and geographical perimeters,
research and analyses on World Heritage issues in particular on cultural landscapes and cartographic issues.
Bernd Paulowitz and Peter Strasser have been working with the documentation unit of the World Heritage Centre for several years analyzing the nomination dossiers and establishing analyses for the stakeholders of the World Heritage Convention.
HisGIS has carried out several studies on World Heritage Tentative Lists, helping countries establishing coherent proposals that have a high chance of getting accepted by the World Heritage Committee.
HisGIS has helped with nomination dossiers in Romania, Canada, Austria and Germany.

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