Issue - meetings

Motions

Meeting: 24/10/2019 - City of Edinburgh Council (Item 9.1)

By Councillor Gardiner - Edinburgh World Heritage

By Councillor Gardiner - Edinburgh World Heritage

“Council notes that:

a)           Edinburgh World Heritage (EWH) is currently celebrating its 20th year anniversary, since being established on 31 March 1999.  EWH inherited the tradition of work undertaken by two previous bodies:

i)          Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee: established in 1970 to tackle the economic and physical problems that threatened the Georgian New Town at that time; and

ii)         Edinburgh Old Town Committee for Conservation and Renewal (which changed its name to Edinburgh Old Town Renewal Trust): established in 1985 with an emphasis on renovation and re-development of the Old Town appropriate to its then near-derelict and depopulated state.

b)           The City’s leading heritage charity continues to be involved in a number of local and international projects:

i)          Continuing work from the 1970s, over 1,500 local projects across Edinburgh have been undertaken covering; conservation, learning and planning.

ii)         Seven initiatives taking place around the globe.

c)            EWH are keen to use the milestone of their 20th year and reach 1,500 projects as a platform to; (i) raise awareness about their work, (ii) fundraise for future projects.

d)         Reflecting the City’s enduring connection with EWH, Council requests that the Lord Provost, mark in an appropriate way.”

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