The Alianza de Paisajes Culturales y Sitios Afines is holding its ordinary assembly, where the entry of two more members has been approved: Talayotic Menorca and the Vizcaya Bridge. The Alliance now includes the three World Heritage Sites of the Balearic Islands: Serra de Tramuntana, Ibiza Biodiversity and Culture, and Talayotic Menorca. The conseller for the Environment, Biosphere Reserve and Local Cooperation, Simón Gornés, attended on behalf of the Consell Insular de Menorca.
The entity consolidates year after year with the incorporation of new members to the initiative that promotes cooperation between the different World Heritage sites in Spain, Portugal and Andorra. With the aim of constituting a forum for reflection and exchange of experiences, it meets twice a year in the different sites that are members. There are now 15 members, including the Serra de Tramuntana Cultural Landscape, and it is chaired by the President of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés.
This semester's meeting was held jointly in the municipalities of Calatayud, Cervera de la Cañada and Tobed, all in the province of Zaragoza, which are part of the Mudejar Territory, a World Heritage Site since 1986. Aware of the importance of improving the management of heritage for its preservation, the Alliance accompanies its ordinary assemblies with technical conferences in which it brings together experts in the field of heritage management.
On this occasion, and in collaboration with Territorio Mudéjar, with the title ‘The cultural landscape and management plans for UNESCO World Heritage Sites’, the legislative framework, the implementation of landscape policies, management plans and different complementary tools such as artists' residencies were discussed in depth. The conference also included a presentation by the Polytechnic University of Turin, in which different Italian regional plans and their relationship with UNESCO World Heritage sites were presented.