3rd international capacity building workshop  - “National Policy of the Heritage Sector” will be held in Tbilisi 6 -7 December,2012, within the “Regional Cooperation of Cultural Heritage Development”, funded by the European Commission Eastern Partnership Cultural Programme.

The workshop is organized by ICOMOS Georgia and the Directorate of Cultural Heritage of Norway/Riksantikvaren. The workshop will host participants  from Armenia,  Azerbaijan, Georgia, Norway and Ukraine in order to exchange experiences accumulated in each country.

The focus of the planned workshop will be a new reality – challenges and new possibilities –for the heritage sector in Georgia. .

It is expected that open dialogue, intensive brainstorming, and fruitful discussions will be held that contribute to conclusions, suggestions, or recommendations for the development of future projects to address the critical situation for Georgia’s heritage sector

The first day, as well as the morning session of the second day of the workshop, are dedicated to case study presentations and their discussion; the afternoon session of the second day will include an exercise and discussion of Georgia’s cases and a draft conclusion of recommendations.