1. THE SLAVE ROUTE & SITES OF MEMORY LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Possibilities for a Trans National Nomination?

2. Work Undertaken, Meetings, Projects to date: 1. International Seminar - Heritage, Identity, Education and Culture: management of sites and places of memory linked to slavery and the slave trade (Brasilia, August 2012 UNESCO in coordination with the Palamres Foundation) 2. A List of sites related to the Transatlantic Slave Trade and African Heritage in the Caribbean, as compiled by the World Heritage Centre, Latin America and the Caribbean Unit (November 2011) 3. Thematic Working Group on the Slave Route: Definition and Recommendations. Final Report of the Periodic Reporting Exercise of the Caribbean Sub Region, Barbados (April 2011) and Santo Domingo (2012) 4. Report on the viability of nominations of Sites of Memory of the Slave Route Project in Latin America and the Caribbean and the World Heritage List - Nilson Acosta Reyes, December 2009

3. 5. A Feasible Nomination on Sites of Remains in the English Speaking Caribbean, as well as sites related to the Slavery Route Project - Patricia Green, December 2009 6. International Seminar “The Slave Route in the Rio de la Plata: contributions to an intercultural dialogue” Buenos Aires, October 2009 7. Regional Meeting “Places of Memory related to the Slave Trade and Slavery in the Latin Caribbean” Havana, Cuba, May 2006 8. Conference on the Development of a Caribbean Action Plan in World Heritage (20 Caribbean State Parties - St Lucia, February 2004), which called upon the World Heritage Committee to note that ‘they wish to explore fully the implications of the options of serial, trans boundary and serial-trans boundary nominations; recommended that under the ‘C’ of Credibility (Thematic Studies and Tentative Lists) as part of the World Heritage Committee’s Global Strategy that the Slave Route Sites of Memory project be designated as a priority theme

4. 9. World Heritage Paper Series No. 14: Caribbean Archaeology and the Conclusions of the Meeting relating to the African Heritage in the Caribbean - Martinique, September 2004 10. Museums Association of the Caribbean Report - Places of Memory: The Caribbean Inventory. UNESCO-WTO Joint Caribbean Programme of Cultural Tourism on the UNESCO Slave Route Project. November 2001 11. Regional Experts Meeting on Plantation Systems in the Caribbean, Paramaribo, Suriname, 17 to 19 July 2001 Information Document - WHC-01/CONF.208/INF.8 Work undertaken by the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture (Havana) in coordination with the UNESCO Slave Route Project – Places of Memory of the Slave Route in the Latin Caribbean

5. International Seminar - Heritage, Identity, Education and Culture: management of sites and places of memory linked to slavery and the slave trade (UNESCO Slave Route Project & the Palamres Foundation) 1. Creation of an international network of managers of sites and places of memory 2. Committee established for the preparation of a conceptual methodological guide for cultural operators to support the development of memory tourism initiatives around the sites, places, monuments etc. 3. Development of training modules for the building of capacities 4. Opportunity for participants to reflect on a trans national nomination including the Caribbean, North, South and Central America, Africa and Europe

6. What is a Serial Nomination? A serial nomination (for cultural sites) is a collection of sites not physically connected but is a series of a whole belonging to the same historico–cultural group, and may occur: (PARAGRAPH 138) a) on the territory of a single State Party (serial national property); or b) within the territory of different States Parties, which need not be contiguous and is nominated with the consent of all States Parties concerned (serial transnational property)

7. In the case of a serial nomination, the potential OUV of the series of components is fundamental and must be justified, with a clear rationale for the selection of the components based on the potential OUV and the attributes and features that the components demonstrate

8. Outstanding Universal Value of the Slave Route Massive relocation of millions of people which forever forged ties between Africa, Europe and the Americas; The forced development of new identities and adaptation to a new way of living in new lands; creolization; Development of the world economy at the time; impact on the Industrial Revolution; profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times; Colonies were an extension of European powers and very often war was fought in these areas, therefore the construction of military structures such as forts by enslaved and freed Africans contributed to not just the protection of these colonies, but the protection of the interests of European countries. Evolution of labour systems/socio-economic/political and cultural impact of slavery on an entire region/resistance; agricultural and industrial systems

9. Mechanism for a serial transnational nomination Approach International cooperation under the 1972 World Heritage Convention How will this nomination be undertaken; sub regionally; diversity in the extent of countries impacted (North, South and Central America, the Caribbean + Europe and Africa) + sub-regional strategies Direction of the nomination process + Work planCooperation Regional Meetings for discussion of approach, Coordinating Committee, political and multi-lateral cooperation and commitment (involvement of regional/national institutions and cooperation; funding support. A formal inter-governmental agreement is valuable and serves as basis for coordination and responsibility Establishing Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) Development of a thematic study in tandem with the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies – an International Expert Meeting? Definition of OUV; identification of attributes; sub themes; criteria (FUNDING)

10. Mechanism for a serial transnational nomination Tentative Lists Preliminary development of Tentative Lists by country Updating and harmonization of Tentative Lists based on thematic study and OUV outlined (by sub-region?) Submission of Tentative Lists in phases (by sub-region?) Develop procedure for the preparation of the nomination - either sub regionally or regionally The OUV for the proposed itinerary as a whole should be defined and not just for component parts. Establishing OUV is fundamental and demonstrates why the property is seen to have international significance. Each component of the serial transnational property must demonstrate OUV, authenticity and integrity and subscribe to the common vision for the entire serial property

11. SOME LAC WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES WITH REFERENCE TO SLAVERY PROPERTIES ON NATIONAL TENTATIVE LISTS SOME LAC WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES WITH REFERENCE TO SLAVERY Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (St Kitts and Nevis); Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour (Curacao); Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia, Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda (Brazil); Viñales Valley (Cuba); National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers – (Haiti); Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison (Barbados) PROPERTIES ON NATIONAL TENTATIVE LISTS Boca De Nigua Sugar Mill [Ruta de Los Ingenios] (The Dominican Republic) Fort Zeelandia (including Court of Policy Building) (Guyana) Plantations in West Curaçao (Curacao) Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil) Hacienda Chuao (Chuao Plantation) (Venezuela) The Industrial Heritage of Barbados : the Story of Sugar (Barbados) Seville Heritage Park (Jamaica) St. Georges Fortified System (Grenada) Pitch Lake at La Brae (Trinidad and Tobago)

12. POSSIBLE CHALLENGES - Differences in inventory and documentation - Challenges with or insufficient cooperation amongst State Parties - Capacity of individual countries - Funding sources for regional and expert meetings; to undertake thematic studies - Inclusion of other regions (North America; Europe; Africa) - Shared responsibility for management; Development of a common vision for the conservation and sustainable development and an understanding of the commitment to management

13. THANK YOU / MUCHAS GRACIAS