MedScapes Project

28-30 March 2014 Limassol- Cyprus

Venue: Kapetanios Limassol Hotel

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Meeting of Landscape Experts

DAY 1

Arrival of experts and project partners at the latest by 10:30 hrs.

11.00-11.15 / Registration and Coffee
10 min. / Welcome Address
15 min. / Dr. Artemis Yiordamli, Project coordinator, Laona Foundation:
What MEDSCAPES project is about and what we want to get out of this meeting
10 min. / Costas Orountiotis, Deputy Director, Laona Foundation:
What we have done so far
40 min. / Dr. Theano S. Terkenli, Associate Professor,Dept. of Geography, University of the Aegean
Presentation of stakeholder needs and perceptions based on a survey by questionnaire, conducted in all four partner countries
30 min. / Discussion
13.00-14.00 / Lunch Break
14.00- 16.00 Input based on the expertise of our Associate guest speakers
40 min. / PereSala i MartíCoordinator, Landscape Observatory of Catalonia, Member of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on the implementation of the European Landscape Convention
The purpose and implementation of a Landscape Observatory and the development of a Landscape Atlas
40 min. / Maria da Conceicao Marques Freire, Ass. ProfessorUniversity of Evora
The Portuguese Landscape Character Map- sharing some suggestions
40 min. / Prof. Angioletta Voghera, Polytechnic University of Torino
T.B.A
30 min. / Discussion
16.00-16.20 / Coffee Break
16.20-17.40 Two perceptions from planning policy authorities
20 min. / Dr. Jaoudat Edward Abu-Jaoude, Head of the Council for Development and Reconstruction, Lebanonand
20 min. / Phaedon Enotiades, Planning Officer, Town Planning and Housing Dept. Cyprus
will present their thoughts on how planners can utilize landscape character assessment despite the differences in legal systems among East Mediterranean countries
40 min. / Discussion - Representatives of the planning systems of Greece and Jordan will join the discussion
17.45 / Closure of Meeting

19.45 Departure for Dinner

DAY 2

10.00-10.35The challenges of the project
20 min. / Aphrodite Sorotou, Leader of WP4- Building the knowledge-base, Senior Researcher, Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos-MedINA
The challenges faced by our project [getting people involved, no Arab word for landscape, learning a landscape assessment methodology, different perceptions of landscape- Aphrodite are you happy with that?]
15 min. / Discussion
10.35 – 11.40 The Cypriot experience in Landscape Character Assessment
20 min. / Prof. Geoffrey Griffiths, Dept. of Geography, Reading University
Training methodology and interpretation of landscape for the purposes of this methodology
15 min. / Nicholas Symons, former Director of Cyprus Environmental Studies Centre
Observations from the Cypriot experience
30 min. / Discussion
11.40-11.55 / Coffee Break
11-55-13.45 Round Table Discussions
5 min. each presentation / Experiences in encouraging public participation in landscape practices.
To be introduced by Steven Warnock, Consultant, UK and Shalimar Sinno, Society for the Protection of Nature, Lebanon (SPNL) describing the English and Arab Hima system respectively
50 min. / Discussion: All speakers and observers are encouraged to provide their input
5 min. each presentation / Experiences in assessing risks to the landscape and how to reduce them
To be introduced by Dr. Ioannis Vogiatzakis, Ass. Professor Open University of Cyprus and Odysseas Christou, Geologist, attached to the MEDSCAPES Project
40 min. / Discussion
13.45-14.45 / Lunch Break
14.45- 15.30 Project Capitalisation
10 min. / Project capitalization strategy to be introduced by Nashat Hamidan, Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, Jordan
15 min. / Dirk Gotzman, Director of the European NGO Civilscapes
Introduction to the concept of a Landscape Forum
20 min. / Discussion
15.30-15.45Landscape Advisory Committee
15 min. / The project requires the establishment of the above committee which will meet and provide input to the project twice, in March 2014 in Cyprus and at the end of the project in December 2015, in Jordan. It is composed of 5 members three from independent associates and 2 of the project partners. The partner members are Dr. Theano S. Terkenli of the University of the Aegean and Dr. Yaser Abunnasr of the American University of Beirut.
19.45 Departure for Dinner

Day 3

10.00 Education session. The Chairperson Landscape Advisory Committee coordinates the session
10.10-11.20 Panel Discussion to be introduced by Dr. Taleb Odeh, German Jordanian University
10 min. each speaker / Panel discussion with experts Drs. Freire, Sala and Voghera on issues that should be taken into account in developing graduate education on landscape assessment
40 min. / Discussion from the floor
11.20- 12.00 Round Table Discussion
40 min. / Landscape patterns: Cultural elements in the landscape that could be considered as patterns within an East Mediterranean concept. Introduced by T.B.A
12.15 / Departure from Hotel for educational visit to Ayios Sozomenos Nicosia District (packed lunch)
17.00 / Return to Hotel. Arrangements will be made for direct transfer to the airport of participants leaving that afternoon

19.45 Dinner in Hotel