Learning Day
Creating Jobs by Supporting Historic Cities, Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism
Thursday, March 1, 2012
8:00am-12:30pm This event featured presentations from external speakers, private sector representatives, and economists having systematized heritage economics frameworks, as well as Bank staff presenting projects that demonstrate how these frameworks are reflected in Bank operations. The session demonstrated how the Bank’s investment projects supporting urban regeneration, historic city conservation, and sustainable tourism development promote the adaptive reuse of built assets and are consistent with the green growth agenda. These projects provide the enabling environment for job creation and private sector development by reusing existing assets, keeping in situ what literature defines as embodied energy, and promoting, in this growing Bank’s niche of business, a development model that minimizes carbon emissions while creating new jobs. | Opening Remarks | Ms. Abha Joshi-Ghani, Urban Sector Manager, Urban Development and Local Government Unit, World Bank | | Keynote Address | Mr. John O'Brien, Chief Risk Officer, Ireland's Industrial Development Agency | | Outcome of Urban Regeneration Program in Washington DC Outcome of Urban Regeneration Program in Washington DC | Ms. Valerie Santos, Senior Urban Specialist, LAC, World Bank | | Heritage at Work! Creating Jobs in the Kakheti Region in Georgia | Mr. Ahmed Eiweida, Country Sector Coordinator, ECA, World Bank | | Cultural Heritage and Local Economic Development | Ms. Patrizia Riganti, Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, UK | | Leveraging Cultural Heritage & Sustainable Tourism for Job Creation (Lessons from MNA) | Mr. Georges Zouain, Senior Economist and Principal, Gaia Heritage | | Ongoing World Bank Cultural Heritage Lending Operations in China | Ms. Shenhua Wang, Senior Infrastructure Specialist, EAP, World Bank | | Russia and Cultural Heritage: the Evolution of the World Bank Support Program | Mr. Nicolas Perrin, Senior Social Development Specialist
Ms. Tatyana Shadrunova, Urban Specialist, ECA, World Bank | | Cultural Heritage Outreach in Water Projects: Metolong Dam, Lesotho | Ms. Louise Croneborg, Water Resources Management Specialist, AFR, World Bank | | Improving Service Delivery in the Historic City of Lahore | Ms. Shahnaz Arshad, Senior Urban Specialist, SAR, World Bank | | Job Creation and Tourism Development in Jamaica | Ms. Ellen Hamilton, Senior Urban Planner, LAC, World Bank | | Teaming Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism: World Bank and IFC Tools and Resources | Ms. Jennifer Bartlett, Operations Officer, EAP, IFC
Ms. Hannah Messerli, Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, AFR, World Bank |
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