The International Conference on the Heritage Preservation and Urban Renewal, being part of the 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, will take place from 9:30 to 17:30, on both 11 and 12 of November, in the Handover Gifts Museum of Macau, located at Avenida Xian Xing Hai, NAPE. It is organized by Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM) and by the International Law Bureau of the Macau SAR (GADI). Under the motto “Re-ordering of the Old Districts of Macau: Legal Framework and Sustainable Development”, this conference aims at providing a mutual platform for professional experts and scholars from Macau, the region and Europe to share their knowledge on urban renewal and its legal implications, as well as the best practices in the field, in order to incessantly contribute to a sustainable heritage preservation and urban renewal that is currently taking place in Macau. This initiative also intends to, especially taking into consideration the enlistment in 2005 of the "Macau Historic Centre" in UNESCO’s World Heritage list, enhance the role of old districts re-ordering in harmonization with the preservation of existing heritage infrastructure in place. This conference will focus on the following topics: I) Macau urban re-ordering: current status, planning and perspectives; II) Comparative regional experiences from Asia and European perspectives; III) Policy Rationale of Urban Renewal and Impacts on Society; IV) Legal and Social Framework for Re-ordering of Old Districts of Macau. This initiative will have eleven exchange sessions / discussions as well as experts coming from Mainland China, Macau, Hong Kong, England, Spain, Italy and Holland. The conference will be conducted in English, with simultaneous translation to Cantonese, and has about 100 participants enrolled. The 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, which incorporates this conference, has the “Consolidation of the Macao Legal System” as its main objective and will extend until December 2012,. The total budget for the programme is 1.500.000 euros (approximately 16.500.000 patacas), being it co-financed by the European Union and the Macao Foundation, with the remaining costs being supported by the MSAR’s budget. The execution of the Co-operation Programme is coordinated by the International Law Bureau (GADI), with the participation of several other MSAR’s entities and public departments, namely, the Legal and Judicial Training Centre (CFJJ), the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), the Macau SAR Economic Services (DSE), the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) and the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM).
