National Competent Authorities in States Parties
In conformity with Article 22 of the Convention, States Parties must establish or strengthen, as appropriate, competent authorities to undertake the establishment, conservation and updating of an inventory of underwater cultural heritage, and to ensure the efficient protection, preservation, presentation and management of underwater cultural heritage, as well as the necessary research and education. States Parties should inform the Director-General of the names and addresses of these competent authorities.
Algeria
- Musée public national maritime et le patrimoine culturel subaquatique
Ms Amel Mokrani
Architect
e-mail
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Director: Lidija Mićić
Tel: (+387) 033 254 131
Fax: (+387) 033 254 181
Address: Vuka Karadžića 4 / VI 78000 Banja Luka Republic of Serbian Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: (+387) 051 247 419
Fax: (+387) 051 247 545
Belgium
- Mme Gislaine DEVILLERS
1ère Attachée,
Agence wallonne du patrimoine
- Dr. Marnix PIETERS
Research Director Archaeology
Flanders Heritage Agency
Havenlaan 88 bus 5, B-1000 Brussels
Tel. :+(32) 2 553 16 72
M : +(32) 477 56 02 88
skype : marnix.pieters@vlaanderen.be(link sends e-mail)
- Ms Kim Meeus
Advisor North Sea
Cabinet Vincent Van Quickenborne
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, in charge of the North Sea
Estonia
- National Heritage Board
Ms Maili Roio
Adviser on underwater archaeology
Pikk 2, 1023 Tallinn
Estonia
e-mail
France
- Département des Recherches Archéologiques Subaquatiques and Sous-Marines (DRASSM)
Ministry of Culture
Director: Arnaud SCHAUMASSE
147, Plage de l'Estaque. 13016. Marseille
Tel: (+33) 04 91 14 28 00
Fax: (+33) 04 91 14 28 14
Director e-mail(link sends e-mail)
Website:
Honduras
- Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH)
Director: Lawer Hector Manrique Portillo Machuca
Director e-mail(link sends e-mail)
Head of the Archaeology Unit of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH)
M. Oscar Neil Cruz
Iran
- Dr. Mosayeb Amiri
Director, Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT)
N° 2, opposite National Museum of Iran, Si-Tir St., Imam Khomeini
St., Tehran, 1136913431
e-mail(link sends e-mail) ; e-mail(link sends e-mail)
Tel.: Director’s Office: +982166737003
Tel.: Institute: +982166736452
Italy
- General Secretariat - Service II - UNESCO Office
Director: Mrs. Mariassunta Peci
Officer in charge: Mr. Alessandro Asta
Responsibilities: coordination of activities at European and international level,
and coordination of relations with UNESCO in the implementation of the 2001 Convention
- National Superintendence of Underwater Cultural Heritage
Superintendent: Mrs. Barbara Davidde
Responsibilities: Direction and coordination of national protection activities,
management and promotion of the underwater cultural heritage
Lebanon
- National Council for Scientific Research
Mr. Iskandar Sursock
Scientific Advisor
Tel: + 961 330 9932
Lithuania
- Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture,
Šnipiškių str. 3, 09309 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel. (+370 5) 273 42 56
Fax. (+370 5) 272 40 58
Ms. Augustina KurilienÄ—
Chief specialist of the Accounting, Inventory and Register Department
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Tel. : +370 5 273 11 01
Mexico
- SecretarÃa de Cultura
Instituto Nacional de AntropologÃa e Historia (INAH)
Subdirección de ArqueologÃa Subaquática CNA -INAH
Websites :
Moneda16, Col. Centro, AlcaldÃa Cuauhtémoc, C. P. 06060,
Ciudad de ²Ñé³æ¾±³¦´Ç,
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Tel: (+52) 555522-7364 y (+52) 555522-7888
Helena Barba Meinecke's email(link sends e-mail)
Montenegro
- Montenegro Communications should be addressed to the National Commission for UNESCO
Morocco
- Centre National d'Etudes et de Recherches en Archéologie Subaquatique
Mr Azzeddine KARRA
Tel : +212 661 859 615
Nigeria
- Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation
Deputy Director (Culture): Mr Augustus Babajide Ajibola
Federal Secretariat Complex, Phase II, Block E Room 231,
Abuja
Nigeria
Tel: +234 (0) 803 301 8985
Oman
- Underwater Heritage Department
Ministry of Heritage and Tourism
Director : Mr. Ayoub AL Bousaidi
Tel: 0096899048421
Panama
- Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INAC)
M. Roxana Pino
B.P. 0816-07812 Panamá 5,
República de Panamá
Paraguay
- Dirección General de Protección y Conservación de los Recursos HÃdricos SecretarÃa del Ambiente
Avda. Madame Lynch
3500 Asunción
Paraguay
Tel: (+595) 21 61 58 11
Fax: (595) 21 61 58 11
Poland
- Monuments Preservation Department. Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport of the Republic of Poland
Mrs Agnieszka Szymczyk
Tel: +48 22 21 21 102
ul. Ksawerów 13
02-656 Warsaw
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Maritime Affairs
Mr. Marc Williams : Director of Maritime Affairs
C.A. Paul Southwell Industrial Site
Basseterre
St. Kitts
Tel: 1-869-467-1903
Saudi Arabia
- Director General of Archaeological Research and Studies Center
Mr. Abdullah Saud Al-Saud
Tel: +966114096637
Mobile: +96650525618
Slovenia
- Ministry of Culture
Cultural Heritage Directorate
Maistrova ulica 10
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 400 79 00
South Africa
- South African Heritage Resources Agency
Ms Lesa La Grange
111 Harrington Street
Cap Town
8000
Tel: (021) 462 4502
Spain
- MarÃa Agúndez LerÃa
Deputy Director General
Subdirectorate General of Management and Coordination of Cultural Assets
General Directorate of Fine Arts
Ministry of Culture and Sport
Tel.: + (34) 91 70 17 054
Switzerland
- Federal Office of Culture
Section Baukultur
Hallwylstr. 15
3003 Bern
Tel. +41 58 462 86 25
e-mail(link sends e-mail)
Ukraine
The central executive authority in the sphere of the protection of the cultural heritage.