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    In 2005 International Resources Group (irg) won the $10. Million contract to establish the SAVE (Supporting activities that Value the Environment) Program. Major SAVE activities include environment and natural resources management and capacity building. Cypriot cultural heritage is extremely rich from the Neolithic Period onward with important Classical, Lusignan, Venetian, and Ottoman Period sites.

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    In 2005 International Resources Group (irg) won the $10. Million contract to establish the SAVE (Supporting activities that Value the Environment) Program. Major SAVE activities include environment and natural resources management and capacity building. Cypriot cultural heritage is extremely rich from the Neolithic Period onward with important Classical, Lusignan, Venetian, and Ottoman Period sites.

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    11th US/ICOMOS

    INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
    Developing a comprehensive approach to
    US participation in the global heritage community
    May 28 - 31, 2008 in Washington, DC

    Submitted to symposium@usicomos.org November 15, 2007

    Title of Presentation: The SAVE Program: USAID-Funded Cultural Heritage Conservation in Cyprus

    Authors: William C. S. Remsen, AIA (Preservation Architect)


    Müge Şevketoğlu, PhD. (Archaeologist)

    Abstract : The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting
    economic growth in the Turkish Cypriot Community (TCC) to foster a durable settlement in Cyprus. In 2005
    International Resources Group (IRG) won the $10.1 million contract to establish the SAVE (Supporting
    Activities that Value the Environment) Program. In addition to Cultural Heritage Conservation, major SAVE
    activities include environment and natural resources management and capacity building and geographical
    information systems (GIS) for improved land use planning.

    Cypriot cultural heritage is extremely rich from the Neolithic Period onward with important Classical,
    Lusignan, Venetian, and Ottoman Period sites. SAVE's cultural heritage goals include:
    ƒ Capacity building and technical assistance in cultural heritage resource management and protection,
    ƒ Design and implementation of demonstration training projects on significant conservation subjects,
    ƒ Cultural heritage documentation and database,
    ƒ Carrying out of long-term conservation projects on historic sites,
    ƒ Cultural heritage and landscape heritage tourism promotion and sustainable development activities,
    ƒ Public outreach, including public lectures, books and other publications on cultural heritage resources
    management, impact and benefits.

    SAVE cultural heritage projects include:


    ƒ Conservation at the Church of St Mamas, Morphou,
    ƒ Conservation and adaptive reuse of a historic Olive Mill into an Ethnographic Museum,
    ƒ Conservation of the marble Ottoman Fountain, Famagusta,
    ƒ SAVE Historic Conservation Training Program for Professionals to strengthen TCC capacity,
    ƒ Site management, mosaic documentation and consolidation at early Christian Soli Basilica,
    ƒ Creation of a Cultural Heritage Walking Tour for Famagusta and a Crusader Castle Trail,
    including signage and brochures.

    Contact William C. S. Remsen, AIA Müge Şevketoğlu, PhD.


    Information: SAVE Cultural Heritage Senior Advisor SAVE Cultural Heritage Manager
    85 Strawberry Hill Street 15 Sehit Tuncer Hasan str. Kumsal
    Dover, MA 02030 USA Lefkosa, Mersin 10 Turkey
    Tel.: +1 508.561.1740 Tel.: +905338640446
    Email: wremsen@gmail.com Email: proheritage@gmail.com
    Fig. 1 Detail of a test cleaning on the painted wood Altar (ciborium), c. 1550 AD, in the historic St. Mamas
    Church, Morphou, Cyprus. The cleaning and conservation of the Altar were completed by SAVE's team of
    Italian conservators in September, 2007. Photo © Patrick Godeau and SAVE.

    This figure is submitted as part of the abstract entitled The SAVE Program: USAID-Funded Cultural
    Heritage Conservation in Cyprus for presentation at the 11th US/ICOMOS INTERNATIONAL
    SYMPOSIUM: Developing a comprehensive approach to US participation in the global heritage community.

    William C. S. Remsen, AIA Müge Şevketoğlu, PhD.


    SAVE Cultural Heritage Senior Advisor SAVE Cultural Heritage Manager
    85 Strawberry Hill Street 15 Sehit Tuncer Hasan str. Kumsal
    Dover, MA 02030 USA Lefkosa, Mersin 10 Turkey
    Tel.: +1 508.561.1740 Tel.: +905338640446
    Email: wremsen@gmail.com Email: proheritage@gmail.com

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