To view a detailed project report click here - UNESCO Islamabad
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1. BACKGROUNDPVAPervaiz Vandal & Associates (PVA) was awarded the <strong>project</strong> “Mapping of Cultural Assets in theDistrict Multan and Bahawalpur” on the 29th of April, 2009 (Contract No. 413/09). The Project waswithin the framework of <strong>UNESCO</strong>-Norway funded <strong>project</strong>, “Mapping of Cultural Assets inNWFP”, and thus it was stipulated that the Project in Punjab would be “in keeping with theprocess prescribed by <strong>UNESCO</strong> for NWFP”. The Work Plan submitted outlined the variousstages; comprising four components, that is a survey to map the tangible and intangible culturalassets in at least 15 villages each in the two districts using the <strong>UNESCO</strong> developed form; enteringdata in the GIS Map and developing the GIS Database; developing a strategy for safeguardingand promoting cultural assets, identifying <strong>project</strong>s with costs; and developing promotionalmaterial.In accordance with the contractual obligations, <strong>report</strong>s were regularly sent to <strong>UNESCO</strong> whichincluded the Inception Report (June 2009); First Progress Report (August 2009); Second ProgressReport (14 Dec 2009). In addition two other <strong>report</strong>s dispatched were “Rapprochement of Cultures:the Multan & Bahawalpur Culture Dialogue” (April 2010) and “Safeguarding Cultural Assets &Future Projects” (April 2010). The End-of-Assignment Report <strong>here</strong>with closes this assignment.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECTBroadly the Project had four Aims1. <strong>To</strong> develop a database of the communities cultural assets(tangible & intangible) of selected villages in the two districts2. <strong>To</strong> prepare the database in a user friendly and expandableretrieval system3. <strong>To</strong> create a nexus between culture and development andharness culture to provide economic opportunities forcommunities4. <strong>To</strong> prepare promotional material for awareness building in thegeneral public, specially for intergenerational transfer ofcultural knowledgePotter in MultanThe Project TORs are attached as Annex 1 “Project TOR & Outcome”Fresco, Shrine of ZainulAbadeenCustoms & RitualsShrine of Raja Qattal, Jalalpur PirwalaMAPPING OF CULTURAL ASSETS IN DIST MULTAN & BAHAWALPUR: END-OF-ASSIGNMENT REPORT 2