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Global Heritage Fund (GHF) and the World Bank will partner with Iraq's minister of culture and state board of antiquities to conduct an 8-day workshop for 30 leading Iraqi site directors and conservators between June 15 - 22 in Petra.

The mission of the Iraq Heritage Congress is to develop world-class master conservation plans over the coming year for the protection and preservation of priceless historical and cultural sites in Iraq, according to GHF Executive Director Jeff Morgan and World Bank Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Christiaan Poortman.

UNESCO, the Ministry of Tourism, the Oriental Institute at University of Chicago, Brown University, the American Centre for Oriental Research and the Petra National Trust also are participating in the congress.

Thirty leading Iraqi site directors and archaeological conservators will participate in an intense programme of site management and planning workshops led by international experts in funding sources, technology and site management and planning. Participants from the Iraq Antiquities Department's goal is to improve their own professional skills and to enhance their ability to acquire funding and expertise from international donor agencies.

Sites represented by Iraqi conservation leaders who will be attending the congress include: Nineveh, Nimrud, Hatra, Ashur, Babylon, Samarra, Ukhaidhir, Ur, Aqar Quf, Ctesiphon, Tell Harmal and National Site Museums.

The primary emphasis of the workshops will be to complete drafts for site management plans for each participating Iraqi heritage site.

These plans will:
* Provide a framework to guide conservation of archaeological and cultural heritage sites in context to their urban and natural surroundings;

* Identify potential economic opportunities for sustainable tourism and private enterprise to support for long-term conservation;

* Form the basis for legislation and designation of protected national parks, monuments or preserves;

* Provide guidance in conservation work and archaeological research and exploration.

The GHF is working with Iraqis to develop state-of-the-art, comprehensive site management plans for Iraq's most endangered world heritage sites.