Introduction

The protection of heritage, whether of a real estate or immaterial nature, is one of the values that society as a whole must have as a guiding principle, requiring corresponding public policies to integrate the necessary protection of relevant buildings and groups of buildings in urban environments from the perspective of sustainable urban planning in its environmental, economic and social aspects.

To this end, urban planning has always been concerned with establishing, in its planning instruments, management or discipline regimes, a set of specialties and connections with the protection of cultural heritage. This relationship occurs at all levels, both internationally –from the so-called Athens Charter– and the internal dimension. Thus, both the state legislation –with Law 16/1985, June 25, of the Spanish Historical Heritage (successor to the Law of May 13, 1933)–, as well as the autonomous legislation –for example, Law 9/1993, September 30, of the Catalan Cultural Heritage– and also the local, essentially municipal administration, have been in charge of feeding this symbiotic relationship. In this sense, we must emphasize the importance of not only the declarations of all categories of objects of cultural interest and the cataloguing of protected elements of the different planning figures, but also the special plans for protection of historical sites, aesthetic conditions and admissible uses that enable the preservation of the architectural achievements of the past with an adequate integration of progress.

This congress intends to address the instruments and techniques of heritage protection and its formulas in Spain and other countries, in order to obtain an adequate comparative vision. In this sense, the determinations derived from the UNIESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972) in its monumental and planning aspects will be discussed; and, in accordance with the national protection techniques and the category of goods of cultural interest and their planning implications, it will analyze the specific aspects of territorial and local planning that preserve the cultural heritage and the cultural heritage of each municipality.

Programme

Friday, 22nd of September 2017

8:50 am - Welcome

9:00 am - Inauguration

Mr Josep Rull Andreu, Minister, Department of Territory and Sustainability, Generalitat de Catalunya
Mrs Mercè Conesa Pagès, President, Diputació de Barcelona
Mr Daniel Mòdol Deltell, Councilor of Architecture, Urban Landscape and Heritage, Barcelona Town Council
Dr Martín Bassols Coma, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Alcalá de Henares. President of ADU

9:30 am - Introduction

Dr David Renders, Professor of Administrative Law, Catholic University of Louvain. General Secretary of AIDRU

First part · the protected heritage

Chairman: Philip Booth, Formerly Reader in Town and Regional Planning, Sheffield University

9:40 am - The protected heritage in Europe (synthesis report)
Dr Michel Pâques, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Liège. Counsellor of the Belgian Council of State

10:00 am - The protected heritage in Spain
Dr Maria Rosario Alonso Ibáñez, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Oviedo

10:20 am - Coffee break

Second part · the actors involved by the protection

Chairman: Juan Manuel Alegre Ávila, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Cantabria

10:50 am - The actors involved by the protection in Europe (synthesis report)
Dr Eivind Smith, Professor of Public Law, University of Oslo

11:10 am - The actors involved by the protection in Spain
Dr Fernando García Rubio, Senior Lecturer of Administrative Law, Rey Juan Carlos University
Mr Agustí Serra Monté, General Director of Town and Country Planning, Generalitat de Catalunya

11:40 am - First panel discussion: Presentation of the emblematic case law in Germany, Flemish Belgium, Walloon and Brussels Belgium, Portugal and Turkey
Dr Matthias Rossi, Professor of Law, University of Augsburg and Dr Willy Spannowsky, Professor of Spatial and Environmental Planning Law, Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Mrs Lies du Gardein, Attorney, Flemish, Environmental Law Association
Mr Michel Quintin, First Chief Auditor of the Section, Belgian Council of State
Dr Fernando Alves Correia, Professor of Administrative Law and Dr Maria José Castanheira Neves, Guest Professor, University of Coimbra
Dr Bige Açimuz, Assistant Professor of Administrative Law, Özyegin University of Istanbul and Dr Özge Aksoylu, Senior Lecturer of Administrative Law, University Galatasaray

12:20 am - Question time

12:40 am - “Revista de Derecho Urbanístico y Medio Ambiente”: Commemoration of 50th anniversary
Mr Francisco Alegria Martínez de Pinillos, Secretary

12:55 am - Lunch break

Third part · The instruruments for protection, enhancement and promotion

Chairman: Dr Yves Jégouzo, Honorary President, University Paris I (Phanthéon-Sorbonne). Formerly Counsellor of the French Council of State

2:10 pm - Protection instruments in Europe (synthesis report)
Dr Thierry Tanquerel, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Geneva

2:30 pm - Protection instruments in Spain
Dr Joan Manuel Trayter Jiménez, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Girona

2:50 pm - Second panel discussion : Presentation of the emblematic case law in Spain, France, Greece and Italy
Dr Judith Gifreu Font, Senior Lecturer of Administrative Law and Director of the Chair Enric Prat de la Riba of Local Legal Studies, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Dr François Priet, Professor of Public Law, University of Orléans
Dr Evangelia Koutoupa, Professor of Administrative Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr Vera Parisio, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Brescia and Dr Paolo Stella Richter, Professor of Administrative Law, Sapienza University of Rome

3:30 pm - Coffee break

Third part (cont.) - The instruments for protection, enhancement and promotion

Chairman: Philip Booth, Formerly Reader in Town and Regional Planning, Sheffield University

3:50 pm - Enhancement and promotion instruments in Europe (synthesis report)
Dr Francis Haumont, Professor of Administrative Law, Catholic University of Louvain

4:10 pm - Enhancement and promotion instruments in Spain
Dr Juan Ramon Fernández Torres, Professor of Administrative Law, Complutense University of Madrid

4:30 pm - Third panel discussion: Presentation of the emblematic case law in The Netherlands, Roumania, United States of America, Switzerland and the European Union
Dr Tycho Lam, Senior Lecturer and Dr Saskia Hillegers, Senior Lecturer, Radboud University
Dr Andrei Dutu-Buzura, Senior Lecturer of Environmental and Urban Law, Ecological University of Bucarest
Dr Sara Bronin, Professor of Property and Land Use Law, University of Connecticut
Dr Valérie Défago Gaudin, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Neuchâtel and Mr David Boulaz, Attorney
Dr Jean-Claude Bonichot, judge, EU Court of Justice and Dr Emmanuelle Broussy, Legal Secretary, EU Court of Justice

5:10 pm - Question time

5:30 pm - End of session

Saturday, 23rd of September 2017

Fourth part · the funding and taxation mechanisms related to the protection

Chairman: Dr Juan Manuel Alegre Ávila, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Cantabria

9:30 am - The funding and taxation mechanisms related to the protection in Europe (synthesis report)
Dr. Rozen Noguellou, Professor of Administrative Law, University Paris I (Phanthéon-Sorbonne)

9:50 am - General conclusion
Dr. Jacqueline Morand Deviller, Professor of Administrative Law, University Paris I (Phanthéon-Sorbonne). President of AIDRU

10:20 am - Coffee Break

10:50 am - Closing ceremony

Dr Esther Zapater Duque, Dean, Faculty of Law, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Dr Jacqueline Morand-Deviller, President of AIDRU
Mr Miquel Buch Moya, President, Associació Catalana de Municipis (ACM)
Mr Xavier Amor Martín, President, Federació de Municipis de Catalunya (FMC)

Closing conference: The current challenges of Spanish Planning Law
Dr Luciano Parejo Alfonso, Professor of Administrative Law, Carlos III University

11:20 am - General meeting of AIDRU

12:20 am - Visit to the hospital complex of Santa Creu i Sant Pau

1:20 pm - Lunch break

2:40 pm - Cultural activity