UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE 6 MSP

UCH/17/6.MSP/INF.9

Paris, 11 April 2017 Original: English

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE

MEETING OF STATES PARTIES

Sixth session

Paris, UNESCO Headquarters, Room II 30-31 May 2017

Item 9 of the Provisional Agenda - Information Document 9

Background NGOs

This document contains the background on the NGOs being reviewed, as well as the evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) regarding their reaccreditation.

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Activities of the accredited NGOs in the framework of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage1

ACUA - ADVISORY COUNCIL ON UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY

Character: Advisory council with board of directors and advisors Established: 1959 Scope/Seat: International / USA Members: 12 professionals from state and federal archaeology programs, museums, non-profit institutes and avocational societies involved in underwater archelogy; it also includes professionals in the fields of conservation and education Website: www.acuaonline.org Description ACUA serves as an international advisory body on issues relating to underwater archaeology, conservation, and underwater cultural heritage management. It works to educate scholars, governments, sport divers, and the general public about underwater archaeology and the preservation of underwater resources. ACUA is an independent non-profit organization closely allied with the Society for Historical Archaeology. Added value ACUA promotes the ratification and the implementation of the 2001 Convention by pursuing advocacy initiatives within the US regulatory environment as well as maintaining a standing UNESCO subcommittee to promote the Convention and to address concerns as they are raised by the membership towards applying the Convention to work performed around the world. ACUA promotes the ratification of the Convention meeting federal stakeholders, pursuing a letter writing campaign to all federal stakeholders that specifically promotes the Convention, and continuing to promote the Annex as an alternative for individual agencies while the US considers ratification. Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention During the 2016 SHA Conference, in Washington, D.C., SHA and ACUA met with legislators regarding the UNESCO Convention. Additionally, ACUA and SHA hosted a Symposium regarding the Convention and its applicability to the international work of their members, whether working in a country that ratified or not. Several STAB, ICUCH, and NGOs participated in the half-day session. Equally ACUA engaged in meetings with the US UNESCO Mission at the US State Department to discuss efforts towards ratifying the Convention, with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO) and reached out to the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) to promote ratification of the Convention and explain how it supports current protections. ACUA organizes annual workshops at national and regional conferences that focus on educating terrestrial land managers about the needs of underwater archaeological sites within or adjoining their jurisdictions. The annual SHA/ACUA Conference workshop is in its ninth year, and continues to reach between 10 and 20 students per session. All content is generated by ACUA and focuses on building capacity and understanding of the unique needs associated with surveying, managing, protecting, and providing access to underwater cultural heritage. The proceedings of underwater archaeology-themed papers presented at the SHA Conference are annually published, as well as ACUA partners in a co-sponsored print on demand publication

1 Complete dossiers are available in the Secretariat upon request by States Parties.

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program with SHA and separately with Springer Press that highlights articles, papers, and scholarly works related to the practice of underwater. Concerning the training in underwater archaeology, ACUA has designed and executed a three-part job market and benchmarking survey for the field of underwater archaeology. The surveys stemmed from a need to better understand how to keep underwater archaeological professional training programs relevant and current with the needs and standards of employers dedicated to the survey, excavation and management of UCH. These needs not only necessitate training students in the availability and application of specific scientific methods and the use of suitable techniques, but also addressing the high degree of professional specialization expected by future employers, and keeping abreast of changing job market trends related to the UNESCO Convention’s Best Practices. This job market survey, first implemented in 2013, continued in 2014 and 2015 with the results being shared with the field through papers, conference presentations, and publication on the ACUA website. ACUA also works to promote best practices and ethics with museums, the media, and projects around the globe; involves students and future professionals in its activities through the Graduate Student Associate member position; and reviews the availability of recreational diver outreach and training programs worldwide. ACUA works towards the public’s right to enjoy the educational and recreational benefits of responsible non-intrusive access to in situ underwater cultural heritage, and the value of public education to contribute to awareness, appreciation and protection of that heritage. ACUA maintains an up-to-date website that provides documented global access to the general public, media, and practitioners seeking information on underwater archaeology, UCH, and ratification of the Convention. The ACUA website and social media presence reach a multinational audience and includes dedicated sections on special topics such as applicable laws, professional ethics, education, career development, and conservation of UCH.

The full report of ACUA is available from the Secretariat. Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO ACUA.

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ADRAMAR - ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH

Character: Non-profit organization, NGO Established: 1993 Scope/Seat: French territory and global / France Members: underwater archaeologists Website: www.adramar.fr Description The Association pour le Développement de la Recherche en Archéologie Maritime (ADRAMAR) was formed in 1993 in Saint-Malo, Bretagne. It plays a national, European, and international role mainly in the English Channel of the North Sea, under supervision of DRASSM (Département des recherches archéologiques subaquatiques et sous-marines, Ministère de la culture et de la Communication) and with the support of the local authorities. The NGO has been accredited by UNESCO to cooperate with the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Added Value ADRAMAR disseminates knowledge about underwater cultural heritage to the public, by participating in conferences, symposia, exhibitions and in scientific and general public works. It contributes to raising awareness among young people through its ArchéoMer® valorization program. There has been an increase in the number of participants from 2011, with a peak in 2015. Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention In order to contribute to good practice and to follow the recommendations made by Member States through the 2001 Convention, ADRAMAR conducts research programs, provides assistance and advice, ensures prospecting and excavation, and acts in the context of impact studies, inventories and studies of maritime cultural properties, in collaboration with the French State, CNRS, universities, communities and museums. ADRAMAR created an on-line database, the Atlas Ponant, which brings together the diversity of maritime vestiges on the Atlantic coast and the English Channel. It contains information about wrecks, submerged land sites, fish traps from the foreshore and isolated deposits, from prehistory to the present day. It has an increasing number of visitors from 2011, peaking in 2015. Since 2000, the association has an 18-meter research vessel, Hermine-Bretagne, at its disposal dedicated exclusively to underwater archaeology. It has a Youth and Popular Education accreditation from the Ministry of the City, Youth and Sports, and an academic accreditation from the Rectorate of Rennes (n ° 1235J009).

The full report of ADRAMAR is available from the Secretariat. Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO ADRAMAR. It suggests requesting the NGO to increase its collaboration with the statutory bodies of the 2001 Convention and its operational activities in support of the Convention by the next session of the Meeting of States Parties.

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AIMA – AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY

Character: incorporated non-profit organization with a constitution, annual general, meeting held in conjunction with the annual conference Scope/Seat: international / Australia Members: international, limited number of members Website: www.aima-underwater.org.au Description The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) is an incorporated, not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to the preservation of underwater cultural heritage. A primary and fundamental objective of the organisation, as outlined in its constitution, is to support the aims, rules and articles of the UNESCO Convention. AIMA is an incorporated body with a Constitution. All members must agree to abide by the Constitution and its accompanying Code of Ethics upon joining or renewing their membership. AIMA works closely with, and provides advice to, State, Territory and Australian Federal Government on policy pertaining to underwater cultural heritage, such as the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 and the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Active in the Asia-Pacific region, AIMA is primarily based in Australia, a country which to date has not ratified the 2001 Convention. AIMA’s primary role in relation to the 2001 Convention is to advocate for its adoption by the Australia Government and its neighbours, raise the profile of the Convention across multiple platforms, and seek for its rules to be adopted as a standard at the state level. Added Value AIMA has sponsored work throughout Australia, Asia and the Indian and the Pacific Ocean. AIMA’s objectives are to support and undertake scientific research within the field of maritime archaeology and to publish the results of this work.

AIMA plays an active role in international maritime archaeology. AIMA also supports the work of the International Committee for Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH) with several of our members represented on the committee and holds an associate membership to the Advisory Council for Underwater Archaeology (ACUA). AIMA members have been involved in training programmes in China, Thailand, Taiwan and Sri Lanka. Joint co-operative projects to assist and support existing or developing maritime archaeological programmes have been undertaken in Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka and Thailand. In October 2013 AIMA’s annual conference was titled Towards ratifications – Australia’s Underwater Cultural Heritage and its primary objective was to continue to encourage the Australian Government towards immediate ratification of the UNESCO 2001 Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and to meet international best‐practice standards for management of UCH. The conference included a workshop with an expert panel that discussed legal issues around the ratification of the UNESCO 2001 Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage with specific reference to Australia and countries around the Asia-Pacific region.

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Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention AIMA members have contributed to all three UNESCO Foundation training courses organised

by the UNESCO Bangkok office and worked with SEAMEO‐SPAFA in UCH training since the 1970s to the present training in Thailand. AIMA has also worked with UNESCO Honiara office to organise the first Pacific UCH meeting held in the Solomon Islands, and created a feasibility study for the development of a Pacific UCH training to be held in the future. AIMA was a key organiser of the Inaugural Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on UCH held in Manila, Philippines, in 2011 and provided funding for 12 Pacific island practitioners to attend the conference. AIMA worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to organise the 2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Conference held in Hawaii in 2014, and has committed to sponsor the 3rd conference being held in Hong Kong in 2017. AIMA was also a sponsor of IKUWA6, held in 2016 in Fremantle. The full report of AIMA is available from the Secretariat.

Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO AIMA.

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ARKAEOS

Character: Non-profit organization with the board of trustees founded in compliance with statutory regulations of the Chamber of Commerce of the Netherlands. Scope/Seat: international / France Members: international, unlimited number of members Website: www.arkaeos.fr Description Non-profit organization with a board of trustees founded in compliance with statutory regulations of the Chamber of Commerce of the Netherlands. Added Value Arkaeos contributes through its activities and thanks to its more than 13 years of experience to awareness raising and to the protection of underwater cultural heritage, notably in France. Projects like “The Prôtis project”, which started in 2008, and the navigation of the replica ship Gyptis, or archaeological research projects like the one carried out in Martinique or, most recently, in the Cap des Medes or the natural port of Pomègues (France) are examples of its commitment to enlarge the understanding of the underwater cultural heritage among society.

Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention In what concerns its work related to the 2001 Convention, Arkaeos contributed in 2015 to the STAB assistance mission to Madagascar by financing the photographic fieldwork in Sainte Marie Island. This photographic campaign was executed by Frédéric Osada, photographer and diver, during the expert mission to the concerned wreck sites.

At the same time, Arkaeos engaged in several archaeological terrestrial and underwater archaeology projects, like the one in Anchor Island, at the Archipelago Daume Endoume in 2015 or the continuation in 2016 of the archaeological surveys around the site of the Roman Battle of Orange. Awareness raising and public enjoyment of heritage has been one the major aims of its Prôtis project, which is bringing important sustainable and social benefits. This replica-ship project is the culmination of twenty years of research carried out by the Centre Camille Jullian (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS) started by the discovery in 1993 in Marseilles of the Greek archaic wreck Jules-Verne 9. A publication on the concerned ship, entitled: "Gyptis. Reconstruction of an ancient ship: Photographic Notes Marseille (1993-2015)", shows the research, the project and its results. It has been published by CNRS Editions in 2015. Another project worth mentioning is the PALM Atlas of Archaeological Heritage of the Mediterranean Coastline in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region (PACA). This project aims to valorize and promote 60 years of underwater archaeology on the coast of the PACA region through a digital atlas (www.atlaspalm.fr). Within the framework of this project, Arkaeos plans to raise awareness among school students by engaging young people with the possibility of underwater cultural heritage patronage via the PALM Atlas. The full report of ARKAEOS is available from the Secretariat.

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Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO Arkeos. The STAB suggests requesting the NGO to increase its collaboration with the statutory bodies of the 2001 Convention and its operational activities in support of the Convention by the next session of the Meeting of States Parties.

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CIE – CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE ACTIVITIES

Character: non-profit organization with board of trustees founded in compliance with statutory regulations of the Chamber of Commerce of the Netherlands Scope/Seat: international / The Netherlands Members: international, unlimited number of members Website: www.heritage-activities.org Description CIE is a non-profit organization and independent knowledge centre for international cultural heritage cooperation. It maintains a worldwide network of heritage professionals and functions as a resource centre for the international heritage field. The aim of the CIE is to increase collaboration and knowledge sharing in the cultural heritage field by bringing professionals together, collecting and disseminating expertise and developing and facilitating heritage projects all over the world. Added Value CIE’s initiatives have aimed to promote and encourage ratification of the 2001 Convention and to develop structures for context specific implementation in instances where ratification has already occurred.

Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention United Arab Emirates. The Shared Maritime Heritage on the Historic and Arabian Trade Routes international programme brings together students and experts from across the globe. As part of a broad maritime archaeology/heritage/survey programme, students are provided with heritage management training and archaeological expertise in line with the tenets of the 2001 Convention and UNESCO accredited training curricula.

The programme directly promotes the 2001 Convention as a framework for management and promotion of underwater cultural heritage in the home countries of students. In those instances where home states have already ratified the Convention, students are encouraged to lobby heritage management agencies, museums and academic institutions to further promote and implement the tenets of the Convention and to align national underwater cultural heritage strategies with the document. Where home states have not ratified, students are encouraged to lobby for ratification. The programme creates capacity in underwater cultural heritage and management that is aligned with the 2001 Convention. On completion of the course, students will return to their home countries and are encouraged to conduct their research activities in line with the Convention and work with heritage management and government authorities to promote and implement practical programmes in line with the Rules in the Annex to the Convention. South Africa. The various programmes that have been undertaken in South Africa in the last 9 years have served two purposes. Prior to South Africa ratifying the 2001 Convention in 2016, the programmes have all had strong lobbying components aimed at national government departments and institutions (Department of Arts and Culture, Iziko Museums, South African Heritage Resources Agency, Department of Environmental Affairs, South African National Parks, and others.) that have strongly petitioned for ratification. At regional and local levels, the programmes have promoted the benefits of ratification and supported stakeholder efforts to

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urge government towards ratification. At the same time, the programmes have built capacity both within the organisation that would become the Competent Authority (South African Heritage Resources Agency) and supporting heritage institutions such as museums, universities, local heritage management agencies, academic institutions and communities (including tourism companies, stakeholders, divers and people living near underwater cultural heritage sites). Tanzania. The Tanzanian programme has focused on government management institutions. The programme initially identified the various government stakeholders who were working directly or indirectly with underwater cultural heritage. Having done this, CIE presented a framework for capacity building and heritage management that was based on the 2001 Convention and its Annex. CIE lobbied for ratification of the Convention, but this has yet to come to fruition. Mozambique. The programme in Mozambique was undertaken as a direct result of a workshop conducted by UNESCO in 2009. The primary programme objective was to provide the Ilha de Mozambique community with the tools to protect the underwater cultural heritage in the face of a treasure-hunting onslaught that had resulted in shipwrecks around the island being stripped. Ile Sainte Marie, Madagascar. CIE, together with African partners and associates, participated in the STAB’s assessment of treasure hunting activities at Ile Sainte Marie and followed up with a short project that promoted the Convention and good underwater cultural heritage management practices and assessed the scope and potential for underwater cultural heritage. Meetings, Workshops and Conferences. CIE has participated in, and been represented at, several meetings and workshops that promote ratification and implementation of the Convention.

The full report of CIE is available from the Secretariat. Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO CIE.

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DEGUWA – DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER UNTERWASSERARCHÄOLOGIE E.V.

Character: registered non-governmental organization, non-profit Scope/Seat: international / Germany Members: international, unlimited number of members Website: www.deguwa.org Description DEGUWA is a non-governmental organization composed of professional archaeologists, historians and scientists of related disciplines, as well as laymen and sport divers within the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie e.V. (= German Society for the Promotion of Underwater Archaeology). Added Value DEGUWA serves to promote research and teaching in underwater archaeology and to enhance the protection of the underwater cultural heritage. All members work on a voluntary basis. The objectives are achieved through collaborations with universities, heritage agencies, museums, non-profit organizations and sport divers at national and international levels. Underwater excavations and surveys are carried out in cooperation with the responsible authorities.

Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention 2013

Two-day conference "In Poseidon's Realm XXVIII" at Manching (Bavaria) on the management of underwater cultural heritage.

2014

Two-day conference "In Poseidon's Realm XIX" at Unteruhldingen (Baden-Württemberg) on pile-dwellings dedicated to the Pile-Dwellings UNESCO World Cultural Heritage (under the auspices of UNESCO Director-General I. Bokova).

Foundation of a committee for the support of the ratification of the UNESCO convention 2001 by the German Bundestag as suggested by the then chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Media.

Membership as the first NGO in ICOMOS National Committee.

Participation in the conference "Cultural asset in danger: Conference to predatory excavations and unlawful trade" held in Berlin December 11th-12th, 2014.

2015

Three-day conference "In Poseidon's Realm XX" at Nuremberg (Bavaria) dedicated to the ratification of the UNESCO convention 2001 by the German Bundestag (under the auspices of the Bavarian Prime Minister H. Seehofer MdL).

Invitation to high-ranking representatives from politics and cultural life. Ceremonial address by Nuremberg's mayor Dr. Klemens Gsell.

Reports on the ratification and implementation of the UNESCO convention 2001 by the signatory states of Belgium and Bulgaria.

2016

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Publication of the proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA 4) "Managing the Underwater Cultural Heritage", Zadar, September 29th - October 2nd, 2011.

Participation in the annual general meeting of the ICOMOS National Committee.

DEGUWA applied for ICUCH membership.

During the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania election campaign DEGUWA formulated a package of questions to the applying parties regarding the ratification of the UNESCO convention 2001 and the protection of underwater cultural heritage in the Baltic Sea.

2013 - 2016

Participation in UNESCO Meetings of States Parties and of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body in Paris during this period.

The full report of DEGUWA is available from the Secretariat. Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO DEGUWA.

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ICOMOS- INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR UNDERWATERCULTURAL HERITAGE (ICUCH)

Character: non-profit organization with sub-committee for underwater cultural heritage issues Scope/Seat: international / France Members: Global Website: http://icuch.icomos.org Description ICOMOS-ICUCH was formed in 1991 by ICOMOS-Australia to promote international cooperation in the protection and management of underwater cultural heritage and to advise the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) on issues related to underwater cultural heritage around the world. Added Value

The committee will assist UNESCO in promoting the protection and sound ethical management of underwater cultural heritage.

Promote the 1996 ICOMOS Charter and 2001 Convention Annex as documents of best practice regarding underwater cultural heritage.

Assist other stakeholders in the field of maritime archaeology to manage, protect, carry out sound study, and share knowledge on underwater cultural heritage.

Raise public awareness of the existence of the world’s archaeological underwater cultural heritage.

Promote the protection and management of underwater cultural heritage through facilitating development of national and regional cooperation, programs, and legislation.

Encourage an inclusive approach in underwater cultural heritage.

Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention The first task of this scientific committee was to develop a charter to guide the management and protection of underwater cultural resources. The resulting document was the International Charter on the Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage (Sofia Charter), adopted by ICOMOS in 1996. The status and importance of this document was confirmed when in 2001 it was incorporated as the Annex to the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. The Annex has become the standard guide to the ethics and practices of underwater cultural heritage management in many countries around the world. Since, ICUCH has grown to a committee representing 46 countries, spanning the five UNESCO regional groupings. Members of ICUCH are recognized experts in the field of underwater cultural heritage committed to the promotion of the 2001 Convention. Article 4.2 (D) of ICUCH’s statutes is specific…“promote the 1996 (Sofia) Charter and the 2001 UNESCO Convention’s Annex as best practice guidance regarding UCH” while its other aims and objectives are complementary to those of UNESCO, including research, capacity building and raising public awareness. ICUCH continues to have a strong and regular working relationship with the Convention’s Secretariat. Its broad commitment to supporting the 2001 Convention is illustrated by the following initiatives or events aimed at improving management practices applied to UCH during the period 2013-2016:

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ICUCH members were part of the UNESCO/STAB Missions to Panama & Madagascar in 2015. ICUCH members provided technical editorial services and authorship relating to the following UNESCO publications:

Manual for Activities directed at Underwater Cultural Heritage: Guidelines to the Annex of the UNESCO 2001 Convention, 2013.

Forthcoming: Training Manual for the UNESCO Foundation Course in the Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean, which has been adapted from the manual for Asia and the Pacific, published in 2012.

ICUCH members form the core of the trainers during UNESCO’s Foundation Courses in:

Argentina: Primer Curso UNESCO en Gestión de Patrimonio Cultural Subacuático para América del Sur. (November/December 2013) & St. Eustatius (2014)

Provide assistance during UNESCO’s short courses held in Colombia (November 2015) – Kenya (November/December 2015).

Numerous ICUCH members also promoted the 2001 Convention and its principles in publications and training courses or organized and participated in projects based on the Convention’s principles. A full list was provided by ICUCH to the Secretariat and can be provided on demand. The full report of ICUCH is available from the Secretariat. Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO ICOMOS-ICUCH.

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INA – INSTITUTE OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Character: non – profit, scientific and educational organization based at and affiliated with Texas A&M University Scope/Seat: international / USA Members: open to all interested persons within its ethical standards Website: http://inadiscover.com Description The Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) is a non-profit research institute founded in 1972 and affiliated with Texas A&M University since 1976. Over the past 45 years, INA archaeologists have located, excavated, preserved, published, and put on public museum display some of the world’s most important and well-known shipwrecks. Added Value Since becoming a UNESCO accredited NGO in 2013, INA has continued to uphold the values of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, by fostering excellence in all aspects of nautical archaeology and ensuring financial and logistical support needed to see projects through from excavation to conservation and publication. Between 2014 and 2016, INA provided over $250,000 in project funding to support conservation, preservation, and fieldwork in Bermuda, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, England, Israel, Italy, Nevis, Portugal, Sicily, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tobago, Turkey, Vietnam, and the United States (see full report for list of projects and activities).

Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention Through its partnership with Texas A&M University, the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) created the Nautical Archaeology Program (NAP), which was the first and only degree-granting program for underwater archaeology for more than a decade. Thus, the heads of most maritime archaeology units in foreign governments came to NAP and INA at one point in their careers either as students or professionals to see how nautical archaeology could be carried out to the same scientific standards as terrestrial archaeology. Now, several of these individuals serve as INA Affiliated Scholars or Research Associates. Several of the same individuals who learned from INA and NAP were responsible for the drafting of the 2001 UNESCO Convention and its Annex of 36 rules which outline Best Practices. The practices were developed by a committee comprised of people who were mostly current or former INA Presidents, Research Associates, or Affiliated Scholars including (but not limited to): Jim Delgado, Jeremy Green, Robert Grenier, Paul Johnston, Peggy Leshikar-Denton, Pilar Luna, Colin Martin, and Ian Oxley. INA Director Robyn Woodward, Filipe Castro, and other NAP faculty alumni have sat on and still participate in the SHA/ACUA UNESCO Committees. Mr Woodward spent four years on three different AIA Committees to push AIA to pass a motion in support of the UNESCO Convention. A NAP alumna and INA Affiliated Scholar, Elizabeth S. Greene, was recently elected to serve as the Vice President of Cultural Heritage at the AIA to keep the Convention at the front and center of that community. NAP faculty teach the ethics of underwater archaeology and promote the Best Practices included in the Appendix on every INA excavation, survey, and research project, following

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these practices all the way through to the conservation of artifacts and dissemination of knowledge to the public. The Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology, founded primarily by INA scholars and filled with artifacts and hull remains from INA excavations, is listed as a high standard of underwater archaeology in UNESCO’s own leaflet. NAP students and INA Research Associates and Affiliated Scholars regularly chair panels or give scholarly papers at conferences and scholarly meetings worldwide. INA’s international excavations include students, faculty, and government officials of respective host countries. Each excavation and project team member receives first-hand experience in underwater archaeology conducted at the highest scientific and ethical standards. Several NAP Ph.D. graduates have returned to their home countries and now occupy positions of authority within the discipline. They can positively influence international approaches to preserving underwater cultural heritage and curbing or eliminating treasure hunting through ratification of the UNESCO Convention. Several countries, which have signed onto the Convention, had government officials who, at some level, had worked on INA projects in their countries: Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Jamaica, Mexico, Cayman Island, Lebanon, Saint Lucia, and Barbados. Saint Lucia, Barbados, and Jamaica agreed to sign because of the work of two INA affiliates – Peggy Leshikar- Denton and Dorrick Grey. Several South American countries signed the Convention because of Pilar Luna, who openly acknowledges that INA Founder George Bass was instrumental in her efforts to put Mexico on the right path toward responsible underwater archaeology. In sum, INA continues to maintain rigorous scientific standards for the excavation, conservation, and publication of shipwrecks and maritime sites. INA is proud to be a UNESCO accredited NGO, and looks forward to finding additional ways to support the 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage and advance the field of nautical archaeology. The full report of INA is available from the Secretariat.

Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO INA.

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JNAPC - JOINT NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY POLICY COMMITTEE

Character: association of British organizations Scope/Seat: national / United Kingdom Members: Members and observers cover a wide cross section of the British underwater archaeological community from sports diving organizations to government departments as well as selected professionals Website: www.jnapc.org.uk Description The Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee (‘JNAPC’) was formed in 1988 from individuals and representatives of institutions who wished to raise awareness of the United Kingdom’s (‘UK’) underwater cultural heritage and to persuade Government that underwater sites of historic importance should receive no less protection than those on land. Added Value Since the adoption of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (‘the 2001 Convention’) in 2001 and its entry into force in 2009 the JNAPC has campaigned that the UK Government (‘the Government’) should ratify the 2001 Convention.

Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention This process has taken the form of meetings with Government officials, questions in Parliament, public presentations of papers, seminars, and the publication of reports.

In 2005 the Government stated in a written answer in Parliament that its maritime heritage policy recognised the Annex to the 2001 Convention as best practice for underwater archaeology and this has been repeated by Government a number of times since then. Historic England also uses the Rules of the Annex as the basis of licensing activities on historic wreck sites under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. Although these are important first steps, the Government has continued to indicate that it felt unable to ratify the 2001 Convention, based on its reasons for abstention in 2001. In order to assess whether the UK’s objections were still valid, the JNAPC raised funds from English Heritage (now Historic England) and the Honor Frost Foundation to enable a project group to undertake An Impact Review for the United Kingdom which was published in February 2014. The Review2 concluded that the concerns raised by the UK in 2001 were no longer problematic and that the UK was already compliant with many aspects of the 2001 Convention. In autumn 2014 the Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (‘DCMS’), Mr. Ed Vaizey, made a commitment to commence a review of the UK’s position with regard to ratifying the 2001 Convention, based on the findings of the Impact Review. However, this was delayed by the general election in May 2015. In March 2016, DCMS published the Culture White Paper in which it stated: “We will review our position on ratifying other international conventions designed to protect cultural heritage and property, including the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.” This is an important public commitment by the Government and a step forward in the UK ratifying the 2001 Convention. Despite the delay caused by Brexit, DCMS has indicated that the review will commence by the summer of 2017.

2 http://www.jnapc.org.uk/UNESCO%20Impact%20Review%20February%202014.pdf

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As a member of the Honor Frost Foundation Steering Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage, the JNAPC has contributed to the publication of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage - the Case for UK Ratification, an important report outlining the advantages to the UK of ratification. Another JNAPC initiative has been to show Government departments, including the Ministry of Defence, how ratification can enable them to protect vessels sunk in international waters with major loss of life in the First World War. This has been particularly relevant with the commemoration of the 100th anniversaries of the naval vessels lost in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, the three cruisers HM Ships Cressy, Hogue, Aboukir sunk in 1914, and many others. The full report of JNAPC is available from the Secretariat. Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO JNAPC.

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NAS – NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY

Character: charitable non-profit organization Scope/Seat: international / United Kingdom Members: open to all interested persons within its ethical standards Website: www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org Description NAS is a UK-based charity and a limited company, but it also has strong links to other organizations around the world which work together collectively to promote the cause on a global scale. Added Value NAS is dedicated to advancing education on nautical archaeology to everyone. The charity also aims to preserve an accurate record of the past – to achieve this it aims to improve archaeological techniques and encourage publication and research. It publishes a peer reviewed academic journal twice a year called the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology.

Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention Since 2001, the Nautical Archaeology Society has supported UNESCO to help it achieve its aims of raising public awareness and providing access, as well as through the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and other publications.

This support is both direct and indirect and includes the following initiatives:

1. Raise public awareness of the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage;

2. Support UNESCO projects aimed at special stakeholders such as promoting the Divers Code of Ethics to all NAS course participants and members around the world;

3. Include literature provided by UNESCO to all NAS course participants around the world and at public events aimed at underwater cultural heritage;

4. Support initiatives aimed at promoting the UK’s ratification of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage;

5. Provide any useful information the Society has on activities targeted at public awareness and participation in underwater archaeology;

6. Support UNESCO training events by supplying expertise and materials for course participants;

7. Offer, where appropriate, temporary NAS Training licences to relevant State Party heritage organisations to allow the NAS Training Programme to be utilised independently or to complement other capacity building measures;

8. Provide advice on common minimum basic standards for archaeological divers and the harmonisation of training of archaeological divers and on national diving qualifications for archaeological purposes;

9. Attend UNESCO and STAB events aimed at furthering the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage;

10. Participate, promote and support collaboration in initiatives such as UNITWIN that are aimed at increasing professional capacity building;

11. Cooperate with UNESCO and the STAB on projects aimed at commemorating the events of WW1 from 2014 until 2018.

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The Nautical Archaeology Society has been able to assist the Convention through a variety of mechanisms.

12. Inclusion of the Convention in all NAS Training materials, including ELearning course lessons on heritage management and protection.

13. Promotion of news regarding the Convention, especially new ratification via the NAS member’s newsletter, a weekly news email and via social media.

14. As a member of the Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee (JNAPC) we have supported the drafting of “An Impact Review of the United Kingdom”, aimed at providing the UK government with sound reasoning for ratification of the 2001 Convention.

15. Support for the Institute of Archaeology (IA) in Vietnam to teach NAS Training courses in Vietnam.

16. The NAS Training project in Vietnam is designed to increase awareness at local, provincial and national levels about the extent and nature of Vietnam’s underwater and maritime cultural heritage as well as about underwater and maritime archaeology. It is hoped that, with the assistance of partners, sponsors and contributors, NAS training can be provided free of charge to Vietnamese students, government agency personnel, archaeologists and others in order to raise awareness about underwater cultural heritage and maritime archaeology in Vietnam, which will help Vietnam to preserve and protect its underwater cultural heritage.

17. Support the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, Croatia to deliver NAS Training courses as part of their own programme of training activities.

18. Through its international network of training partners, it promotes best practice relating to avocational and recreational involvement.

The full report of NAS is available from the Secretariat.

Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO NAS.

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SHA – SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Character: educational not-for-profit organization Scope/Seat: international / USA Members: professionals and lay persons; the chair of the UNESCO Committee of SHA is appointed by the SHA president and recommends appointment of other members who serve three-year terms. Presently there are 25 members in the Committee, and two advisors. Website: www.sha.org Description Formed in 1967, the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) is the largest scholarly group concerned with the archaeology of the modern world (A.D. 1400-present). SHA promotes scholarly research and the dissemination of knowledge concerning historical archaeology. The society is specifically concerned with the identification, excavation, interpretation, and conservation of sites and materials on land and underwater. Added Value The Society for Historical Archaeology UNESCO Committee began 2016 with the annual Conference on Historic and Underwater Archaeology, held in Washington D.C, USA, from January 6-9. At the conference, the committee sponsored a panel co-organized with the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology that focused on misconceptions surrounding the 2001 Convention. The panellists included representatives from SHA, ACUA, as well as other NGOs accredited to the Convention (JNAPC, NAS, and ICOMOS-ICUCH). The audience of approximately 45 represented 9 different nationalities. In 2017, the committee will be drafting a one-page fact sheet that addresses the primary misconceptions identified during the panel discussion. The fact sheet will be posted to the committee’s website, and shared with the Secretariat and other NGOs to post and make available on their websites.

Main activities related to the UNESCO 2001 Convention In spring of 2016, committee Chair Amanda Evans travelled to Paris to represent the SHA at the public Exchange Day, the 7th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body, and the UNITWIN meeting. Several themes were highlighted at both the Exchange Day and STAB meetings, which were shared in notes circulated to the committee following the meeting. Possible action items were proposed that would follow on these themes, one of which is an organized session on climate change and archaeology to be developed during 2017 and held at the SHA conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, January 3-6, 2018.

In June of 2016, committee chair Evans and ACUA Chair Kim Faulk met with representatives from the US National Commission to UNESCO in Washington, D.C. to discuss possible efforts in support of ratification. The representatives were amenable to these discussions but warned that staffing at the commission (including their own positions) was subject to change depending on the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election. Members of the SHA UNESCO Committee in the DC area have offered to host a meeting with National Commission members at the Smithsonian to provide additional information on the Convention and the benefits of ratification. During the fall of 2016, the committee drafted text for the creation of a dedicated page within the SHA website (www.sha.org). The page is intended to provide commonly used links to the Convention text, Annex Rules, states parties, and other NGOs. The primary audience for the

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webpage includes the SHA’s approximately 2,000 members; however the page will be publicly accessible and suitable for public use. The webpage text was reviewed by the committee at the 2017 meeting, and is expected to be online by March 1, 2017. The SHA UNESCO Committee had its annual meeting during the Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, held January 5-8 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The committee reviewed previously drafted and executed letters written in support of ratification and endorsement of the Annex Rules as best practices. The committee will be preparing additional letters to send in support of ratification in 2017. The committee continues to liaise with the Government Affairs committee. In 2016, the committee wrote letters in support of two new proposed National Marine Sanctuaries that referenced the Annex Rules and the importance of both in situ preservation and public access to underwater cultural heritage. The committee submitted a budget request, which was approved, to support travel to the Meeting of States Parties and STAB meeting to be held in May of 2017. The full report of SHA is available from the Secretariat. Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body:

The Scientific and Technical Advisory Body (STAB) recommends to the Meeting of States Parties to maintain the accreditation status of the NGO SHA.