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Conservation Efforts toward World Heritage Status

Organization of the Baekje Historic Areas Conservation and Management Foundation

Organization of the Baekje Historic Areas Conservation and Management Foundation

Provincial Governments

Chungcheongnam-do

Within the Chungcheongnam-do provincial government, the unit responsible for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Cultural Heritage Department under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. The Cultural Heritage Department is divided into three teams with one each in charge of cultural heritage policy, cultural heritage management and cultural area development. Major responsibilities fall on the Cultural Heritage Policy Team, including the following:

  • Establishing cultural heritage protection policies and assuming responsibility for general policy affairs
  • Managing cultural heritage protection areas and other non-designated heritage sites
  • Managing affairs related to inscription on the World Heritage List
  • Managing heritage-related events
  • Ensuring the safety of the heritage and preventing damages from natural disasters
  • Addressing heritage-related acts and ordinances
  • Executing and managing the budget for heritage maintenance

Alongside the above-mentioned duties, the departments of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau are responsible for expanding heritage-related facilities, nurturing the culture industry, managing cultural tourism marketing, developing cultural contents, and making indirect contributions to the promotion of culture and tourism in Gongju and Buyeo.

Jeollabuk-do

Within the Jeollabuk-do provincial government, the responsible unit for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Culture and Art Department of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. The Culture and Arts Department is divided into five teams, with one each in charge of jobs in the culture sector, art and performance, religion, cultural contents, and cultural heritage and ancient cities. Major responsibilities fall on the Cultural Heritage and Ancient Cities Team, including the following:

  • Establishing cultural heritage conservation, management and utilization plans
  • Managing affairs related to the Special Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Cities
  • Establishing related disaster-prevention systems
  • Managing adjustments to the status of cultural heritage and the improvement of heritage-related ordinances
  • Managing affairs related to the excavation, designation, termination of designation and alteration in the current status of given cultural heritage
  • Managing related repair and maintenance

Alongside the above-mentioned duties, departments under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau are responsible for expanding heritage-related facilities, nurturing the culture industry, managing cultural tourism marketing, developing cultural content, and making indirect contributions to the promotion of culture and tourism in Iksan.

Municipal Governments

Gongju

Within the Gongju municipal government, pertaining to the province of Chungcheongnam-do, the responsible unit for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Cultural Heritage Department of the Citizen Services Bureau. The Cultural Heritage Department is divided into three teams with one each in charge of cultural heritage policy, cultural heritage management and ancient city conservation. The Ancient City Conservation Team is responsible for affairs related to UNESCO World Heritage, and each team maintains the following respective responsibilities:

Cultural Heritage Policy Team
  • Planning and coordinating affairs related to cultural heritage conservation
  • Managing affairs related to the Cultural Heritage Protection Act
  • Designating and devising conservation and management plans for cultural heritage, buried heritage and registered heritage
  • Addressing research and studies on cultural heritage, including research of local history
Cultural Heritage Management Team
  • Repairing and maintaining state-designated and province-designated heritage, local heritage sites and traditional temples
  • Protecting and managing cultural heritage in historic and heritage sites
  • Repairing and maintaining buildings and structures related to Confucian practices of loyalty and filial piety
Ancient City Conservation Team
  • Managing affairs related to the Special Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Cities
  • Managing affairs related to inscription on the World Heritage List
  • Managing affairs related to the establishment of the Baekje History and Culture City
Buyeo

Within the Buyeo government, pertaining to the province of Chungcheongnam-do, the responsible unit for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Ancient City Culture Business Office. The Ancient City Culture Business Office is divided into four teams with one each in charge of cultural heritage policy, cultural heritage facilities, conservation of ancient cities and historic city. The Conservation of Ancient Cities Team is responsible for affairs related to UNESCO World Heritage, and each team maintains the following respective responsibilities:

Cultural Heritage Policy Team
  • Planning and coordinating cultural heritage policies
  • Managing state and public properties and determining and revising heritage management ordinances and regulations
  • Addressing affairs related to state-designated heritage, and designating and terminating the designation of cultural heritage
  • Conserving and managing buried heritage and documentary heritage
  • Addressing adjustments to the current state of cultural heritage
  • Managing historic sites and implementing compensation for heritage-descomponents of Baekje Historic Areascomponents of Baekje Historic Areascomponents of Baekje Historic Areasignated areas
Cultural Heritage Facilities Team
  • Repairing and maintaining cultural heritage facilities
  • Implementing safety checks on cultural heritage facilities
  • Repairing and maintaining local heritage sites, facilities related to Confucian practices of loyalty and filial piety and traditional temples
  • Repairing and maintaining cultural heritage interpretation boards
Conservation of Ancient Cities Team
  • Managing affairs related to the Special Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Cities
  • Maintenance of the Jeongnimsa Temple Site
  • Managing affairs related to inscriptions on the World Heritage List
Historic City Team
  • Managing affairs related to the establishment of the Baekje History and Culture City
  • Implementing affairs related to the historic landscape
Iksan

Within the Iksan government, pertaining to the province of Jeollabuk-do, the unit responsible for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Ancient City Cultural Heritage Department of the Strategic Industry Bureau. The Ancient City Cultural Heritage Department is divided into three teams with one each in charge of cultural heritage policy, promotion of the ancient city and cultural heritage facilities. The Cultural Heritage Facilities Team is responsible for affairs related to World Heritage, and each team maintains the following respective responsibilities:

Cultural Heritage Policy Team
  • Managing affairs related to the Special Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Cities
  • Implementing foundational programs for historic city development, such as hosting forums, academies, etc.
  • Dealing with affairs related to inscription on the World Heritage List
  • Operating the Baekje cultural heritage guardian program
Promotion of the Ancient City Team
  • Establishing the culture and history complex
  • Restoring old waterways in Ongnyongcheon Stream
Cultural Heritage Facilities Team
  • Purchasing land in heritage areas
  • Repairing and maintaining state-designated and registered heritage
  • Addressing affairs related to the construction of a culture complex
  • Repairing and maintaining province-designate and registered heritage
  • Managing intangible cultural heritage, and repairing and maintaining local heritage
  • Reviewing permission for alterations in the existing state of cultural heritage and assessing impacts on conservation
  • Managing safety systems for wooden architecture
  • Designating and terminating the designation of cultural heritage, and conducting ground surveys for buried heritage
  • Dealing with consultations on excavation and permitting of excavations

Status and Roles for the Conservation and Management of the Baekje Historic Areas

Status and Roles for the Conservation and Management of the Baekje Historic Areas
Category Status Roles
Baekje Historic Areas Conservation and Management Foundation Responsible for overseeing and supporting affairs related to the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas
? World Heritage Board of Directors The highest decision-making body supervising the World Heritage Committee and World Heritage Secretariat
  • Making final decisions on conservation and management programs
  • Making final decisions on budget for the Baekje Historic Areas Foundation
? World Heritage Committee The decision-making body under the World Heritage Board of Director
  • Making decisions and carrying out commissioned duties
  • Deliberating major program plans
  • Deliberating agenda items submitted by sub-committees
  • Deliberating agenda items for submission to the Board of Directors
  • Finding and managing candidate sites or monuments to nominate for inscription on the World Heritage List
? World Heritage Secretariat The working-level body for conservation and management
  • Coordinating opinions between concerned communities and institutions
  • Operating the Baekje World Heritage Committee, devising conservation and management plans for the Baekje Historic Areas, implementing international affairs and promotion programs, developing and operating education programs, developing and operating cultural content, dealing with affairs related to the integrated monitoring of the World Heritage site, conducting research on historic materials and establishing archives
? Conservation and management centers at municipal level The execution bodies that implement action plans for decisions made by the Baekje Historic Areas Conservation and Management Foundation
  • Executing action plans to implement conservation and management policies for the Baekje Historic Areas in consideration of the conditions in respective region
  • Making polices and action plans for the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas
  • Conducting monitoring and collecting materials for respective components of Baekje Historic Areas
? Cultural Heritage Administration The related central government body
  • Conserving and managing designated historic sites and cultural heritage protection zones
  • Designating, terminating the designation of and permitting alternations in the current status of historic sites
  • Operating the Historic Site Sub-Committee of the Cultural Heritage Committee
  • Assessing environmental impacts on cultural heritage sites and surrounding areas
  • Establishing systems for the excavation and management of buried heritage
? Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureaus of Chungcheongnam-do and Jeollabuk-do The related provincial government bodies (in charge of conservation and management, utilization policy and support)
  • Operating and managing ordinances related to cultural heritage
  • Supporting the implementation of programs for the conservation, management and maintenance of the Baekje Historic Areas
  • Dealing with general affairs related to cultural heritage such as the management, maintenance and repair of cultural heritage, establishment of disaster management plans and management of disasters and catastrophes
  • Taking responsibility for the operation of the provincial-level Cultural Heritage Committee
  • Supporting and supervising the activities of the Baekje Historic Areas Foundation
? Gongju, Buyeo, Iksan The related municipal government bodies (in charge of supporting and supervising field-level programs for the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas)
  • Operating and managing ordinances related to cultural heritage
  • Overseeing general affairs related to cultural heritage such as the management, maintenance and repair of cultural heritage, establishment of disaster management plans and management of disasters
  • Implementing programs for the repair and organization of the landscape around heritage sites and monuments
  • Managing and supporting the center for each region
  • Supporting and managing the activities of the Baekje Historic Areas Foundation
? Residents Direct and indirect participants in activities related to the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas
  • Offering policy and program proposals for the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas
  • Developing and implementing community-level programs
  • Monitoring of cultural heritage in their respective areas

 

Organization of the Baekje Historic Areas Conservation and Management Foundation

Organization of the Baekje Historic Areas Conservation and Management Foundation

Provincial Governments

Chungcheongnam-do

Within the Chungcheongnam-do provincial government, the unit responsible for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Cultural Heritage Department under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. The Cultural Heritage Department is divided into three teams with one each in charge of cultural heritage policy, cultural heritage management and cultural area development. Major responsibilities fall on the Cultural Heritage Policy Team, including the following:

  • Establishing cultural heritage protection policies and assuming responsibility for general policy affairs
  • Managing cultural heritage protection areas and other non-designated heritage sites
  • Managing affairs related to inscription on the World Heritage List
  • Managing heritage-related events
  • Ensuring the safety of the heritage and preventing damages from natural disasters
  • Addressing heritage-related acts and ordinances
  • Executing and managing the budget for heritage maintenance

Alongside the above-mentioned duties, the departments of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau are responsible for expanding heritage-related facilities, nurturing the culture industry, managing cultural tourism marketing, developing cultural contents, and making indirect contributions to the promotion of culture and tourism in Gongju and Buyeo.

Jeollabuk-do

Within the Jeollabuk-do provincial government, the responsible unit for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Culture and Art Department of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. The Culture and Arts Department is divided into five teams, with one each in charge of jobs in the culture sector, art and performance, religion, cultural contents, and cultural heritage and ancient cities. Major responsibilities fall on the Cultural Heritage and Ancient Cities Team, including the following:

  • Establishing cultural heritage conservation, management and utilization plans
  • Managing affairs related to the Special Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Cities
  • Establishing related disaster-prevention systems
  • Managing adjustments to the status of cultural heritage and the improvement of heritage-related ordinances
  • Managing affairs related to the excavation, designation, termination of designation and alteration in the current status of given cultural heritage
  • Managing related repair and maintenance

Alongside the above-mentioned duties, departments under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau are responsible for expanding heritage-related facilities, nurturing the culture industry, managing cultural tourism marketing, developing cultural content, and making indirect contributions to the promotion of culture and tourism in Iksan.

Municipal Governments

Gongju

Within the Gongju municipal government, pertaining to the province of Chungcheongnam-do, the responsible unit for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Cultural Heritage Department of the Citizen Services Bureau. The Cultural Heritage Department is divided into three teams with one each in charge of cultural heritage policy, cultural heritage management and ancient city conservation. The Ancient City Conservation Team is responsible for affairs related to UNESCO World Heritage, and each team maintains the following respective responsibilities:

Cultural Heritage Policy Team
  • Planning and coordinating affairs related to cultural heritage conservation
  • Managing affairs related to the Cultural Heritage Protection Act
  • Designating and devising conservation and management plans for cultural heritage, buried heritage and registered heritage
  • Addressing research and studies on cultural heritage, including research of local history
Cultural Heritage Management Team
  • Repairing and maintaining state-designated and province-designated heritage, local heritage sites and traditional temples
  • Protecting and managing cultural heritage in historic and heritage sites
  • Repairing and maintaining buildings and structures related to Confucian practices of loyalty and filial piety
Ancient City Conservation Team
  • Managing affairs related to the Special Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Cities
  • Managing affairs related to inscription on the World Heritage List
  • Managing affairs related to the establishment of the Baekje History and Culture City
Buyeo

Within the Buyeo government, pertaining to the province of Chungcheongnam-do, the responsible unit for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Ancient City Culture Business Office. The Ancient City Culture Business Office is divided into four teams with one each in charge of cultural heritage policy, cultural heritage facilities, conservation of ancient cities and historic city. The Conservation of Ancient Cities Team is responsible for affairs related to UNESCO World Heritage, and each team maintains the following respective responsibilities:

Cultural Heritage Policy Team
  • Planning and coordinating cultural heritage policies
  • Managing state and public properties and determining and revising heritage management ordinances and regulations
  • Addressing affairs related to state-designated heritage, and designating and terminating the designation of cultural heritage
  • Conserving and managing buried heritage and documentary heritage
  • Addressing adjustments to the current state of cultural heritage
  • Managing historic sites and implementing compensation for heritage-descomponents of Baekje Historic Areascomponents of Baekje Historic Areascomponents of Baekje Historic Areasignated areas
Cultural Heritage Facilities Team
  • Repairing and maintaining cultural heritage facilities
  • Implementing safety checks on cultural heritage facilities
  • Repairing and maintaining local heritage sites, facilities related to Confucian practices of loyalty and filial piety and traditional temples
  • Repairing and maintaining cultural heritage interpretation boards
Conservation of Ancient Cities Team
  • Managing affairs related to the Special Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Cities
  • Maintenance of the Jeongnimsa Temple Site
  • Managing affairs related to inscriptions on the World Heritage List
Historic City Team
  • Managing affairs related to the establishment of the Baekje History and Culture City
  • Implementing affairs related to the historic landscape
Iksan

Within the Iksan government, pertaining to the province of Jeollabuk-do, the unit responsible for affairs related to the Baekje Historic Areas is the Ancient City Cultural Heritage Department of the Strategic Industry Bureau. The Ancient City Cultural Heritage Department is divided into three teams with one each in charge of cultural heritage policy, promotion of the ancient city and cultural heritage facilities. The Cultural Heritage Facilities Team is responsible for affairs related to World Heritage, and each team maintains the following respective responsibilities:

Cultural Heritage Policy Team
  • Managing affairs related to the Special Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Ancient Cities
  • Implementing foundational programs for historic city development, such as hosting forums, academies, etc.
  • Dealing with affairs related to inscription on the World Heritage List
  • Operating the Baekje cultural heritage guardian program
Promotion of the Ancient City Team
  • Establishing the culture and history complex
  • Restoring old waterways in Ongnyongcheon Stream
Cultural Heritage Facilities Team
  • Purchasing land in heritage areas
  • Repairing and maintaining state-designated and registered heritage
  • Addressing affairs related to the construction of a culture complex
  • Repairing and maintaining province-designate and registered heritage
  • Managing intangible cultural heritage, and repairing and maintaining local heritage
  • Reviewing permission for alterations in the existing state of cultural heritage and assessing impacts on conservation
  • Managing safety systems for wooden architecture
  • Designating and terminating the designation of cultural heritage, and conducting ground surveys for buried heritage
  • Dealing with consultations on excavation and permitting of excavations

Status and Roles for the Conservation and Management of the Baekje Historic Areas

Status and Roles for the Conservation and Management of the Baekje Historic Areas
Category Status Roles
Baekje Historic Areas Conservation and Management Foundation Responsible for overseeing and supporting affairs related to the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas
? World Heritage Board of Directors The highest decision-making body supervising the World Heritage Committee and World Heritage Secretariat
  • Making final decisions on conservation and management programs
  • Making final decisions on budget for the Baekje Historic Areas Foundation
? World Heritage Committee The decision-making body under the World Heritage Board of Director
  • Making decisions and carrying out commissioned duties
  • Deliberating major program plans
  • Deliberating agenda items submitted by sub-committees
  • Deliberating agenda items for submission to the Board of Directors
  • Finding and managing candidate sites or monuments to nominate for inscription on the World Heritage List
? World Heritage Secretariat The working-level body for conservation and management
  • Coordinating opinions between concerned communities and institutions
  • Operating the Baekje World Heritage Committee, devising conservation and management plans for the Baekje Historic Areas, implementing international affairs and promotion programs, developing and operating education programs, developing and operating cultural content, dealing with affairs related to the integrated monitoring of the World Heritage site, conducting research on historic materials and establishing archives
? Conservation and management centers at municipal level The execution bodies that implement action plans for decisions made by the Baekje Historic Areas Conservation and Management Foundation
  • Executing action plans to implement conservation and management policies for the Baekje Historic Areas in consideration of the conditions in respective region
  • Making polices and action plans for the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas
  • Conducting monitoring and collecting materials for respective components of Baekje Historic Areas
? Cultural Heritage Administration The related central government body
  • Conserving and managing designated historic sites and cultural heritage protection zones
  • Designating, terminating the designation of and permitting alternations in the current status of historic sites
  • Operating the Historic Site Sub-Committee of the Cultural Heritage Committee
  • Assessing environmental impacts on cultural heritage sites and surrounding areas
  • Establishing systems for the excavation and management of buried heritage
? Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureaus of Chungcheongnam-do and Jeollabuk-do The related provincial government bodies (in charge of conservation and management, utilization policy and support)
  • Operating and managing ordinances related to cultural heritage
  • Supporting the implementation of programs for the conservation, management and maintenance of the Baekje Historic Areas
  • Dealing with general affairs related to cultural heritage such as the management, maintenance and repair of cultural heritage, establishment of disaster management plans and management of disasters and catastrophes
  • Taking responsibility for the operation of the provincial-level Cultural Heritage Committee
  • Supporting and supervising the activities of the Baekje Historic Areas Foundation
? Gongju, Buyeo, Iksan The related municipal government bodies (in charge of supporting and supervising field-level programs for the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas)
  • Operating and managing ordinances related to cultural heritage
  • Overseeing general affairs related to cultural heritage such as the management, maintenance and repair of cultural heritage, establishment of disaster management plans and management of disasters
  • Implementing programs for the repair and organization of the landscape around heritage sites and monuments
  • Managing and supporting the center for each region
  • Supporting and managing the activities of the Baekje Historic Areas Foundation
? Residents Direct and indirect participants in activities related to the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas
  • Offering policy and program proposals for the conservation and management of the Baekje Historic Areas
  • Developing and implementing community-level programs
  • Monitoring of cultural heritage in their respective areas