Khalifa issues law establishing Culture & Heritage Authority in Abu Dhabi
The new Authority will be financially and administratively autonomous and will have its headquarters in the city of Abu Dhabi, although its Board of Directors shall have the power to establish branches and offices anywhere in the United Arab Emirates.
According to the terms of the Law, the Authority: "will oversee intellectual and artistic activities in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and will also be responsible for maintaining, protecting, managing and promoting the cultural heritage of the Emirate through the following means: - the evolving of cultural policies, plans and programmes and ensuring that such policies are implemented.
- undertaking projects designed to develop, promote and protect the cultural heritage of the Emirate and to make appropriate recommendations to the relevant authorities - organising and developing activities dealing with the heritage of the country as well as organising conferences, cultural shows, plastic arts exhibitions and other activities related to the activities of the National Library - organising study programmes and seminars and other intellectual, scientific and professional meetings in addition to the publication of research and studies in the field of culture and heritage - conserving historical, archaeological and heritages sites and buildings and preparing an inventory of cultural property and artefacts - carrying out of archaeological excavations, conserving archaeological artefacts and relics and issuing licences for excavations - supervising the work and activities of archaeological excavation teams and establishing a department to manage, develop and supervise museums and other buildings where cultural artefacts are housed - recommending laws and regulations to protect, promote and preserve cultural heritage.
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