GETTY TRUST TO HELP CULTURAL PRESERVATION.Byline: Reed Johnson Reed Cameron Johnson (born December 8, 1976 in Riverside, California) is an outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League East division of Major League Baseball. He weighs 180 lb (82 kg) and is 5'10" tall. Daily News Staff Writer Emphasizing that ancient temples and antique mosques can be as valuable assets as new roads or hydroelectric dams, the World Bank and the J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5.8 billion. Based in Los Angeles, it operates two museums: the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. agreed Tuesday to a new operational partnership to conserve and promote the cultural heritage of developing countries. The agreement, co-signed at the Getty Center Getty Center, art museum complex in Brentwood, Calif. operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust. It consists of six buildings on 124 acres (50 hectares) located on a spectacular promontory overlooking Los Angeles. by World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn and Getty CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President Harold M. Williams, reflects a potentially significant shift in the World Bank's approach to assisting Third World development. For most of its 51-year history, the Washington, D.C.-based institution has promoted growth in emerging nations primarily through projects in areas like agriculture, health care, education, water supply and telecommunications. ``Historically, the World Bank and a lot of others have tended to think of sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union in social and economic terms, and this really amounts to a redefinition of what sustainable development is,'' Williams said in an interview. ``You really can't have sustainable development without recognizing the cultural heritage of a country.'' Under terms of the agreement, the World Bank will supply loans and financial guidance to support conservation of, and education about, various cultural heritage projects around the world. The Getty and its five affiliated institutes, particularly its Conservation and Research institutes, will contribute arts and preservation expertise to World Bank-assisted projects. The new initiative coincides with a recent surge in cultural tourism and ``eco-tourism'' among countries with limited other resources. Williams credited Wolfensohn's personal interest in the arts and culture with cementing the partnership. A career international banker, Wolfensohn is chairman emeritus of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Huge cultural complex (opened 1971) in Washington, D.C., with a total of six stages, designed by Edward Durell Stone. The complex, surfaced in marble, makes use of the ornamental facade screens for which the architect was known. and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts American Academy of Art'' located in downtown Chicago, Illinois has been educating professional artists in both the commercial and fine art fields since 1923. Beginning with a solid foundation of drawing and design, based on the classical academic tradition, our dedicated and and Sciences. He and Williams have been friends for several years, and they began discussing a collaboration shortly after Wolfensohn became World Bank president in June 1995. ``It really was an evolution,'' Williams said. ``We started working together informally and then it must have been six months ago we felt that there would be a real value to making this kind of commitment to each other and also to be able to articulate the commitment.'' The Getty and the World Bank have collaborated on two previous cultural heritage projects, one in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the other in the West African West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. nation of Mali. Future joint projects include a five-country plan for preserving archeological sites and assisting the local populace and ecology of five Central American countries that were once home to the pre-Columbian Mayan Empire. |
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