Consultant to Japanese Government on Heritage
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Dr Ray Bondin was invited by the Japanese Government to lead a scientific meeting with regards to the possible nomination of a city to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
In January 2009 he formed part of a three person international delegation to discuss this possible nomination and he has now been invited to lead a scientific meeting to discuss in detail the nomination dossier with a group of fifteen Japanese experts.
Ray Bondin is a well known expert in the field of world heritage and has done various evaluation and monitoring missions for UNESCO and other organisations. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Heritage and city officials and technical officers. The city of Kamakura is a very important Japanese heritage city which was the capital of Japan in the Samurai period and is the birthplace of Zen Bhuddism. The city is renowned for its important temples and for various important monuments.
He was thanked personally by the Mayor for the assistance he has given during the two visits he had there. The Mayor stated publicly that the advise given by Ray Bondin was of great importance so that the city would eventually be approved by UNESCO.
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