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Historical Overview / Survey -Overview of administrative divisions in Pakistan, history of devolution, responsibilities, capacities and organization before and after devolution 1. What were the procedures , rules and responsibilities of the ministry/dept pre devolution?it were the the same but subservient to control from islamabad. 2. What is the hierarchy of governance structures in Pakistan (Pre and Post Devolution)?it were Supremacy of fedration in pre period and is now supremacy of the fedrating units 3. What is happening post-devolution?planning,monitoring according to local needs in consonsance with supremacy to consultations at grass root level bottom up approach. 4. How is the transition taking place?it is smooth to the aspiration of local communities and their heritage with supremacy to national integration as the vision for sustenance to the federation 5. What is the source of Budget pre and post devolution?it is based on the local indigenous rsource base and realistic in post scenario in contrast to trickle down effect after concentration in the center 6. What are the budget allocations (in percentages) for culture & tourism?its one point seven percent an increase from point five percent 7. How have the responsibilities changed?its the ownership of the planning process and is strenghtened by learning by doing principles withe communities holding the key to their fate of a better future 8. What is the change in Capacity pre and post devolution?its streghtening with the notion of pride and quest for improving all practices and obsolete laws 9. What was the management structure pre-devolution?its more sharing and flat than the typical redtapism and negiligence to make it more realistic to the aspiratiin of the people at the grass root level 10. What is the organizational / management structure post devolution?its more responsible in contrast to uncooperative and negative in the pre devolution era 2. Institutions, Stakeholders and Capacities -Identification of main stakeholders, inventory of cultural assets and assessment of effectiveness of institutional frameworks in place Its people centered where public private partenership is the main stay now in contrast to that of ruling the fedrating units or self goverence in hand to hand with people wherE every one is answerable and everything is public rather thAn secretive 1. Who are the main stakeholders!the people and civil society at large with sharing of governace and decision making in a team with public domain that is accountable 2. Public Sector: its just coordinating and providing platform 3. Private Sector:the private sector is the owner volunteering for regulation by the joint set of outline formulated with consensus 4. Public Private Sector:both are parteners in promotin values of ownership with just catalytic role for the public agreed upon by mutual consultation for improving income genration at grass root level

5. Inventory of Cultural Assets:is the set of the best practices that we inherited from our five thousand old civilisation and refined over a period of time that have been fine tuned to ground realities in a logical manner both tangible and intangible 6. Effectiveness of previous frameworks were they successful:they were the out come of the ruling class inherited from colonial plunderers who could not toilerate the artisans of bengal making a twenty yard cloth with simple tools in coimparison to industrial cotton from britain now its the people friendly systems encouraging intellectual properitory and innovation in the interest of people grooming to the best of their abilities 7. New frameworks how do they compare what is the difference?its to be controlled via a remote control viz a viz controlling the affairs with indigenous local wisdom that is sustainable 8. What are evaluation and monitoring mechanisms in place? How will they change?people being owners every action is open to improvement and learning by doing is the cutting edge that inculcates self respect and accountability in contrast to inhuman attitude of ruling by kings in virtual terms 9. What potential policies are there for re-use of World Heritage Sites to generate development?its opening up as places of respect and honour for those who still believe in them and its joint people centered upkeep as rich treasure of the past for future generations thereby creating a chain of multiplier activities to enhance income and better conserve them 10. What is the way forward:peace,tolerence and more accomodative percepts with better avenues of enterising ventures leading to a global village of humanity in contrast to self centered aspirations giving tranquility the lead role for a sustainable economic futuristic vision at grass root level 3. Key Challenges - Developing networks, evaluating capacity and knowledge gaps, issues of resource allocation and other constraints in place:it may take sometime that the dust settles down and the reviving of heritage processess takes a firm footing that is already visibly apparent within civil society and academia 1. What are the capacity gaps personnel , training, institutional/technical support, competencies etc:these are all relative as the local populace had been outside the thinking process and working outside their original destinations would be returning back as a natural phenomenon being now the owners of their future so to say it isn't a constraint in the long term rather ultimately the strength and resource 2. What are the knowledge gaps:its the missing link of properitory and ownership that has been restorted to the people at the grass root level thereby making its own way to refill the blanks 3. What are the resources allocations:very considerable that would stregthen with each passing moment for a much better future as the benefits would directly accrue to host communities at grass root level as empowerment in all sphers of life 4. Is this the right direction:yes perhaps it would deminish the feeling of distrust and igonring appttitude thereby eleminating the might is is right effect with sharing and consensus and ultimately abetter avenue to self develeopment collective wisdom and more income at the grass roots

5. Will devolution be more successful/ What has the impact of devolution been? Positive or Negative?it has been returning of people assets to them rather than forcing people to give up their precoius belonging of tangible and intangible heritage 6. What are the major constraints you are facing now and will face later:it would be the over shadowing of the vision with too many cooks spoiling the broth intially ultimately settling down for rationality logic and fair play by all stake holders to the best of their intellectual abilities resulting into collective wisdom for prosperity more realistically 7. What is the way forward ? How can we fill these capacity and knowledge gaps?this is a natural evolutionary process more suited to take its lead from within the internalised collective wisdom and no solution imposed may work

4. Culture and Development -Potential entry points e.g. eco-tourism, cultural tourism, culture & industry:the understanding to friendly market the existing hospitality in a phased manner as agreed by all stake holders to begin with using existing gusts staying places as clean guest houses at grass root level with local cuisines -intangible/tangible cultural assets, World Heritage Sites, public-private partnerships etc:the domesticised branding for local market consumption with local wiadom intially and taking civil society and academia on board. - Potential for investment and promotion of development:its the indigenous knowledge that needs to be collectively applied with consensus and leaving it to grow with its learning from best practices over a time span determined by evolution 1. What was the relationship between culture & economic development leading to poverty alleviation in the previous system:it is mutual partenership building at grass root,private and public level that determines the mood of the society for achieving a level of sufficiency in basic needs prelimanary thereafter moving ahead with deligence to accomodate the diversities as stregths inculcating human values in global terms making up for enterprising ventures at all levels with a blend of all the segments of the society as esteemed partners towards achieving it 2. Has the percentage of culture heritage & tourism as an industry and economic linkages increased in the post devolution agenda?considerably for its being the return of loacal ownership to the communitiers thus empowering it to make their own way to move ahead 3. What strategies can be employed to generate economic development through cultural assets/heritage (festivals, events, tourism, etc.)?promoting harmony and tranquility is the first visible outcome that is coupled with honoured ownership of traditions having enterising oppurtunities for heritage revival creating a multiplication of each unit of money spent reaching every one at grass root level

with out depleting resource base and putting to use the existing available hospitality as an avenue to craete more revenue for the people 4. How can cultural assets/ heritage/ tourist sites be maintained sustainably?an appropriate portion of the income generated by mutual stake holder consultation has to be reinvested for upkeeping in the form of conservation and publicising on a contineous basis to generate a sustainable system management that is automated with rest of the half of the portion of income used for consumption and increasing infrastructure for access and safety 5. Can culture/heritage/tourism be marketed in a better way?it is self driven with sincere sharing of decision making through out among the stake holders rather than injecting ready made solutions or its more evolutionary that being the key to persistence sustainabilty and perpituality 6. What are current constraints/ problems with marketing/development?less sharing of informationand decision making at the grass root level and among all stake holders that certainly requirtes time to be trustworthy and effective
7. How can unesco fill the gaps and move forward to consolidate culture/heritage/tourism:unesco has global experiences that may be sharedf with grass root level communities,private sector and public sector liason for adoption into local system management for avoiding mistakes and improving banking on successess including promoting harmony among segements of communities for uniforming the thought processess into actions 8. Is culture something that needs to be marketed or preserved?culture is humanity driven organic evolution with caste,creed or any other preconcEived notions and needs promotion as such marketing is best suited to factory processed products and culture requirtes reinforincing of peace and tranquiliting blended into loacal percepts and has to dealt as such

World Heritage Sites 1. Management pre devolution:just to create public sector show off that we are so generous viz aviz post 2. Post devolution:scenario of ownership of dignity and ingenuinity 3. 4. Challenges and constraints:too many and too few once the locals,private sector,civil society and public sector speaks the same language of sharing and learning from each other 5. Opportunities:the future of the increase incomes and elemination of poverty of the regions springs from it as it is thousands of years of living truth 6. Way forward suggestions to increase efforts and consolidate them:raising the awareness and bring all stake holders to a commonality for a beginning and determining the ways and means to do it 7. What are possible policies for the re-use of WHS in order to generate development?it is the behavirol change for moving away from confrontation to

amicable tolerance for sharing collective wisdom to earn honorably with in a peaceful harmonised lifestyle acceptable to most 5. Special Issues -Inclusivity and mainstreaming of gender, empowerment, environment, minorities and disability:obivoustly these are the determinants of the direction tjat we are moving rightly and amicably Sustainability 1. What are current priorities in the cultural sector?improving the understanding for diversities and making them the potentional enterprising avenues for begining the starting point for internvention in consultation with all the stakeholders 2. What is the status of women/minorities/handicapped within the present framework? Within new framework?its better more responsive and tolerant than one of being leaving them out 3. What are possible suggestions to include these groups within the cultural sector?the unanimaty in consultaive process for taking them on board as rigjtful stake holders to share and opine their input for a better tommorrow 4. How can these groups be empowered through the promotion of culture?the culture of himan civilisation is a testimony that its the only adhesive mechanism to abrigde the diffremce and make them avenues for enterprising avenues for sustaing a better livelihood 5. What are environmental concerns with respect to cultural assets/heritage?incultating the revival of best practicrs of the past like may be the bullock ,cart and dung rather than power generated with proton and electron fusion and increasing the green layer over high pastures and flora and fauna freindly measures for increasing the stock. 6. How can environmental damage be mitigated?the dependence on adoption of our ancestral practices of residue from traditional agriculture,livestock,forestry and or natural resource management 7. How can awareness be raised about all these concerns?by generating dialogue thereby instigating critical massess increasing grass root participation in it and letting them find solution for actions with refinement by action and reflection processess 8. What should priorities be?increasing the calorific intake with focus on elimination of the percentage of people living the poverty line 9. Should cultural assets be marketed/commercialized?the grass root level decision making process be instigated,supported and strengthened to make their own mechanisms with support from public sector,academia and enlightened civil society

Relevant Questions What is the nature and procedure of devolution? What aspects of culture will be retained by the centre and what will be transferred to provinces?depiction of the federation to be retained for intl relations and its integration among fedrating units while local heritage streghtening and promotion be assigned to fedrating units for revival and sustenance Can devolution of Ministry of Culture be conducted in a democratic manner?yes the appropriate tepresentation of grass root level representatives.memebrs of civil society,private sector and academia from accross the board cam make it more representative of peoples aspirations What is the status quo with regards to the above?there is non its is the fear of integeration at fedral, continental and global lvel thereby resulting into losing leverage of control that make it difficult to aspirte the real thought process for making ourselves accountable to grass root levels and our intellect making it a huge dinasour to lose our identity into humanity How are cultural sites maintained/preserved?it has to be with local propagation and incrtaese of the understanding of this as our past to be remembered for future generations to touch and feel What are some of the constraints [gaps] faced in preservation/promotion of cultural assets?our ego as different local and regional segements rather than as humans is the stumbling bloack for advancement for the better global mankind What could the role of UNESCO be with regards to cultural assets?sharing of their global experiences Is there any emphasis on gender inclusivity, sustainable development?it has to be all inclusive and all encompassing with each dealt with at par with the rest Is there a plan for eco-tourism, how do you see it moving forward? What are possible opportunities to utilize cultural heritage and/or assets to generate development? How can this be done (public-private venture)?we have to revive it into our education system and feel proud of what we have by increasing the visiting number of locals and youth thus inculcating a chain of automated system with mutual cooperation of private public partenership with involvement of local communities(hayatali threepm seventeenjuly)