Decision 44 COM 7B.45

Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem (Czechia) (C 1589)

Decision: 44 COM 7B.45

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/7B and WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Corr,
2. Recalling Decision 43 COM 8B.27, adopted at its 43rd session (Baku, 2019),
3. Welcomes the progress achieved in responding to the World Heritage Committee’s recommendations;
4. Welcomes the submission of a minor boundary modification request to the World Heritage Centre regarding the expansion of the buffer zone;
5. Further welcomes the progress made in updating the Management Plan and in preparing a Visitor Strategy, and requests the State Party to finalize and implement both and to submit a full version of the Management Plan to the World Heritage Centre;
6. Notes the proposal to include in the management unit an arborist, a horticulturalist and a landscape architect, and encourages the State Party to provide a timeframe for their appointment;
7. Recommends the State Party to describe the governance system in place in case of disaster and to establish coordination mechanisms with the property management unit to ensure that the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) is taken into due consideration in emergency situations;
8. Also requests the State Party to integrate a Heritage Impact Assessment approach into the management system that specifically addresses the OUV of the property;
9. Welcomes furthermore the provision included in the updated Principles for Land Development in Pardubicky Region for relocating the high-voltage power lines outside the property, and further requests the State Party to define a timeframe for this relocation;
10. Requests furthermore the State Party to provide documentation and relevant HIAs on the eight major projects planned within the property and the buffer zone, as well as a timeframe for their implementation, to the World Heritage Centre for review by the Advisory Bodies;
11. Requests moreover the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 December 2022, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for review by the Advisory Bodies.