Francesco Bandarin, director of UNESCO's World Heritage Center, presents a background of his organization. The World Heritage Center seeks to be part of an international network of public and private institutions that work on development issues. UNESCO has been involved in cultural issues for some 50 years. Heritage issues account for only a part of the institution's agenda, which includes issues such as author's rights and editorial initiatives. He notes that both UNESCO and the Center are organizations in the process of evolution and change, like many international organizations that are involved in cost cutting and structural readjustments. Underwater heritage and intangible heritage where the physical aspects is not the primary focus are two new areas that the Center has recently focused upon. He admits that changing and adding new topics will not be the key challenges for the future, but rather it will be how the Center's business is conducted.
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