According to § 16 of Act No. 18 of 19 November 2007 on the conservation of cultural sites the Minister of Cultural affairs should point out four members for the Cultural Heritage Board for a term of 4 years.
The tasks are described in § 16, Part. 2. The Cultural Heritage Board must give its recommendation on matters of conservation, see § 17, and must be consulted in connection with permits under § 14. In addition, the Cultural Heritage Council has an advisory role in the conservation of historic buildings and cultural areas and related issues.
The Board was created in autumn 2009 and consists of:
Thomas Riis, architect MAA; involved in a range of architectural tasks in Greenland;
Jakob Janussen, scient.pol.; Numerous senior positions in the Home Rule
Marianne Petersen, former curator at Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfialu
NKA is the secretariat of the Board, which has its own budget. In 2010 NKA has approx. 1.2 million Kr. to the conservation work on cultural sites and buildings.
The National Museum of Greenland should mentor and advise private and public authorities in conservation matters and answer questions.
The Cultural Heritage Board will generally become involved when NKA has to take administrative decisions or assessments of principle for the work on cultural memory, or as an advisor for NKA.
Cultural memory grant
The yearly grant should pay the operation of the Cultural Heritage Board in use to the following purposes:
§ 8 Part. 2. Greenland National Museum oversees ancient monuments that are protected under this Act.
Part. 3. Greenland National Museum provides maintenance of the main protected ancient monuments within the allotted appropriations in the Budget.
§ 14 paragraph. 3. Greenland National Museum may, upon application, provide that expenses for maintenance work or construction work by a listed building or a cultural territory held wholly or partly within the given appropriation.
§ 15 Part. 2. Greenland National Museum oversees buildings and cultural and historical areas protected under this Act.
Part. 3. Greenland National Museum provides maintenance of listed buildings and cultural and historical areas of the budget allotted.
Activities must be prioritized hard, as there are great needs.
Applications for funding for work on listed buildings (§ 14) must be sent to NKA. There is no application form.
The National Museum of Greenland has through the last couples of years carried out archaological surveys in the inland areas, which are going to be affected, if the ALCOA project will start up. Through these surveys many new discoveries has been made. The Final Report concludes that the area is worth conserving for the future!
Read the Report here (shortened)
