The Getty Conservation Institute has been conducting an assessment of the education and training needs pertaining to built heritage conservation in Southeast Asia, defined provisionally as the region bounded by the countries of the Mekong River: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar

This investigation has entailed meeting with local heritage professionals responsible for the care, maintenance, and management of built heritage, as well as with government, intergovernmental, and nongovernmental professionals and educators responsible for university and field training of students, technicians, and post-graduate practitioners. The GCI has also been speaking with a number of international professionals who have direct experience in developing and delivering heritage conservation training in the Southeast Asia region.

The objectives of the needs assessment are to:

• determine priorities for built heritage conservation education in the Southeast Asian region;
• respond to those priorities by improving the quality of training initiatives regarding built heritage conservation; and
• strengthen the regional network of conservation professionals

Last updated: January 2008