The International Federation for the Conservation of the Heritage organizes from 1992, and each two years the International Congress of Rehabilitation of the Architectonic Heritage and Edification with the objective of exchanging experiences and fix guides of action in defence of the cultural heritage. The 1st. Congress took place in Tenerife, Spain, in 1992; the II was developed in Mar del Plata, Argentina; the III in Granada, Spain; the IV in La Habana, Cuba; the V in Florence, Italy; the VI in San Bernardino, Paraguay; the VII in Yaiza, Lanzarote.

The VIII International Congress will take place in Buenos Aires and Salta, Argentina. The Social Dimension of the Heritage has been elected as subject of basis for the development of the next Congress.

THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF THE HERITAGE

The 20th. Century has put emphasis in the technical and economical dimension of the heritage, although in the last decades it has been added subjects related to the asymmetries and inequalities, worried not only for the specialists but also for the different actors of the society. To give an answer to these non adjustments it was begun to work in items related to the diverse authenticity, the human rights, the environment, the natural resources, the cultural diversity, the education, the fortification of the values and the social dimension of the heritage.

Today we are conscious of the right to the heritage that has the towns as point of departure to sustain their identities. This social dimension must have its expression in the theoretical bodies and the concrete actions; must be vindicated for and by the original towns, by the immigrants, by the diverse levels of the society; must look after the diversity in the finding.

The international congress will have two moments and will take place in two headquarters. First in Buenos Aires, from September 6th. to 8th. and then in Salta, from the 11th. to the 13th. of the same month. In Buenos Aires, The social dimension of the heritage will be discussed from different scales: The International Scale, the Regional Scale and the Local Scale. It will be displayed fundamentally in Magisterial Conferences and Round Tables.

In Salta, two specific problems will be discussed: The routes and cultural itineraries and The technical interventions of safeguard and rescue of different patrimonies. There it will take place the presentation of Communications and Reports and will be developed Conferences and specific Tables.