Consultancy services covering all economic aspects of cultural management:
- Delimitating sites and areas to be protected, and drawing up protection procedures and management plans,
- Identifying and studying sites in view of their inclusion in the local or national economy, and undertaking use optimization studies,
- Conducting studies on feasibility and cost-effectiveness,
- Devising culture based urban and regional development strategies with adapted tourism,
- Preparing presentations and museological referencing,
- Conceiving and installing museums and art centres,
Project management and implementation of heritage sites, museums and art centres:
- Programme development, feasibility studies, costing and planning;
- Architectural briefs, tenders and competition documents, contract award and supervision of works,
- Setting up of the necessary institutional structures and training of staff,
- Implementing control procedures (quality control, marketing, economic networking, impact assessment and mitigation),
Research, Training and Higher Education
Transmission of know-how is a key component of development. Throughout its operations, GAIA-heritage endeavours to transmit to future leaders and professionals the knowledge it has acquired.
GAIA-heritage has registered in Lebanon an Urban Observatory for the Mediterranean to study, document, disseminate information and provide training on urban strategy and vision, urban regeneration, the inclusion of protected areas in urban development, and urban economics.