Plan of Action "Dubrovnik 1991 – 1992"
On UNESCO’s initiative and in cooperation with the Institute for the Restoration of Dubrovnik and the Institute for the Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Dubrovnik, the creation of a Plan of Action commenced, a plan whose aim was to present the cultural treasures of the City, to encourage its systematic protection, to establish a methodology for monument restoration and to promote education of experts for its restoration.
Even though the Plan did not encompass the damage on all the monuments and was lacking the estimates, it encouraged many countries, institutions and individuals to participate in the restoration of the historical Old City after it had been devastated.
The plan encompassed burned buildings, the most valuable buildings which had been damaged, roofs that had been damaged and destroyed, damaged façades on Stradun, damaged churches and monasteries, damaged pavements, stairways, squares and fountains, damaged ramparts and fortresses. Priority was given to roof restoration and buildings whose reconstruction and restoration received donor funding.
The Plan of Action was published in February 1993 and it was immediately put into effect. Already at the 17th session of the World Heritage Committee held in December in Colombia a report was made on having established a methodology for the restoration process, having conducted training sessions for Croatian architects in France and Italy, and having bought equipment and material necessary for roof restoration.
December 1994 saw the publication of the second part of the Plan of Action which detailed specific monuments, the damage inflicted on them and the restoration costs.