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We spoke with Ed Carroll and Vita Gel\\u016bnien\\u0117 in April, as part of the series of ICAF specials, when we discussed The Cabbage Field, a community opera developed by Zemuju Sanciu Bendruomene in Kaunas in Lithuania. While attending ICAF we discovered that Ed knew a lot more than we did about the internal workings of the Faro Convention, and we asked him to explain it to us.\\n\\n

In this episode Ed does just that. The Convention \\u201cis based on the idea that knowledge and use of heritage form part of the citizen\\u2019s right to participate in cultural life as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\\u201d. Article 1 of the convention states that "rights relating to cultural heritage are inherent in the right to participate in cultural life." Article 4 states that "everyone...has the right to benefit from the cultural heritage and to contribute towards its enrichment."\\n\\n

The convention itself acts as a \\u201cframework convention\\u201d and a kind of lodestar for FCN, the Faro Convention Network, which guides the work and offers \\u201cextensive knowledge, expertise and tools, within a framework for constructive dialogue and cooperation\\u201d.'