Résumé en anglais
This report has been compiled at the request of the ICOMOS Executive Committee which commissioned from the auditor a mission consisting of reviewing ICOMOS working methods and procedures for evaluating cultural and mixed properties nominated for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The review has focused on the new procedures adopted by ICOMOS since the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Durban in 2005. The results expected by ICOMOS are intended to make the property evaluation process as rational and transparent as possible, to reach the highest possible level of professionalism,to ensure that the evaluation process is perceived by the State parties as a form of aid and support, while safeguarding the impartiality and objectivity of ICOMOS and strengthening coordination with the World Heritage Committee, the World Heritage Centre and the other World Heritage advisory bodies.