Heritage Office of the Velocity Interoperability Network Established

The Heritage Office of the Velocity Interoperability Network has been formally established. The Office is responsible for the identification, designation and protection of sites, buildings and monuments of historic, architectural or archaeological interest across the Network, for the Register of Protected Sites, and for consent for works affecting protected sites.

With its establishment complete, the Office today launches its official website at heritage.gov.vin. The site carries the Register of Protected Sites, the Heritage at Risk Register, guidance on proposing a designation and on consent for works, press releases and official statements. The Register will be updated on the site as entries are added, amended or removed.

The publication of the Register, the opening of proposals for designation, the Network-wide survey of buildings and monuments and the first Heritage at Risk Register are the subject of separate announcements published today. General enquiries may be sent to contact@heritage.gov.vin.