Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of blog posts from Fellows and panelists of this week’s Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders. Leaders from around the world are coming together to discuss issues that are critically important to the cultural sector − how do we create and articulate our value, what is global and what is local today and what is the role of arts organizations in society. Culture and the arts are essential components of a comprehensive education leading to the full development of the individual. … [Read more...]
About Patricia Alberth
Patricia Alberth is a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Leaders and an associate expert at the UNESCO World Heritage Center where she is in charge of periodic reporting on Europe and North America. She worked for several years at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific of- fice where she successfully completed projects in the fields of culture con- servation, underwater archaeology and heritage education in Asia. In Europe, she worked as a consultant for social development processes and tentative World Heritage sites. Ms. Alberth received a B.A. in interna- tional economics from the International Business School Groningen (The Netherlands) and the University of Macau (China) and an M.Sc. in World Heritage Studies from the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus (Germany).