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 Matthias Ripp

Date of birth: 13/05/1973 Gender: Male Nationality: German

Mobile: (+49) 15253823426

Email address: Matthiasripp@posteo.de
Home: Drackenstein 10, 93128 Regenstauf, de

WORK EXPERIENCE
World Heritage Coordinator
City of Regensburg
01/10/2017 – Current

Regensburg, Germany

•managing the UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Old Town of Regensburg

with Stadtamhof’

•public relations, scientific presentation and publication of successful planning

strategies

•project development

•designing, implementing and monitoring of World Heritage relevant projects

•designing and managing the World Heritage Visitor Centre

•responsible for intercultural dialogue

•urban regeneration
•territorial development

•development and implementation of innovative heritage approaches

•coordinator of the URBACT II ProjectHerO

•active in numerous networks such as Heritage Europe and ICOMOS

•regional coordinator for the North West European region of the Organisation of
Heritage Heritage Cities (OWHC)

•Member of the European Heritage Panel for the European Heritage Label

•elected Member of the German Commission for UNESCO

•Chairman of the Working Group on Urban World Heritage Siteswithin the

Association of German Cities and Towns

•networking with local, national and international institutions and organisations

•responsible for a team of four colleagues

Manager
City of Bamberg
01/09/2005 – 30/09/2007

Bamberg

•first professional World Heritage Management Unit in a germanlocal authority;

•strategic development;

•communication of heritage assets;

•project development;

•funding;

•european projects;

•responsible for a team of two colleagues

 Marketing Manager/Key Account Manager
City of Bamberg/ Tourism Services
01/10/2003 – 31/08/2004

Bamberg, Germany

design and implementation of national and international strategic marketing

campaigns
design and coordination of multichannel marketing tools
key account management
city branding
design and implementation of an integrated visitor guidance system

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Otto Friedrich University Bamberg
Dipl. Geogr. (Univ.)
01/09/1997 – 31/10/2002

https://www.uni-bamberg.de/

University of Applied Sciences OTH Regensburg

Consulting Certificate
01/01/2011 – 31/12/2011

https://www.oth-regensburg.de/

Professio Academy, Ansbach

Training Certificate
01/05/2013 – 31/07/2013

https://www.professio.de/
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)

German

Other language(s)

English

Listening

C2

Reading

C2

Spoken interaction

C2

Spoken production

C2

Writing

C2

Spanish

Listening
 A1

Reading

A1

Spoken interaction

A1

Spoken production

A1

Writing

A1

DIGITAL SKILLS
Other
Microsoft Word
Outlook
Microsoft Excel
Power Point

Instagram
Atlas TI

OTHER SKILLS
Photography

Improvisation theatre

Workshop and Training Design and Implementation

PUBLICATIONS
The Geography of Urban Heritage
2015
https://www.academia.edu/33539396/The_Geography_of_Urban_Heritage_2015_08_te
xt_ Ripp, M., & Rodwell, D. (2015). The geography of urban heritage. The Historic
Environment: Policy &

The heritage community has long faced difficulties with the theoretical as well as
practical challenges of managing continuity at the scale of historic cities. Identifying
individual components of the architectural heritage and selected areas for a variety of
levels of conservation, from the benign to the interventionist, has largely proved to be
the limit of attainment. In the generality of situations, where the survival of the
components depends on their place within the whole, urban heritage is consequently at
risk of suffering unnecessary losses. This is especially the case where the culturally
sensitive historic cores of towns and cities are the primary focus of pressures for major
change or redevelopment, and counterbalancing policies are not in place to address
those pressures proactively. Recent years have seen a number of reflections on urban
heritage: notably, at the international level, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Centre, and the International
Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). Deriving as they do from a vital but
largely self-contained set of cultural heritage parameters and interests, their impact on
positioning heritage at the core of urban planning and development processes has
been limited. The essential human factor has not really been taken into account. With a
focus on Europe, this article looks beyond a paradigm founded on a limited perception
of values to the objective of positioning the spectrum of urban heritage within the
mainstream of urban planning policy and practice. This is a province dominated on a
professional level by the broad discipline of geography, in which the urban geographer
is the oft-overlooked but essential ally for a constructive partnership.

The Governance of Urban Heritage

2016
https://www.academia.edu/33539488/The_Governance_of_Urban_Heritage_2015_08_t
ext_ Ripp, M., & Rodwell, D. (2016). The governance of urban heritage. The Historic
Environment: Policy

The term integrated conservation first entered the lexicon of urban heritage in the 1975
Council of Europe European Charter, recognising that the future of the architectural
heritage depends on the weight attached to it within the framework of urban and
regional planning. Since then, the agendas of sustainability, sustainable development
and climate change have entered the debate, and various attempts have been made to
re-position urban heritage from a specialist to a mainstream activity in the European
context. In ‘The Geography of Urban Heritage’, we argued that the quantum of urban
heritage recognised and appreciated today underscores a level of responsibility for the
maintenance and processes of continuity whose realisation is beyond the scope and
capacity of a specialist field. Additionally, that the complementary values of community,
heritage, resource and usefulness, harnessed to common purpose, afford a potent
combination for responding to the challenge. That article promoted the thesis that for
urban conservation to become a mainstream activity, heritage professionals need to
nurture relationships centrally within the broad discipline of geography – the core
discipline of urban plannng; and reciprocally, geographers need to recognise the vital
role of urban heritage beyond a limited perception of its compass. The 2010 European
Union Toledo Declaration acknowledged the importance of urban heritage, and defined
the multiple dimensions of sustainability as economic, social, environmental, cultural
and governance. Governance at the municipal level is the key to integrated urban
planning policy and practice. This article explores current initiatives in the field and
proposes directions for further research and implementation.

Heritage-based Urban Development: The Example of

Regensburg
2019 https://www.academia.edu/38168125/Heritage-
Based_Urban_Development_The_Example_of_Regensburg

The city of Regensburg was inscribed on the UNESCO-World Heritage List in 2006.
Long before, the process of urban regeneration and a dynamic urban development had
already started and was based on an inventory of the historic building stock. With the
participatory elaboration of an integrated heritage management plan, the direction for
the upcoming years was recently set. Sustainability, resilience and the response to
challenges and crises have been addressed following the six steps of the Historic
Urban Landscape (HUL) approach, though the holistic approach to safeguard the
historic urban landscape has been enhanced. Today, heritage is part of the citizens’
perception of Regensburg’s identity and is diligently coordinated and communicated
through an integrated governance system.

Governance in UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Reframing the

Role of Management Plans as a Tool to Impr
2017
https://www.academia.edu/43520569/Governance_in_UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites
_Reframing_the_Role_of_Management_Plans_as_a_Tool_to_Improve_Community_En
gagement

The term integrated conservation first entered the lexicon of the cultural heritage
community in the 1975 European Charter of the Architectural Heritage (Council of
Europe 1975) recognising that the future of that component of our heritage depends on
the weight attached to it within the framework of urban and regional planning. Since
then, formal recognition within the heritage community has expanded to include
intangible cultural heritage and diversity of cultural expressions, the agendas of
sustainability, sustainable development and climate change have re-framed the
overarching context, and the role of today’s communities as both custodians and
beneficiaries of the broad spectrum of cultural and natural heritage has assumed a
central position in the heritage discourse alongside management , a term with diverse
interpretations in practice. Expanding on the tripartite encapsulation of sustainable
development in the Brundtland Report (Brundtland Commission 1987), the 2010 Toledo
Declaration on Urban Development defined the multiple dimensions of sustainability as
“economic, social, environmental, cultural and governance” (European Union 2010)
“Good governance,” it reads, “based on the principles of openness, participation,
accountability, effectiveness, coherence and subsidiarity is required in order to assure
the successful implementation of public policies, a more efficient and effective
allocation of public resources and to increase citizen’s direct participation, involvement,
engagement and empowerment.” This concluding chapter seeks to extract key findings
on multilevel governance as the key to sound management and to reframe the role of
management plans in so doing.

Site Managers for Urban Heritage-Competencies, Roles, Skills,

and Traits
2020
https://www.academia.edu/43496204/Matthias_Ripp_Site_Managers_for_Urban_Herita
ge-Competencies_Roles_Skills_and_Traits 2020, Luger, K. and Ripp, M: World
Heritage, Place Making and Sustainable Tourism - Towards integra

How urban heritage is perceived has changed significantly over the past years, and so
too has the role of local communities. A more systemic and holistic understanding of
urban heritage has been gaining favour as urban heritage sites face a number of global,
regional and local challenges. In order to coordinate the complexities of urban heritage
sites, new roles for site managers have evolved over the past two decades, not only as
part of pertinent international instruments, but also as a bottom-up development at
many urban heritage sites around the world. That being said, there is still no official
occupational profile for site managers. The following discourse will initially address: how
urban heritage is currently perceived, the concept of historic urban landscapes, and the
current challenges. Accordingly, the different roles, requisite skills, and relevant
personality dimensions of site managers will then be examined and elaborated.

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COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

Key qualifications and skills
• A senior-level Heritage Manager with 10 years of success in cultural heritage
conservation and management

• project development and strategic coordination of policies in an international

environment

• skilled in management, especially leadership and moderation of integrated

Working Groups as well as consulting, building history, urbanism, social
planning and tourism

• Experience as a team leader, in strategic planning, creative solutions, general

management

• Heritage management pioneer specializing in building successful partnerships

in the international and

domestic (World-)heritage community

• Great communication skills, ability to bring people together and build a consensus
toward a common goal
• Successful record in leveraging heritage programs through corporate sponsorships
with results exceeding goals and expectations

• Proven track record of developing successful integrated heritage plans and

strategies

• Experience in urban planning, urban regeneration, territorial development

• Expert in intercultural dialogue and culture as a tool for social cohesion

• Knowledge of the linkage between culture and economy

• Vast experience in creating new culture business models

• Managing and expanding networks, business develoment

• Extensive experience in the design and implementation of curricula for Training

Courses (Communication, Stakeholder Involvement, Conflict Management, etc.)

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

Psychology, Philosophy, Yoga and Photography

DRIVING LICENCE

AM A1 A2 A

B BE

NETWORKS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Regional Coordinator Northwest-Europe and North America
Organisation of World Heritage Cities
01/01/2012 – Current Quebec

https://www.ovpm.org/
Vorsitzender Arbeitskreis UNESCO-Welterbe Altstädte beim
Deutschen Städtetag
01/01/2012 – Current Köln

http://www.staedtetag.de/fachinformationen/kultur/066775/index.html

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MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Motivating and coaching colleagues
Knowledge of a wide variety of coaching methods
Knowledge of a wide variety of training and participation methods
Facilitation of small, medium and large meetings
In-depth knowledge of Scoping and Planning Methods to Design Projects
Knowledge of Design Thinking Method
Experienced project evaluator
Expert in process-design
Knowledge of wide range of communication and feedback methods
PROJECTS
PhD Project: A universal metamodel for Heritage-based Urban
Development
31/07/2016 – Current

The objective of this thesis is to develop a generic adaptive governance model which
can be used to valorise urban heritage for sustainable development – understood in
multiple dimensions, not just economic – and for the benefit of local communities. The
premise is that an integrated governance model can be used successfully to emphasize
urban development, based and centred on built cultural heritage in urban settings. The
methodology to develop this model will be literature review, field analysis, expert
interviews and scientific analysis. Based on past projects and especially the
methodology developed for integrated heritage management plans in the framework of
the Urbact II Project HerO (Heritage as Opportunity), a model will developed that can
be applied in a broad variety of situations Special emphasis will be placed on the
necessary competencies and skills of the main actors and the scoping phase. As
conclusions, recommendations will be developed on how to adapt and implement this
model, and what preconditions and parameters are beneficial.

https://www.b-tu.de/heritagestudies-phd/kontakt/selected-phd-
students/matthias-ripp

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
Experienced Workshop and Meeting Facilitator
national and international trainings
national and international workshops
national and international meetings
together with and for international organisations like Council of Europe, European
Comission, Commitee of the Regions, UNESCO, ICOMOS
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