W stronę systemu ochrony dziedzictwa kulturowego w Polsce
Building a Cultural Heritage Preservation System in Poland

Summary/Abstract: After its political transformation, Poland had to face new challenges and threats concerning its cultural heritage. Th e Congress of Polish Culture, organised in Cracow in September 2009, prepared a comprehensive report on the cultural heritage preservation system in Poland after 1989. Th e authors of the report indicate three phenomena that can have a signifi cant impact on the future of Polish historical monuments: an accelerating process of transformation of building stock, leading to stronger pressures of economic factors on the cultural landscape; a growing demand for heritage as a backlash against the homogenising eff ects of globalisation and a result of the increasingly important economic role of tourism; a shift in focus from the value of heritage to the needs of society. Th is new approach to heritage can be described as a change in its ontological status. Th e existing legal and fi nancial tools of monument protection were adapted to a static situation typical of a centrallyplanned economy and a command-and-quota system. Today, we need to create a new eff ective programme of heritage management that would satisfy local communities who, together with the owners and users of monuments, are crucial for heritage protection.

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