The activities are foreseen by the Contract n. PRM.7.035.00-C between the InterAmerican Development Bank and ENEA, signed on March 12th, 2007 by Dott. Marcello Garozzo, Director of Environment, Global Change and Sustainable Development Department [01].
This final progress report describes the conclusive MAR VASTO project conference done in Valparaiso on September 29-30, 2008 and summarizes all the results in simple statements. Reference documents are the general progress reports [02-04] and specific work-package reports [05-13].
The MAR VASTO activities are fully in agreement with the Términos de referencia requested by BID in the document [14].
The project conclusion is extended until October 31st, 2008, as foreseen by the document [15].
Furthermore, after an agreement with the Istituto Italo Latino Americano (IILA), and also with the authorization of the OGP Director Arch. Paulina Kaplan Depolo, 4 Chilean experts (two still belonging to the OGP, and other 2 working for OGP at the time of the Italian missions) have been entrusted of short bursaries in Italy (Spring 2008), specifically targeted on the MAR VASTO project activities. They are:
Arch. Claudia Andrea Zuñiga Jara, OGP (2 months);
Arch. Mauricio Sebastian Gonzalez Lodola, OGP (2 months);
Arch. Cristian Ignacio Palma Valladares, Chilean expert (4 months);
Arch. Carolina Avalos, Chilean expert (4 months).
Moreover, an expert functionary of OGP, Arch. Sotero Apablaza Minchel, officially entrusted by the OGP Director, reached Italy in the same period (2 months) and contributed in an excellent way to the MAR VASTO project and for the identification of future cooperation.
A specific agreement has been reached between the MAR VASTO team and the Intendente Regional, after his welcome address during the final conference (in which he promised special funds for the intervention on the San Francisco Church, see Appendix 4) and some working meetings with the technical staff:
- the church must be partially or totally closed (due to safety reasons) and a prompt emergency intervention should be urgently carried out, in order to avoid the collapse of the building beel-tower and façade, with resources of the Intendencia Regional; for the prompt intervention, the Italian team is going to offer a free project (see Appendix 5);
- the overall rehabilitation intervention of the San Francisco Church has been included in the specific program Puesta en Valor Patrimonial foreseen for the Valparaiso Region.