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- This group endeavours to preserve the hop growing buildings’ authenticity, explain the importance of this specific
heritage and recommend its appropriate future use.

- The group maintains a list of endangered buildings and proposes a timetable for their restoration in cooperation with
the buildings’ owners.

- Based on the list of endangered buildings, the group recommends the appropriate candidate buildings for conservation
and restoration work supported by the Regeneration Fund of Žatec, and by other funding opportunities administered
by members of the town’s Development and Regeneration Committee and the staff of the Municipal Office.

- The group functions as an advisory body for the Site Manager and fulfils the Steering Group’s tasks.
- The group provides mutual information for all the parties involved in the nomination project, with an emphasis
on solving the issues of state administration in the field of heritage protection in the proposed area.

The group prepares and develops recommendations, comments and proposals for the Žatec Town Council (Management
Plan), the National Heritage Institute and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in the field of the protection
of the cultural heritage in the nominated area under in accordance with the relevant and applicable legislation.

The Site Manager and his deputy, World Heritage Coordinator, are in charge of managing and coordinating the working
groups.

SITE MANAGER, WORLD HERITAGE COORDINATOR

Site Manager: Jaroslav Špička, Deputy Mayor of the town of Žatec
World Heritage Coordinator Olga Bukovičová, Municipal Office Žatec from 2021

The Site Manager is the crucial player in the World Heritage site’s management. The Site Manager is directly responsible
for the heritage conservation and administration on the site, even if they do not have direct decision-making power. 57
The Site Manager’s position varies significantly as it is not only based on the cultural heritage site’s character but also
its size and number of directly affected main administrators and owners.

The Site Manager is also an important person in the Periodic Reporting process and the implementation of its tasks.
Based on his continuous and detailed knowledge about the given World Heritage site, the Site Manager contributes
to the completeness of the questionnaire data and to the credibility of the information, especially in terms of tracking
the regional and global trends for the sites of a similar character. The Site Manager further contributes to the formulation
of general programmes to support the World Heritage site. The Site Manager is part of the Steering Group and leads the
established working groups.

The World Heritage Coordinator is directly responsible to the Site Manager and performs tasks related to the
management, presentation and promotion of the property. The World Heritage Coordinator coordinates individual
groups and representatives of individual components of the property. The World Heritage Coordinator actively seeks
grant and subsidy opportunities for the implementation of proposals for measures listed in the Management Plan.
In cooperation with the Town Architect, the World Heritage Coordinator participates in updating the Management Plan.