Management et gestion de projet dans les sites patrimoniaux : les mesures d’urgence de la casbah d’Alger

Abstract

As much a place of memory as of history, the Kasbah of Algiers is now marginalised and in a critical state of disrepair. Until the end of the 90s, when its heritage value was officially recognised with its classification as a national heritage site in 1991 and a World Heritage site in 1992, the Kasbah underwent many unsuccessful interventions and redevelopment projects. The advent of law no. 98-04 of 15 June 1998, relating to the protection of cultural heritage, renewed the legal framework for the protection of built heritage and broadened the definition of built heritage to include ‘urban ensembles’ and introduced procedures for their protection through the creation of ‘safeguarded sectors’ and set up a specific operational management tool: the Permanent Plan for the Safeguarding and Enhancement of Safeguarded Sectors (PPSMVSS). The Kasbah of Algiers, a World Heritage site designated as a protected area in 2005, was finally going to be able to be managed in a more rigorous and effective way. In its 1st study phase, the PPSMVSS provides for an emergency measures project, the primary aim of which is to halt the process of deterioration. After two emergency campaigns (2007-2010, 2012-2014), the Kasbah of Algiers is still experiencing the same problems of dilapidation and marginalisation. The apparent failure of this emergency measures project prompted us to take a closer look at the issue of management and project management in heritage sites, particularly in protected areas. Evaluating the PMU using scientific methods (SWOT-PESTEL - Key success factors for a project) based on in situ surveys will shed light on the reasons for its failure and enable us to propose a strategy to ensure that projects initiated in heritage sites can succeed.