Founding member of a network of heritage specialists - www.insteadheritage.com – and currently leading: ● “Strengthening the Management, Promotion and Sustainable Use of Cultural Heritage for Development in Montenegro”: a UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe appointment to draft a new national policy framework for the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports.● “Heritage impact assessment of proposed aquaculture facilities in the World Heritage property of Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago as part of the Helgeland Intermunicipal Master Plan for Vega: a Vega Municipal Council appointment overseen by Norway’s Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Environment Agency.

The senior manager overseeing this long-term public-private programme for the conservation and enhancement of the Roman city of Herculaneum (www.herculaneum.org) on behalf of the private partners since 2009, having already responsible for its implementation in the role of project manager since 2001. It unites a philanthropic foundation, the Packard Humanities Institute (also via its Italian arm, the Istituto Packard per i Beni Culturali) with the local heritage authority, currently the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum. For a ten year period the partnership also included a research institute The British School at Rome.Working with the project partners, she has been responsible for all management (funding; financial and contractual management; interdisciplinary team, interface with all partners); strategic development with an advisory board and partner representatives; setting new standards for the conservation and management of cultural heritage sites; and capacity building in partnership (e.g. ICCROM, GCI, universities, regional/national authorities and other NGOs).To date €25+ million have been committed and Jane has ensured that this has translated into effective, good-value approaches that are potentially re-applicable in other sites. The scope of activities in Herculaneum has extended to include planning for future museum and research facilities and improving the interface with the adjacent modern town. Recognition was gained in 2012 from UNESCO’s Director General who identified Herculaneum as a model project for the conservation and management of sites worldwide.

ICCROM activities in conjunction with the other Advisory Bodies to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee International heritage research and policy work • Part of the core team drafting the Policy for the Integration of a Sustainable Development Perspective into the Processes of the World Heritage Convention adopted by the World Heritage General Assembly (2015)• Co-author of the UNESCO resource manual Managing Cultural World Heritage (2013)• Co-author of the UNESCO World Heritage Strategy for Capacity Building (2011)• Co-researcher/author of final paper from ICCROM research project on Better Defining Appropriate Management Systems for World Heritage Sites (2007-2009)• ICCROM representative for World Heritage expert meetings and periodic reporting regional meetingsWorld Heritage pilot project for site-specific upstream capacity building• ICCROM representative for the joint EU-UNESCO project ‘Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid Region’ contributing to an upstream project for an extension to the Ohrid Region World Heritage property (2014 – 2018)World Heritage pilot project for management planning and results-based management• ICCROM representative for supporting the Directorate General of Antiquities team to advance and build consensus around a management planning approach and launch its implementation for the World Heritage property of Tyre, Lebanon (2021 – 2022)

Part of the team conceiving, planning and/or delivering, among others, the following initiatives : • The World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum at the 41st, 42nd and 43rd Sessions of the World Heritage Committee (Poland 2017, Bahrain 2018 and Azerbaijan 2019)• Enhancing World Heritage Management Skills for Heritage Professionals - a national capacity-building workshop (2019, Lebanon)• ICCROM courses Promoting People-Centred Approaches to Conservation of Nature and Culture (2015-2018, Italy, Albania/FYR Macedonia, Zambia plus online Asian Regional Course 2021)• The 2017 pilot international course Linking Nature and Culture in World Heritage Management (Norway)• Co-leader of the management module and the UNESCO-supported thematic modules (sustainable development, nature/culture, heritage impact assessments) of the two-yearly ICCROM course Conservation of Built Heritage (2007 – 2016, Italy)

International heritage research and policy work • Co-author of the forthcoming integrated culture-nature UNESCO manual Managing World Heritage within a broader capacity-building platform that will be the principal outcome of the ICCROM-IUCN World Heritage Leadership programme (2017 - 2021)

Contract Professor and Course Director (since 2014) for “Heritage Management” and supervisor of research theses within the MSc in Economics and Management in Arts, Culture, Media and Entertainment, a pioneering masters that bridges between the culture and the economics and business sector. Though international case studies and group work, the curriculum placed importance on assessing management systems for cultural heritage places and the role of heritage in sustainable development through the lens of cultural significance, on building capacity among new audiences and on gauging management effectiveness.

Lead consultant to UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Education in Europe for conceiving, planning and delivering a national level capacity-building workshop "Managing World Heritage Properties" for Romanian natural and cultural heritage practitioners.

Desk-based technical reviews of management plans for World Heritage properties

Jane was the first foreigner and freelance heritage specialist to be nominated to the most senior advisory body within the Italian Ministry of Culture and Tourism. She advised on national programming, policy-making and strategic planning for cultural heritage, with a particular emphasis on improving management approaches and international partnership. This body has a statutory role in delivering findings on issues raised by senior Ministry officers through the Cabinet Office and contributing to annual budget approvals and dispute resolution.

Jane was nominated to this special committee that advised the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Mayor of Rome on issues related to the management and enhancement of cultural heritage in the heart of Rome, in particular the Colosseum, the Forum, the Palatine and nearby archaeological and architectural heritage. The committee developed a strategic plan for future management of the area with specific attention given to restablishing relationships with the adjacent districts and securing a more dynamic role for this area in the life of Italy's capital city for local residents and visitors alike.

The development of a management study and audience development research within the launch of a management planning process. Working in conjunction with the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, the Church of Cyprus and other stakeholders of the Troodos area, the overall aim has been to work towards more effective management of the UNESCO World Heritage property "Painted Churches in the Troodos Region", Cyprus.

Jane headed an interdisciplinary team to carry out a heritage impact assessment (HIA) to evaluate the Revised Galle Port Development Project of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority to upgrade port facilities for Galle in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. The evaluation focussed on how the changes in Galle Harbour, the natural harbour formed by the bay to the south-east of Galle, foreseen by the March 2014 design proposals for port upgrading and sea breakwaters would impact on the World Heritage property of the ‘Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications’. The report concluded with recommendations that were submitted to and approved by the World Heritage Committee in its 2016 session (Decision 40 COM 7B.47).

Jane headed an interdisciplinary team of heritage specialists to carry out a heritage impact assessment (HIA) in relation to the World Heritage site of Villa Adriana in Tivoli. The report finalized in July 2014 immediately secured the commitment of the Minister for Culture to exclude proceeding with the housing development in question. This outcome was welcomed by the World Heritage Committee and the Villa Adriana HIA has become a reference for ICCROM and ICOMOS in the context of to capacity building for HIAs.

This cultural association uses the World Heritage property of Herculaneum and the surrounding modern town as an open classroom, uniting the local heritage authority with other public and private stakeholders. Jane was a co-instigator of the association’s primary initiative: the Herculaneum Centre (www.herculaneumcentre.org) and continues to contribute to the Centre. As an active board member until 2014 she helped to: promote broader engagement in heritage; develop capacities of practitioners, institutions, communities and networks (with particular attention to the Mediterranean region); ensure heritage contributes to and benefits from sustainable development.