Physical Cultural Heritage
The development objective of the Peaceful and Prosperous Communities Project for Myanmar is to improve access to basic infrastructure, services, and economic opportunities for vulnerable communities in selected conflict affected areas of Myanmar in a conflict sensitive manner. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) stop the construction activities in the area of chance find temporarily; (2) secure the site to prevent any damage or loss of removable objects. In cases of removable antiquities or sensitive remains, a night guard shall be arranged until the responsible local authorities that is, village tract administrative office or the department of archaeology and national museum take over; (3) the relevant township administrator shall promptly carry out the necessities and inform the department of archaeology and national museum immediately from the date on which the information is received; (4) the department of archaeology and national museum will communicate in writing to the township department of rural development (DRD) of findings and chance find report; (5) if the archaeological department determines chance find is an isolated chance find, the department of archaeology and national museum will provide technical supports and advice on chance find treatment with related expenditure on the treatment provided by the entity report the chance find; and (6) if the department of archaeology and national museum determines that chance find is a non cultural heritage chance find, the relevant person will resume construction process.