Giorgia Cesaro is a heritage conservation and management specialist with experience in heritage documentation and interpretation, heritage policy and legislation and culture as a tool for socio-economic development. Since 2010 she works at the UNESCO Office in Amman as responsible for projects related to the conservation and management of World Heritage sites, specifically at the Petra Archaeological Park, including the development of disaster risk reduction approaches and risk management strategies at heritage sites. She is also involved in supporting the government of Jordan in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention for Jordanian World Heritage and Tentative List sites. She obtained her Advanced MSc from the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) .