Summary profile (max.100 words) dr. Marc Jacobs (1963) from Belgium : Ph D in history (1998), full professor in heritage studies (theory, policy, practice) and vice-dean in the Faculty of Design Sciences at the University Antwerp; (co-)holder of the UNESCO Chair on Critical Heritage Studies and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and then University Antwerp; heritage policy adviser and analyst; former director of NGO Faro; participating since 2001 as representative of Belgium in drafting the Convention, in the General Assembly and the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003 Convention; specialised in the Basic Texts; trainer, mediator and heritage broker