Project Background (2004–2006)

Foundational historical text of the original RIC website explaining the post-March 2004 damage assessments chronologically. The record notes that UNMIK invited UNESCO, the European Commission, and the Council of Europe to assess damage to 34 identified Serbian Orthodox religious sites. Three joint technical assessment missions between May and July 2004 produced an overall report and two detailed site reports, leading to an initial allocation of €3.7 million from the PISG budget and €0.5 million from the SRSG reserve fund. Crucially, the document distinguishes the initial Implementation Committee (IC), established in June 2004 and dissolved in September 2004, from the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) established under the second Memorandum of Understanding in March 2005 (first plenary meeting in May 2005), as well as the 2006 establishment of the International Expert Board (IEB).