1418 Events
30 October 2008
1. Abstracts or poster should be submitted electronically to: wh-info@unesco.org. and 2009seminar@fuuh.upv.es before 30 October 2008 and should include the following information:
a. Author’s name, title and qualifications ;b. title of paper or poster;c. E-mail address;d. telephone number and fax number;e. institution name and complete postal address;f. abstract (500 words maximum) or ...
28 October 2008 - 31 December 2008
Every year the Marc de Montalembert Foundation offers a grant of 7,000 Euros to enable the implementation of projects furthering the knowledge and understanding of Mediterrean cultures.
To apply for the 2009 Marc de Montalembert grant candidates should send a project outline along with a request for an application form to:
Fondation Marc de Montalembert,Fondation de France40, Avenue Hoche ...
22 October 2008
The UNESCO-VOCATIONS PATRIMOINE Fellowships for World Heritage Site Managers Programme aims to reinforce the capacity of professionals currently working or intending to work in the near future, in the management, conservation and development of a World Heritage property.Launched in January 2006, the Fellowships are made possible as a result of an innovative public-private partnership between ...
20-26 October 2008
VSMM2008, The 14th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia: Digital Heritage 2.0
A joint event for the exchange and sharing of know-how in the areas of Cultural Heritage (CH) and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) focusing on Multimedia Technologies, Computer Graphics and digital documentation/preservation in Cultural Heritage (Multilingua, Multimedia ...
16-17 October 2008
[in French only] Les sixièmes rencontres des sites français du patrimoine mondial se tiendront les 16 et 17 octobre 2008 au Havre. Selon la tradition de ces rencontres, une journée thématique sera l’occasion d’échanger les expériences de terrain et d’approfondir des questions spécifiques aux sites inscrits sur la Liste du ...
16-17 October 2008
The 6th annual French World Heritage Sites meeting will be held in October.
On the 16th October the meeting will focus on the theme of "Urbanism, modern and contemporary architecture" and will include two roundtable discussions: « Urbanism and World Heritage » and « Valuation of modern architecture ». This thematic day will allow sites' managers to ...
13-17 October 2008
In the framework of the World Heritage Pacific 2009 Programme, which was approved by the World Heritage Committee in 2004, a Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop was held from 13 to 17 October 2008 in Cairns, Australia.
The Workshop gathered, which benefited financial support from Australia and the World Heritage Fund, as many as 80 participants including representatives from 14 Pacific ...
5-14 October 2008
More than 8,000 of the world’s leading decision makers in sustainable development: from governments, NGOs, business, the UN and academia. Together in one place for 10 days: to debate, share, network, learn, commit, vote and decide. The objective: ideas, action and solutions for a diverse and sustainable world.
Four Aliances workshops will have a focus on the World Heritage ...
30 September 2008 - 3 October 2008
2nd International Conference of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes on "Spirit of Place and Development"
Following the establishment of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes at the 1st International Conference held in Aranjuez, Spain, in December 2007 (http://www.aranjuezcultural.es/red/index.htm), this 2nd conference is designed to focus on the ...
30 September 2008
The theme of the 12th International Seminar of Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage (FUUH) is both ambitious and crucial to the future of heritage conservation as well as to the development of communities, cities and civil society at large.
The Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) Concept includes the broader territorial and landscape context and therefore goes far beyond historic centres or ...
29 September 2008 - 4 October 2008
The 16th General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) will take place in Québec City from 29 September to 4 October 2008. The Symposium theme is "Finding the Spirit of Place". We have identified four tracks or sub-themes for thought and discussion.Re-thinking spirit and placeKey words: material culture theory, ...
29 September 2008 - 16 October 2008
Traveling Exhibition: Between heaven and earth: Mont-Saint-Michel and sacred mountains of the world.
In many civilizations, humankind has chosen extraordinary mountainous areas to establish sanctuaries lost between heaven and earth. Some of these places have been inscribed on the World Heritage List and are the focus of a project by photographer, author and lecturing professor Jean-Michel ...
22-25 September 2008
New initiatives related to biodiversity put economics in the forefront to raise awareness for conservation needs, and to link biodiversity with sustainable development and poverty reduction. These initiatives value ecosystem services (e.g. Sukhdev Study), identify biodiversity business opportunities (e.g. IUCN, Shell, et al Study) or develop appropriate economic instruments and policies. By ...
16-18 September 2008
The City of Regensburg, a German medieval town, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006, will host this year's OWHC Northwest European Regional Conference
The selected conference theme ‘Earth, Wind, Water, Fire - Environmental Challenges to Urban World Heritage’ fits perfectly into the concept of the United Nation’s ‘International Year of Planet ...
16-19 September 2008
From 16 to 19 September 2008 the tenth International DoCoMoMo Conference, also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the organization, will take place at the new building of the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology and at the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam.
The legacy of the Modern Movement has gained legendary status, largely as a result of the appreciation ...
15-16 September 2008
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre together with the UNESCO Kathmandu Office, in close collaboration with Nepal's Department of Archaeology and the Lumbini Development Trust is organizing a workshop for the World Heritage property of Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Lumbini, Nepal.
About 100 participants from different Nepali ministries, institutions, stakeholders as well as the ...
2-5 September 2008
As a follow-up to the project "Preservation for the Frozen Tombs in the Altai Mountains", which highlighted the international significance of the cultural heritage of the Altai Mountains, extending over China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia and the need for transboundary cooperation in view of its conservation, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre is initiating a similar exercise for the Golden ...
29 August 2008
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) are organizing a one day seminar on “World Heritage and Public Works–Development cooperation for poverty alleviation” at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan.
The seminar aims at examining the contribution of heritage preservation policies and projects at selected World Heritage ...
31 July 2008
Course will take place 3-15 November 2008, Kyoto, Japan
The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto is organizing the 3rd International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage from 3 to 15 November 2008, in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and ICOMOS.
The course aims at preparing the ...
2-10 July 2008
The World Heritage Committee will meet for its 32nd session in Quebec, Canada from 2-10 July. During the session, the Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List and examine the state of conservation of sites already inscribed on the List. The Committee is chaired by Dr Christina Cameron, who has headed Canada's delegation to the ...
24 June 2008 - 29 August 2008
"Preparing the future of heritage sites - Building a project and management plan"
A second intensive training programme for francophone managers of cultural sites will be jointly organized at the Abbaye de Cluny in Burgundy (France) by the Centre-Arts et Métiers - ParisTech de Cluny with the European Archeological Centre of Bibracte, in partnership with the IUP Denis Diderot, the National ...
23-27 June 2008
Within the framework of the Caribbean Capacity Building Programme for World Heritage (CCBP) and within the framework of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), a workshop on risk reduction for Caribbean Heritage will take place from 23 to 27 June 2008 in Havana, Cuba. The workshop is designed for the participation of heritage experts and leading agencies in their ...
12-13 June 2008
The participants in the Seventh Expert Working Group note the importance of the participation of the Afghan Government representatives and congratulate UNESCO for facilitating their presence at the current Working Group Meeting. The participants would also like to sincerely thank ICOMOS Germany for hosting the participants and providing all the necessary logistical support to realize a ...
9-10 June 2008
Expert Working Group for the Preservation of the Jam and Herat sites
2-5 June 2008
In spite of its remarkable historical background and numerous historic and cultural sites in the region, Central Asia and western China remain one of the most under-represented regions on the World Heritage List, with no cultural or natural heritage properties from Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan inscribed on the List.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS have been assisting the States ...
30 May 2008 - 1 October 2008
architectural heritage
cultural landscapes
works of art and collections of artistic and historic significance
archaeological sites
industrial and engineering heritage
Call for Entries
Categories:Outstanding achievements in the field of heritage conservation and enhancement will be awarded in the following categories:
1. Conservation2. Research3. Dedicated Service by Individuals or ...
28-31 May 2008
Developing a comprehensive approach to US participation in the global heritage communityThe 11th US/ICOMOS International Symposium will initiate a process for implementing the recommendations of the PreserveAmerica Summit's "Participating in the Global Community" panel that will reinvigorate and enhance the US role in international preservation. The Global Community panel made ...
27 May 2008
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is organizing an information meeting to discuss the overall preparations for the forthcoming 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee to be held in Québec City, Canada, from 2 to 10 July 2008.This meeting will be held in Room XI (Fontenoy) from 10h00 to 13h00, on Tuesday, 27 May 2007, with simultaneous interpretation in English and French. Participants ...
11-15 May 2008
The Korean National Association for Interpretation (NAI) will host the third annual international conference on the subject of heritage interpretation. The conference will bring together 150 to 200 delegates from 30 to 40 nations in an effort to create opportunities for professional development for attendees and establish a network for professional associations and individuals involved in ...
7-9 May 2008
The following conference, although not a UNESCO event, may be of interest to the World Heritage community:In a more globalized world, Heritage should be addressed in innovative and sustainable ways, underlining the role of human and natural heritage as a contra-hegemonic trend. By understanding cultural differences, different peoples may find opportunities to enhance their contribution to a ...
21 April 2008 - 2 May 2008
The second seminar of a series of itinerant workshop on the Conservation and Management of Persian, Timurid and Mogul Architecture took place in Uzbekistan from 21st of April to 2nd of May 2008.
More than 30 cultural heritage professionals and World Heritage site managers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan ...
18-19 April 2008
The main objective of the meeting its to discuss the results of the First Cycle of the Periodic Reporting exercise for the Mediterranean and South-Eastern subregions in relation to the protection and management of World Heritage properties, according to the decisions taken by the World Heritage Committee at its 31st session in July 2007 (31 COM 11A.1 and 31 COM 11A.2). Furthermore, the ...
8-21 April 2008
Open to the public from Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.The towering, jagged Altai Mountains stretch some 2,100 km across China, Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan, the Russian section of this mountain range having been inscribed as a natural site on the World Heritage List in 1998. The Altai Mountains bear unique witness to the ancient Scythian culture that flourished in the Eurasian steppe ...
3-5 April 2008
In the context of their affiliation with the "Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage" network, students of the Professional Masters programme in the Faculty of Sciences, Arts, Culture, News and Multimedia at the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University are organizing a symposium on different aspects of world heritage. This international symposium will take place from April 3 ...
2-6 April 2008
CAA 2008, the 36th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology: On the Road to Reconstructing the Past 2-6 April 2008 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. The main theme of the conference is the use of computer applications and quantitative methods in two fields: at large-scale (rescue) excavations that usually precede ...
2-4 April 2008
The second meeting of Iberian of Site Managers (the first one took place in 2004 in Lisbon) aimed at exploring current gaps and challenges in the daily management of world heritage sites in Spain and Portugal and current nomination files as well as cooperation initiatives with Latin American States Parties.
30 March 2008 - 4 April 2008
The UNITAR Hiroshima Office Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites aims to enhance implementation of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention through providing support to national policy making and planning, and information exchange on best practices and case studies. Newly developed "values-based management" methodologies are applied in all aspects of ...
27-28 March 2008
The main objective of this meeting is to define a scientific framework for the identification and recognition of sites related to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge phenomenon, which may be of outstanding universal value and to define the framework for a serial nomination on the World Heritage List. The outcome of this meeting will contribute to a better identification and understanding of the ...
24-28 March 2008
The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are jointly organizing an International Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management in Heritage Sites which will take place at the Mount Huangshan World Heritage site in China from 24 to 27 March 2008.Tourism growth is accelerating worldwide and arrival numbers are expected to double in the coming decades. World ...
11-14 March 2008
Aim and Objectives
The main objectives of the meeting are to:
Review the provisions on buffer zones and boundaries in the Operational Guidelines;
Review case studies of World Heritage properties, natural, cultural and cultural landscape sites to be presented to the workshop;
Review background papers by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies as well as information ...
6-8 March 2008
Workshop organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in partnership with IUCN, ICOMOS, ICCROM and the France-UNESCO Convention, in collaboration with the Arc et Senans World Heritage site and with financial support from the French Ministry of Culture. UNESCO's World Heritage Centre is engaged in an ambitious year-and-a-half-long initiative to develop working principles and policies for ...
27 February 2008 - 1 March 2008
The workshop was organized and financially supported by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) in cooperation with UNESCO and followed the decision of the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session (30 COM 8B.24) encouraging the States Parties of Iran and Azerbaijan to consider options for a transnational serial ...
21 February 2008
Nigeria's Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, one of the last remnants of primary high forest in southern Nigeria, was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2005. This inscription was the culmination of a 50-year campaign spearheaded by a group of artists, Yoruba priests and an Austrian artist called Susanne Wenger. Pierre Guicheney's film La dame d'Oshogbo is a portrait of ...
14-15 February 2008
This event will take place on February 14 and 15, in the Centro Cultural de Belém (Sophia Mello Breyner Room) in Lisbon, and it aims to stimulate and provoke debate on a range of issues related to historical heritage preservation. Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisboa (SCML) was established in 1498 by Queen Dona Leonor as a charitable institution dedicated to improving health and social ...
7-10 February 2008
An international Symposium on "Sharing Our Heritages: New Challenges for Site Conservation and Protection, and for Tourism Management" will be organized by UPV (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia) in Valencia, Spain, from 7 to 10 February 2008. The idea is to celebrate the end of the Sharing Our Heritages (SOH) exchange programme (2005-2008) sponsored by the EU and the Australian ...
2 February 2008
Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People is the theme for World Wetlands Day 2008. The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are presently 157 Contracting Parties to the Convention, with 1678 wetland ...
1-5 February 2008
The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage, Terra 2008, was held in Bamako, Mali, from 1 to 5 February 2008. It was the first Terra Conference to be held in Africa, and convened over 450 specialists in fields linked to the conservation of earthen architecture (e.g. anthropology, archaeology, architecture, engineering, scientific ...
28 January 2008
During its 16th session (UNESCO 24-25 October 2007), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention decided to establish an open-ended Working Group to discuss alternative mechanisms to meet the following goals :
Ensuring a balanced geographical and cultural representation in the Committee
Ensuring a less time-consuming and less complicated voting ...
21-23 January 2008
The outcome of this meeting shall contribute to the development of guidelines and criteria for the review of sites of interest for the heritage of science and technology on the World Heritage List.The pursuit and application of knowledge underlie all human achievements, many of which have been recognised on the World Heritage List, as for example agriculture systems, industrialisation and ...
20-22 January 2008
the Sixth Expert Working Group for the Preservation of the Bamiyan Site is organized by UNESCO (Kabul Office in close collaboration with WHC) and National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan (NRICP) inTokyo from 20 to 22 January 2008
Within the framework of Japanese Funds-in Trust project for the Safeguarding Bamiyan site, much progress has been made thus far ...
18-21 December 2007
In the context of Chandigarh's nomination to the World Heritage List, as part of the serial nomination of "The Architectural and Urban Work of Le Corbusier", the World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Chandigarh authorities, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the UNESCO New Delhi office has organized a 3-day technical workshop on site management and urban ...
17-20 December 2007
The second meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1999 Second Protocol), the seventh meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the second meeting of the Parties to the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention will take place from ...
12-14 December 2007
This stakeholders workshop is being organized in consultation with the Kiribati authorities and under the auspices of the UNESCO Apia Office and Conservation International. Among those attending will be Mr. Tukabu Teroroko of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (for the Kiribati Government), Ms. Sue Taei of Conservation International (for Nature) and Mr. Ron van Oers of UNESCO (for Culture) as ...
11-12 December 2007
This workshop, conducted in English, will discuss the theme of integrity and authenticity of cultural landscapes with a view to contributing to the future revision of the Operational Guidelines. The aim is to produce recommendations and draft texts that provide guidance in the ongoing process of defining the integrity and authenticity of cultural properties, as well as evaluate the condition ...
4-7 December 2007
The theme of this meeting, which will take place in Spanish only, is "Innovation and Diversity". The event coincides with celebrations of the 25th anniversary of Old Havana's inscription as a World Heritage site. The panel of experts, headed by Herman van Hooff, Director of the UNESCO Havana office and Margarita Ruiz, President of the National Council for Cultural Heritage in ...
30 November 2007 - 1 December 2007
This international expert meeting will be the opportunity to exchange information on the natural and cultural heritage of the Arctic region, with identification of potential sites of outstanding universal value for the World Heritage List.
This meeting is organized back-to-back with the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials' (SAO) meeting , which will be held in Narvik from 28 to 29 ...
28-30 November 2007
The Mission Val de Loire and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are co-organizing a training session on interpreting the Val de Loire - World Heritage property The activity will be implemented by the Institut International Fleuves et patrimoine (IIFP), with the participation of the University of Angers, the Université Catholique de l'Ouest and the towns of the Saumur Loire Développement ...
26 November 2007 - 6 December 2007
This workshop, which is being held in the Islamic Republic of Iran, is the first of a series of itinerant workshops which will bring together site managers from a selection of World Heritage sites in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as cultural heritage authorities. At present there is little or no cooperation between the heritage ...
22 November 2007
The one day consultation meeting was convened in response to the WH Committee's decision 31 COM 21 C from Christchurch (2007) with the intention to identify most appropriate strategies and contents for the forthcoming of the programme. Leading international specialists in the field of earthen architecture participated in the meeting.
13-14 November 2007
Following the 167th session of the Executive Board, the Director-General of UNESCO was authorized to create an International Co-ordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq. Its first session was held on 24- 25 May, 2004 and the second on 22 - 23 June, 2005.In addition to Iraqi experts, the Committee is comprised of 20 international experts from the following ...
12 November 2007
Following the request of Iraq's Ministry of Culture, a working group for the archaeological site of Babylon was created in June 2005. Its aim is to study the damage caused by the installation of a military base on this exceptional site in April 2003.This third meeting of experts will address the progress achieved following the previous session held in Berlin in December 2005. This falls ...
12-14 November 2007
UNESCO has launched an initiative for the safeguarding of Historic Urban Landscapes as a follow-up to the Vienna Conference on "World Heritage and Contemporary Architecture - Managing the Historic Urban Landscape", which took place in May 2005 in Austria. The outcome of this conference, the so-called "Vienna Memorandum", formed the basis for the adoption of a ‘Declaration on the Conservation ...
10-17 November 2007
A conference-workshop for French-speaking journalists ‘Journalism and World Heritage: a new look at heritage', is being organised following the success of the first session in May 2005 in Quebec. The session is being organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in association with:the City of Luxembourg, World Heritage City and 2007 European capital of Culture;the University of ...
5-17 November 2007
In cooperation with UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, ICOMOS.Guideline for ApplicationThe criteria for selecting the participants for this training courseThe criteria for selection are in accordance with the rules of ICCROM. In the group work and workshop of this training course, it is expected that the trainees will prepare a plan for the disaster management of cultural heritage by ...
5-8 November 2007
The third International Conference on Natural World Heritage will take place at Mount E'mei World Heritage site in Sichuan Province of China from 5 to 8 November 2007. With support from the World Heritage Centre, this conference will be co-organized by China's Ministry of Construction, the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO and the Government of Sichuan Province of China. ...
5 November 2007
The award ceremony for the 2007 UNESCO-VOCATIONS PATRIMOINE Fellowships for World Heritage Site Managers will take place at 6pm on Monday 5 November in Room XII at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. The event is by invitation only.Five awards will be made to young people and professionals to pursue Masters Degrees in World Heritage Management. As part of their awards, each of them will ...
31 October 2007 - 4 November 2007
Central Europe's Natural World Heritage and the Future of Cultural Landscapes - Part VI: "Tourism Planning and Management for Natural World Heritage Sites in Central and Eastern Europe" Are Central Europe's most precious natural values and landscapes well protected? And is their outstanding universal value reflected in the list of World Natural Heritage sites?Within a ...
30-31 October 2007
This symposium, organized jointly by ICOMOS, the Chinese State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Shaanxi province People's Government and Xi'an Municipal People's Government, with support from the World Heritage Centre, will mainly introduce the cultural heritage feature of the Silk Road, the concepts and methods of transnational united application for World Heritage listing. ...
4-26 October 2007
The award ceremony for the 2007 Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece) will take place on Thursday, 4 October 2007 at 6.30 p.m. at UNESCO in Room XII by invitation only. The Prize has been awarded to the Borodino Battlefield site (Russian Federation) with special mention to the Grand Bassin (Ganga Talao) site ...
23-26 September 2007
VSMM 2007: The 13th International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultimediaExchange and experience in space and placewith themes onVirtual Heritage and Virtual CulturesVirtual Environments and Virtual ExperiencesApplied technologies and system Endorsed by the Australian National Commission for UNESCO and sponsored by the Australasian Centre for Interaction Design (ACID) and Cyberdreaming. ...
20-22 September 2007
The thematic meeting of experts on the Mediterranean agro-pastoral cultural landscapes was attended by 44 participants, representing 9 countries of the Mediterranean basin, as well as UNESCO, ICOMOS, IUCN, EFNCP (refer item 17), the French state and regional, local and departmental authorities.
20-22 September 2007
The thematic meeting of experts on the Mediterranean agro-pastoral cultural landscapes was attended by 44 participants, representing 9 countries of the Mediterranean basin, as well as UNESCO, ICOMOS, IUCN, EFNCP (refer item 17), the French state and regional, local and departmental authorities.
14-15 September 2007
The National Heritage Board of Poland is organizing the Periodic Reporting Follow-up Meeting for Eastern and Central Europe, to be in held in Wroclaw, Poland, from 14 to 15 September 2007.
The main objective of this meeting is to address the implementation of the Action Plan in Central and Eastern Europe as approved by the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session in July 2006 (decisions ...
13-14 September 2007
This international conference brings together four urban sites of the 20th century, three of which are inscribed on the World Heritage List.A poster contest on the theme "Recognition, Valorization and Protection of the Architectural and Urban Heritage of the 20th century" is also held in conjunction with the conference.
20-25 August 2007
Heritage or World Heritage are an international field where interests in politics, commerce, indigenous community relations, scientific research, representations of the past and creative performance are joined. The World Heritage programme focuses international attention on the need to maintain and restore meaningful places that refer in one way or the other to the past. Pacific Island ...
18-19 July 2007
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the UNESCO Almaty office, are organising a "Sub-Regional Meeting on the Nomination of the West Tien-Shan as Transboundary Natural Heritage Site" in Almaty on 18 and 19 July 2007 with the participation of invited experts and officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The Sub-Regional Meeting will contribute to ...
2-27 July 2007
[in French only] Lancé en mars 1998, le Programme AFRICA 2009 a pour objectif principal l'amélioration des capacités nationales en Afrique subsaharienne pour la conservation et la gestion du patrimoine culturel immobilier. AFRICA 2009 bénéficie du soutien financier de ASDI (sous couvert de la Direction du Patrimoine de Suède), du Fonds du Patrimoine Mondial, des Ministères des Affaires ...
23 June 2007 - 2 July 2007
The 31st session of the World HeritageCommittee, Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 June to 2 July 2007. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 States Parties to the Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention. The current composition of the Committee is:Benin, Canada ...
21-22 June 2007
An international congress on "Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation of Property" will be held at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on 21 and 22 June 2007.
The congress will not address the issue of monuments and their restoration. Rather, it will bring together decision-makers, architects, planners, craftspeople, building industry experts and estate agents with the aim of highlighting ...
19-23 June 2007
The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) is a unique forum which brings together politicians and professionals committed to the preservation of historic cities, and in particular those cities included on UNESCO's World Heritage List.The 9th World Congress of the OWHC is organized by the City of Kazan and the OWHC and includes a scientific programme developed by the Getty ...
18 June 2007 - 6 July 2007
ICCROM, the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage are pleased to announce the 2007 session of the international course on "Reducing Risks to Collections". The purpose of this course is to focus on the risk management approach to preventive conservation of collections.The course will take place in Sibiu, Romania, from 18 June to 6 July ...
13-14 June 2007
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe - A Network for Cultural Dialogue and Cultural Tourism This international conference will seek to develop forms of co-operation for the foundation of a European UNESCO World Heritage Sites Network. As outstanding examples of European cultural and natural heritage, World Heritage sites may significantly contribute to the enhancement of cultural dialogue ...
11 June 2007
The second session of the first meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict will take place at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, Fontenoy, Room XI from 9:30 am to 6 pm.The main purpose of this meeting is twofold:update by the Secretariat on the status and implementation of the Second Protocol; andconsideration of the draft Guidelines for the ...
9 June 2007 - 9 October 2007
The city of Shenyang in northeastern China will hold the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Expo from June 9 to October 9, 2007. Sponsored by UNESCO, the exhibition will showcase natural and cultural heritage from around the world including photographs, models as well as written and video materials related to most of the World Heritage sites inscribed on the World Heritage list. Forums and ...
3-14 June 2007
Join participants and instructors from the University of Victoria and the Architectural Conservation Program at the University of Hong Kong (http://acp.arch.hku.hk/) to consider approaches to planning for the sustainable conservation and management of the remarkable heritage resources of Kaiping Diaolou and surrounding villages in China's Guangdong Province, and in Macao SAR. This is a ...
31 May 2007
In celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the ancient capital of Nara Heijo-Jyo, Japan, in 2010, and in the framework of events called "Harmony of World Heritage", this concert is the first in a series to be presented worldwide under the direction of Miss Johnouchi, UNESCO Artist for Peace. The final concert will be held in Nara Heijo-Kyo in 2010, at the location where the capital ...
30 May 2007 - 1 June 2007
4th ICOMOS Regional Asia Pacific Meeting will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, at the invitation of ICOMOS Korea with support by the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) and Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This one will address the larger urban settlement with the theme "Heritage and Metropolis in Asia and the Pacific". It will provide another opportunity to examine the follow ...
25 May 2007
Europa Nostra Awards 2008
architectural heritage
cultural landscapes
works of art and collections of artistic and historic significance
archaeological sites
industrial and engineering heritage
Over the past 5 years, Europa Nostra has been managing the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in the context of the European Commission's Culture 2000 programme. On 7 November 2006 the European ...
21-25 May 2007
Within the framework of the World Heritage Convention and the follow up to the Periodic Reporting in Africa, the World Heritage Centre with the support of the United Kingdom's Department for Culture, Media and Sport, is organizing in collaboration with the South African authorities a "Capacity-building Workshop for Youth Leaders on the Values of Heritage Sites". The Department ...
12-13 May 2007
World Migratory Bird Day was first promoted in 2006 by the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Agreement (UNEP/AEWA) and the global Convention on Migratory Species. This year, the immense threats to migrating birds caused by climate change are its main focus. Climate change has severe consequences for these nomads of the skies: it causes the loss of essential bird habitats, changes ...
11 May 2007
Uniting with internationally recognized institutions and companies for better outreach is a crucial component in safeguarding World Heritage. Every year, the World Heritage Centre holds a Partners' Day, inviting selected partners to highlight their involvement with UNESCO in providing technical expertise, training, resource mobilization and communication for World Heritage. This year, it ...
4-6 May 2007
Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2007'Rising Seas' A Youth Climate Change Summit was held Friday, 4 May, primarily with activities for 900 students who were invited to review information about climate change and contribute their ideas on what should be done to address its various issues. The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival continued during the weekend of May 5-6 with an exciting mix of ...
3-4 May 2007
The European Periodic Report was submitted to the World Heritage Committee at its 30th meeting in Vilnius in 2006. The Nordic and Baltic sub-regional report identifies a number of objectives for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. Periodic Reporting appears to be an important tool to strengthen and maintain the credibility of the implementation of the World Heritage ...
2-3 May 2007
A meeting will be held in Vienna in May 2007 to continue the process of implementing the action plan of the countries of Western Europe as it was decided by the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session in Vilnius July 2006. This meeting is the follow-up of the meeting concerning periodic reporting held in Paris, France on 23-24 October ...
18-20 April 2007
1st Training Workshop on "Conserving World Heritage Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes in South-Eastern Europe - Managing cultural landscapes"Following the launch of the joint project on World Heritage natural sites and cultural landscapes in South-Eastern Europe at the symposium held from 16-18 October 2006 in Osnabrück, Germany, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the Bellagio ...
18-19 April 2007
This two-day training course, led by the Iranian Society of Consulting Engineers, will give an overview of global challenges and new approaches in conservation planning for cultural World Heritage properties, and will also examine practical problems in conservation planning.
16-21 April 2007
This workshop, organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, will bring together the relevant authorities of each State Party in the sub-region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), China, as well as international experts from UNESCO and ICOMOS, to discuss the serial nomination of the Silk Road for inscription on the World Heritage List. The objectives of the ...
15-20 April 2007
World Heritage Management Over Time - Maintaining Values and Significance By focusing on the values associated with World Heritage sites, this series aims to facilitate a better utilization of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention through providing support to national policy making and planning, and information exchange on best practices and case studies. A training workshop will further ...
14-17 April 2007
Stakeholders' Meeting for the Comprehensive Management Plan for Bam and its Cultural Landscape, IranThis is the sixth Stakeholders' Meeting for the final draft of a comprehensive management plan for the World Heritage property of Bam and it Cultural Landscape, Iran. Topics to be discussed include environmental protection of the site and disaster management and risk ...
10 April 2007 - 7 May 2007
Open to the public as from 27 April 2007
With financial assistance from the Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Fondazione per l'Arte della Compagnia di San Paolo.
The Minaret of Jam, 65m high, is a gracious slender tower dating back to the twelfth century. Covered by a complex brick decoration and bearing a blue ...
2-6 April 2007
The 35th annual CAA conference to be held on April 2-6, 2007 in Berlin, Germany, brings together students, researchers, heritage managers and other experts to present, examine, and discuss current theory and application of quantitative methods and computer science in Archaeology. The CAA conference has established a tradition of international, open communication and exchange that crosses ...
2-3 April 2007
Expert Meeting on Benchmarks and Chapter IV of the Operational Guidelines.
26-28 March 2007
The UNESCO Havana Office will host the first meeting of the Caribbean Capacity Building (CCBP) Programme Network from 5 to 7 March.Twelve Caribbean States Parties and related academic institutions are currently adhering to this sub-regional programme that aims at building and strengthening capacities in heritage management, in fostering cooperation in the region and in contributing to ...
21-24 March 2007
The Future of Heritage: Changing Visions, Attitudes, and Contexts in the 21st Century
This colloquium will provide a unique global forum for sharing predictions, projections, and innovative ideas about how the field of heritage will look in the coming decades.
As in previous years, the participants will include a wide range of scholars, heritage professionals, educators, and community ...
11-17 March 2007
The intention and objectives of the training are to: Understand the issues of heritage in an international contextDialogue and exchangeShare experience with professionals from around the worldThe one-week training course is dedicated to French-speaking heritage site managers, professionals in charge of missions for transnational associations in the field of heritage, institutions, project ...
6 March 2007
A Study Day at Ironbridge World Heritage Site is organized by Sustaining Knowledge for a Changing Climate (SKCC), funded by the Environmental and Physical Sciences Research Council with partners from Manchester University, Newcastle University, University College London and the University of East Anglia.The focus of the day is to investigate issues of flood control and land instability within ...
5-8 March 2007
International Experts' Meeting for the Rehabilitation of Earthquake-affected Prambanan World Heritage Site and Taman Sari Water Castle in Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia On 27 May 2006, an earthquake that measured 5.9 on the Richter scale hit Yogyakarta, the "Cultural Hub" of Indonesia, damaging severely its cultural heritage, including the Hindu temples of Prambanan ...
19-20 February 2007
The objectives of this meeting are as follows:
To review the results of the European Periodic Reports and to discuss the next steps for the implementation of the Action Plan.
To compare and contrast the different processes undertaken in light of the decisions adopted by the 30th Committee on this issue (30 COM 11A.1).
To review the Tentative Lists in view of a possible harmonization.
To ...
19-23 February 2007
This workshop has been organized to introduce teachers and educators to the World Heritage in Young Hands Education Kit, and investigate the possibility of its integration in the curricula of interested countries. The other major component of the workshop is the skills development course initiating the young participants on the basic techniques of preventive and curative conservation.The ...
18-23 February 2007
A World Heritage Workshop is planned for delegates from Pacific Island nations in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. This is a follow up to the 2004 workshop where the Pacific 2009 Action Plan was developed.
The intention and objectives of the workshop are to:
Develop a Pacific position paper to be presented at the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee meeting in Christchurch, ...
12-17 February 2007
Leaders from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Palau will visit Tongariro National Park in New Zealand. The intention of the study tour is to demonstrate to traditional and elected leaders the benefits of the World Heritage Convention as well as its application in a real context. As a follow-up to the Periodic Reporting exercise for Asia and the ...
8 February 2007 - 30 April 2007
22nd IIC Congress, London 2008Conservation and AccessThe 22nd IIC international Congress will take place in London, UK, 15-19 September 2008. The subject will be ‘Conservation and Access'.Encouraging physical and intellectual access to collections and sites is a major aim for cultural institutions. Conservators and conservation scientists play an important part in enabling our shared ...
5-6 February 2007
By its decision 30 COM 7.1 the World Heritage Committee endorsed the “Strategy to assist States Parties to implement management responses” and took note of the report on “Predicting and managing the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage”, which were prepared following a meeting of experts in March 2006.One of the follow-up actions to be taken is the preparation ...
29 January 2007 - 2 February 2007
From 29 January to 2 February 2007 the city of St Petersburg, Russian Federation, will host a seminar on "Scientific and Technical Challenges for the Management and Conservation of Historic Centres of Towns inscribed on the World Heritage List" for the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The seminar is being prepared jointly by the Russian World Heritage National Committee, the Russian ...
29 January 2007 - 2 February 2007
A Regional Forum for Oceania on Marine Managed Areas and World Heritage Oceania is an expansive geographic region dominated by an ocean that covers over one-third of the surface of the earth. This region is larger than the total land area of the entire world and is comprised of numerous island groups collectively referred to as Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Australia. Oceania is ...
25-26 January 2007
Preparation of the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, Christchurch, New-Zealand, 23 Juin - 2 July 2007 and progress review of the implementation of Committee decisions.AgendaItems 18A and 18B: International Assistance Item 5: Advisory Bodies report on their activitiesItem 7.1: Climate ChangeItem 7.2: Risk preparedness StrategyItems 7A and 7B: State of ConservationItem 8A: Tentative ...
24 January 2007
Agenda 10.00 - 13.001. Welcome by the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Mr Tumu te Heuheu2. Opening by the Director, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mr Bandarin 3. Presentation of the final results of the previous meeting held in Paris (9-10 November 2006)4. Presentation of the main outcome of the second meeting of the working group on the simplification of the Periodic Reporting ...
22-23 January 2007
Second Meeting of the Working Group on the simplification of the periodic reporting questionnaire and the setting up of indicators
16 January 2007
This Workshop gathered specialists from Norway, Iceland, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and Nordic World Heritage Foundation to discuss the outlines of a joint nomination, The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). One of the most important questions remains how to define the limits of the phenomenon of the MAR. It could include the whole opening of the Atlantic Ocean with all the volcanic islands (e.g. ...
31 December 2006
Every year the Marc de Montalembert Foundation offers a grant of 7,000 Euros to enable the implementation of projects furthering the knowledge and understanding of Mediterrean cultures.
To apply for the 2007 Marc de Montalembert grant candidates should send a project outline along with a request for an application form to:Fondation Marc de Montalembert,Fondation de France40, Avenue Hoche ...
15 December 2006
Following the decisions taken by the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session in Vilnius July 2006, a follow-up meeting on National level in Sweden, was held 15 December 2006. The meeting was organised by the National Heritage Board of Sweden.
Participants to the meeting were Managers on local level together with those on Regional level (County Administrations, representing the ...
14-16 December 2006
This technical meeting is the fifth gathering of international experts and Afghan officials to report on the recent on-site works implemented in the Cultural Landscape and the Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley, in particular those under UNESCO's post-conflict emergency conservation project for the site. The experts, together with the officials, will also discuss and identify ...
10-11 December 2006
World Heritage of Southeast Europe: Co-operation in the management of cultural sites and lanscapes. A follow-up to the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Europe.
Evaluation of the results of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for the countries of the Southeast Europe regional group: Strengths and weaknesses, suggestions for the future.
This meeting aimed at the exchange of views and ideas between ...
7-11 December 2006
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and UNESCO Office in Hanoi, are jointly organizing a High-Level Consultation Workshop on the conservation of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park (Vietnam) and Hin Namon National Conservation Area (Lao PDR) from 7 to 11 December 2006 at Hanoi and Quang Binh Province of Vietnam. With financial support from the Netherlands ...
7-8 December 2006
Theme I "Importance and competitiveness of new development"
Theme II "Preservation and continuity of urban landscape"
Theme III "Community involvement in city planning process"
6-7 December 2006
The meeting - organized with and fully sponsored by Canadian national authorities - was attended by 90 site managers, representatives of Parks Canada and advisory bodies IUCN, ICOMOS, ICCROM as well as a US delegation of cultural and natural heritage experts. During the two day meeting the debate tackled several themes relevant to the daily management of world heritage properties such as: ...
5-9 December 2006
The goal of the Conference is the exchange of experience on internal and external evaluation instruments for the management of Cultural Heritage open to the public (such as monuments, museums, libraries, archives, archaeological sites, etc.) developed in different countries on the basis of defined criteria.
Contributions will be requested directly from participants and through a call for ...
4-7 December 2006
An international conference focusing on the study and conservation of archaeological and ancient landscapes through integrated technologies and virtual reality.Topics include: Remote sensing, archaeology, landscape, environment, ecosystem, image processing, virtual reality, 3D visualization, conservation, geophysics, photogrammetry, open source and Web-GIS as applied to archaeological ...
1 December 2006 - 31 March 2007
The Euromed Heritage Journalistic Award is an international press competition dealing with the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage. The competition, organized by the European Commission, via the Regional Management and Support Unit (RMSU) of the Euromed Heritage Programme, is open to journalists from EU and Mediterranean partners. It is organized in collaboration with UNESCO, the ...
23-25 November 2006
This conference will take up the current problems in the preservation of national monuments facing UNESCO World Heritage sites in Germany, focusing on preventive conservation.Preventive conservation is more complicated in the domain of conservation of national monuments than in the case of museums. The conservation of national monuments not only investigates and deals with the sources of ...
9-10 November 2006
The World Heritage Committee decided at its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006) to suspend for two years the commencement of the next cycle of Periodic Reporting in order to ensure that necessary time is allocated to study and reflect on the first cycle and develop strategic direction, clear objectives and benchmarks for the next cycle (Decision 30 COM 11.G paragraph 5). Following the meetings held ...
9-10 November 2006
Provisonal agenda Background document Decision 30 COM 11G
6-7 November 2006
At its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), and within the framework of the Reflection Year on the Periodic Reporting exercise, the World Heritage Committee decided to establish a working group on the simplification of the Periodic Reporting questionnaire and the setting up of indicators (Decision 30 COM 11G).
The World Heritage Centre is organizing the first meeting of this Working group on 6-7 ...
1 November 2006
Nominations for the prize have to be at UNESCO by 1 November 2006.
31 October 2006 - 30 April 2007
7th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific in Visby, SwedenAugust 20-25, 2007Call for papers deadline: May 1, 2007Heritage and World Heritage is an international field where interests in politics, commerce, indigenous community relations, scientific research, representations of the past and creative performance are joined. The World Heritage programme focuses international ...
30 October 2006 - 4 November 2006
The island of Cyprus and the organizing committee are pleased to announce a joint conference to be held in Cyprus from the 30th of October to the 4th of November, 2006 focused on building regional capacity in Cultural Heritage: "The e-volution of Information Technology in Cultural Heritage. Where Hi-Tech Touches the Past: Risks and Challenges for the 21st Century". Researchers who ...
25-28 October 2006
Denkmal is the largest European event for monument maintenance and restoration, and urban renewal. It is the only salon to approach these themes in a complete and complex manner. Denkmal unites an in-depth exhibition with an extensive international professional programme (conferences, meetings, seminars, workshops, information points, excursions and special presentations) and has become an ...
23-24 October 2006
This meeting aimed to favour the exchange of viewpoints and ideas among the focal points of Western European countries about the follow-up of the periodic reporting and the decisions adopted by the 30th World Heritage Committee in Vilnius. Moreover, the meeting allowed to share different experiences in relation to the follow-up of the world Heritage Convention in each country. Italy, Spain, ...
22 October 2006 - 3 November 2006
First International Training Programme for Risk Management starts this autumn in Kyoto, under the leadership of Dr. Kanefusa Masuda, ICOMOS Member, Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Japan An International Training Course on Risk Management of Cultural Heritage will be held (22 October - 3 November 2006) in Kyoto, Japan, under the coordination of the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation ...
16-20 October 2006
Interactive Technologies & Sociotechnical Systems:New Developments and Solutions for Cultural Heritage, Healthcare, Gaming, Robotics and the ArtsThe 12th VSMM conference is hosted this year in the magnificent cultural city of Xi’an, China, known for the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, which are praised as "the eighth major wonder of the world”.This is the first time that VSMM is ...
28-30 September 2006
York Spaces is the first of two seminars organised by the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Tourism Committee exploring links between the tangible and intangible heritage in terms of the association of people to the spaces and places they experience as visitors. The part played by cultural expression and community participation in creating meaning and memories for cultural tourists is investigated.The York ...
27 September 2006
Interpretation Standards at World Heritage Sites: Is There a Need for Assessment Criteria for On-Site Interpretation Programmes and Emerging Interpretive Technologies?Registration required -- see belowA One-Day Roundtable DiscussionOrganized by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation (ICIP)at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Paris27 September 2006In ...
18-23 September 2006
The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to explore sustainable strategies for the conservation of historic timber structures in an era where the mismanagement of forest resources, the increasing cost of traditional constructional materials and the loss of traditional craft skills necessitates a radical rethinking of the means by which wooden heritage can be protected and sustained. ...
16-17 September 2006
[in French only] Les monuments sont bien vivants. Berceaux de la création, lieux de représentation, scènes et lieux de spectacles, les monuments sont indissociables, quelles que soient les époques, de la création artistique et de sa diffusion. Le thème choisi pour l'édition 2006 des Journées européennes du Patrimoine : « Faisons vivre notre patrimoine », illustrera ce dynamisme de la vie ...
11-16 September 2006
Documentation for Conservation and Development: New Heritage Strategies for the Future
Note: DEADLINE for submission of Abstracts is 31 January 2006The theme of the 11th International Seminar of Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage is both ambitious and crucial to the future of heritage conservation as well as to the development of communities, cities and civil society at ...