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World Heritage Volunteers

International Voluntary Service in favour of World Heritage
Categories: Education & Training

Apr 1, 2008 - Oct 31, 2008

World Heritage Volunteers "Patrimonito rolls up the sleeves"

Specific international volunteer projects organised around the theme of World Heritage.

The initiative aims to provide opportunities and tools to sensitize youth organisations and groups to World Heritage, operating in the sphere of non-formal education in general and using voluntary service as a method in particular. It is jointly coordinated by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS).

Twelve projects have been selected as pioneers of the World Heritage Volunteers 2008 and to make use of the Patrimonito mascot, symbolizing young heritage guardian, to educate the public about World Heritage protection and conservation.

The project gathers participants between 16 and 30 years old from different countries around a common project requiring collective effort and involvement. The project activities have been designed according to the needs of the host community and put strong emphasis on contact and dialogue with the local population. These youth work camps last between two to four weeks and accommodate from ten to thirty participants.

If you are interested to participate, please contact CCIVS:email:ccivs@unesco.org http://www.unesco.org/ccivs/patrimonito.htm

Selected World Heritage Volunteers projects. For the project description, click on the project title.

Contacts

  • Carméla Quin (c.quin@unesco.org)

Documents

Strategic objectives:

  • capacity building
  • communication