Activities

Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest
"As cultures encompass lifestyles, different ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs, the protection and promotion of their rich diversity invite us to rise to new ...
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State of conservation information system
Article 4 of the World Heritage Convention refers to the conservation of properties inscribed on the World Heritage List and indicates that each “State Party to this Convention ...
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"Villages antiques du nord de la Syrie" : soutien au dossier de nomination.
La région des "villages antiques" dans le massif calcaire du nord de la Syrie, présente un intérêt considérable, tant sur le plan du patrimoine historique que du ...

Afghanistan’s cultural heritage: Safeguarding Campaign
The focus of this Campaign is the safeguarding of all aspects of Afghan cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, including museums, monuments, archaeological sites, music, art, ...

Caribbean Fortifications
The Heritage Office of the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, COLCULTURA, organized the Caribbean Fortification Experts Meeting, financed by the UNESCO World Heritage Fund, for purposes of ...

Case Studies on the Conservation and Management of Historic Cities
The « Historic cities in development: keys for understanding and action»  project, a compilation of 40 case studies on the conservation and management of historic cities, ...

Case study: Tongariro
In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The mountains at the heart of the park have ...

Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Local Development for African Local Governments Published
The handbook "Cultural heritage and local development: A Guide for African local governments" was created in response to the request formulated during the special session 'Africans towns and ...

Luang Prabang, Laos : soutien à la sauvegarde et mise en valeur du site, et à la coopération décentralisée avec la Ville de Chinon
La CFU a soutenu la coopération décentralisée entre la ville de Luang Prabang et la ville de Chinon depuis 1999, à travers la mise à disposition d'experts ...

Saint Louis, Sénégal : sauvegarde et mise en valeur de la ville.
La partie historique de la ville de Saint-Louis du Sénégal, située dans l'île entre les deux bras du fleuve Sénégal, est inscrite sur la Liste du ...

Senegal: support for the development of the country’s cultural heritage inventory
The President of the Republic of Senegal (by Decree 2001-1065 of 20 December 2001) has assigned the Ministry of Culture (in particular, the Department of Cultural Heritage) to achieve the ...

Soutien au "réseau des villes indiennes de culture vivante"
Le ministère Indien en charge de l'urbanisme a lancé un programme de reformulation des plans de développement communaux et de mise au point de schémas ...

The Chii`k Naab mural paintings: Calakmul. The conservation of mural paintings in tropical climates.
Since 1993, the Calakmul Archaeological Project has made an enormous contribution to interdisciplinary research, ensuring the integral conservation of the Outstanding Universal Value, as was ...

The Inventory of the historic city of Sana'a: a tool for urban conservation
This publication documents the main outcomes of the studies undertaken in 2003 - 2006, by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the General Organisation for the Preservation of the Historic Cities ...

UNESCO for Haiti
Making Culture a Motor for Reconstruction Haiti, the "land of a thousand colours" ‎ "Haiti will certainly not die, because its painters started painting again, its poets started creating, ...

World Heritage and the Arctic
This publication presents the outcome and recommendations of the International Expert Meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic, which took place from 30 November to 1 December 2007 in Narvik, ...

World Heritage – Pacific 2009 Programme
Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is the most under-represented sub-region on the World Heritage List. To redress this imbalance, World ...

Activities to protect Afghanistan’s moveable cultural property
UNESCO assists the Afghan authorities in preventing the illicit trafficking of cultural property. UNESCO's policy on the protective safekeeping of cultural property is straightforward. Where ...

Coordination Committee
The International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (ICC) was formed in 2002 to coordinate all international efforts for the safeguarding of cultural ...

Safeguarding of the Bamiyan site, Phase I
The aims of this project were the consolidation of the cliffs and niches, the conservation of mural paintings in the Buddhist caves, the definition of the archaeological zone through soundings, ...