Decision 31 COM 15

Evaluation of the World Heritage Partnerships for Conservation Initiative (PACT)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Document WHC-07/31.COM/15,
2. Recalling Decision 29 COM 13, adopted at its 29th session (Durban, 2005);
3. Expresses its appreciation for the results achieved and encourages the World Heritage Centre to continue work developed under the World Heritage Partnerships Initiative (World Heritage PACT);
4. Requests the World Heritage Centre, in preparing the next cycle of revisions to the Operational Guidelines, to submit to the 32nd session of the Committee, a discussion paper on new strategic directions for partnerships, with a particular emphasis on:
   1. Developing partnerships with the corporate sector,
   2. New modalities of generating income based on licensing,
   3. Commercial use of the World Heritage logo,
   4. The need to take geographical representation into account when developing partnerships;
5. Emphasizes the need to trademark the term “World Heritage”, and invites the Director-General to identify extra-budgetary funding to initiate this process ;
6. Encourages the Director-General to continue the development of new tools in support of the partnership development strategy.