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         <title>First World Conference &quot;Volcanoes, Landscapes and Cultures&quot; </title>
         <description><![CDATA[Insula, the International Scientific Council for Island Development,&amp;nbsp;is pleased to announce&amp;nbsp;the World Conference on &quot;Volcanoes, Landscapes and Cultures&quot;, organized under the auspices of UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Italian government, and in partnership with UNESCO&apos;s Man and Biosphere Programme (MaB), the Sicilian Regional Government, the University of Catania, the Etna Regional Park Authority, and other relevant organizations, such as LAVE, the European  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/568</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>2nd International Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction to Cultural Heritage</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The 2nd International Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction to Cultural Heritage will be held in Acre, Israel from 14 to 17 November 2009, organised by UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Israel Antiquities Authority and benefits from the contribution of the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities in the framework of a collaboration partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority. This workshop will bring together site managers from a selected group of World Heritage properties,  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/610</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>3rd International Conference of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes on &quot;Use and Management of Water in World Heritage Cultural Landscapes&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Following the establishment of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes&amp;nbsp;and its international conferences in 2007 and 2008, this&amp;nbsp;3rd&amp;nbsp;International Conference is designed to discuss the concrete challenges of water management in World Heritage Cultural Landscapes while also aiming at promoting and further extending the network of partner sites of the Alliance.
Aiming at defining a strategy of sustainable management of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes that  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/615</link>
         <author>mdelpozo@aranjuezcultural.es (Maria del Pozo)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Workshop on the Application of the concept of Historic Urban Landscapes in the African context</title>
         <description><![CDATA[More than half of the Earth&apos;s population now lives in an urban area, and over the past three decades, due to the sharp increase in the world&apos;s urban population, historic cities have become subject to new threats.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
In order to address conservation and planning issues of historic cities, the Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscapes is being prepared for possible adoption at the 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO&amp;nbsp;in 2011.
Within this  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/613</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Assessment of Vulnerability of World Cultural and Natural Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Asia and the Pacific region is particularly exposed to disasters and affected by climate change. However, managers of most World Heritage properties in the region, especially cultural and natural heritage sites, are not aware of the specific risks that may affect their sites, nor have put in place adequate plans to reduce them.
A regional workshop gathering experts from different regions and bringing together managers of World Cultural Heritage properties at particular risk may contribute  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/600</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Marc de Montalembert grant 2010, application deadline</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Marc de Montalembert grant - 7000 Euros - helps young people from countries bordering the Mediterranean sea, and below 30 years of age, to implement projects dedicated to the knowledge of the cultures of his Region.
Since 1995 nineteen projects have been implemented by winners of the grant from 7 Mediterranean countries.
Application to the 2010 grant are to be submitted by 31 December 2009.]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/611</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM</title>
         <description><![CDATA[3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from&amp;nbsp;5 &amp;nbsp;March&amp;nbsp;to 30 April 2010 in&amp;nbsp;Rome, Italy.
ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome.&amp;nbsp; ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing courses in heritage conservation since 1965 including the Architectural Conservation Course (ARC) and many other regular courses and long term programmes.&amp;nbsp; In  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/589</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>European Meeting for Improvement of  Tourism and Visitor Management Skills </title>
         <description><![CDATA[The goal of the European Meeting for Improvement of&amp;nbsp; Tourism and Visitor Management Skills is to improve the state of conservation of World Heritage sites&amp;nbsp;by enhancing the quality of tourism and visitors management tools for the&amp;nbsp;improvement of overall management skills. The aim of the workshop is to develop and strengthen capacities and skills in tourism management at the sub-regional level to safeguard and improve the state of conservation of cultural and natural  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/607</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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