The 2019 UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Cultural Landscape Prize to be awarded 18 November
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
UNESCO expresses solidarity with Japan as fire rips through World Heritage site in Okinawa
Thursday, 31 October 2019
World Cities Day
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Recent flooding threatens the World Heritage property of the Historic Town of Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire. UNESCO is sending a mission to provide technical assistance to national and local authorities in assessing the damage and collecting all the data necessary for the preparation of a risk management plan that better takes account of the flood issue.
On the weekend of 11 to 13 October, ...
Group of experts on Cultural Heritage meet at European Commission
Saturday, 19 October 2019
Female military trained by UNESCO in protecting cultural property
Friday, 18 October 2019
The first guide for the insurance industry to protect our world’s priceless and irreplaceable assets was launched today at a major event by UN Environment’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) in São Paulo, Brazil, convening leading insurers, investors and banks.
The pioneering guide, Protecting our World Heritage, insuring a sustainable future, builds on last year’s launch of the first insurance ...
UNESCO closely monitoring ongoing threats to Venice World Heritage site
Monday, 14 October 2019
World Migratory Bird Day, 12 October: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution
Saturday, 12 October 2019
International Day of Disaster Reduction, 13 October
Friday, 11 October 2019
Ethiopia hosts technical workshop for potential natural World Heritage sites
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Climate education is about awareness of heritage
Monday, 30 September 2019
World Tourism Day 2019 : Tourism and jobs
Friday, 27 September 2019
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran, in cooperation with the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO and the Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, are organizing the 6th meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Serial Transnational World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads from 23 to 26 September 2019 in Hamedan, Iran.
The ...
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Superintendent wins prestigious KfW-Bernhard-Grzimek-Preis
Monday, 23 September 2019
Salalah Guidelines: International Workshop on managing archaeological sites opens in Oman
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Third Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise kicks off in Africa
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Tourist guides from World Heritage Sites in Iran participated in the “World Heritage Specialist Guide Training Program” in Kermanshah from 04 to 08 August 2019 to upgrade their knowledge of World Heritage Sites and acquire new skills needed to become a specialized World Heritage tour guide.The participants composed a mixed group coming from the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and ...
