1.         Tipasa (Algeria) (C 193)

Year of inscription on the World Heritage List  1982

Criteria  (iii)(iv)

Year(s) of inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger   2002-2006

Threats for which the property was inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger

(Decision 26 COM 21 (b) 34)

Desired state of conservation for the removal of the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger

Not yet drafted; In progress; Drafted; proposed for adoption in the draft Decision below ; Adopted, see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/xxxx/

Corrective measures identified

[as defined by the reactive follow-up mission in March 2006]

a) Delimitation of the official boundaries of the inscribed zones and the buffer zone based on the new cadastral survey;

b) Relocation of the squatter families within the listed perimeter;

c) Strengthening of human and financial resources;

d) Elaboration and implementation of the protection plan (PPMVSAZP);

e) Elaboration of a site management plan.

Timetable for the implementation of these corrective measures:

The local and national authorities informed the March 2006 mission that all of these actions would be initiated in 2006. Although a timetable has yet to be determined, it was estimated that all of these operations would take approximately two years. 

Timeframe for the implementation of the corrective measures

Not yet identified; In progress; Identified; proposed for adoption in the draft Decision below ; Adopted, see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/xxxx

Previous Committee Decisions  see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/193/documents/

International Assistance

Requests approved: 0 (from 1989-2001)
Total amount approved: USD 75,900
For details, see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/193/assistance/

UNESCO Extra-budgetary Funds

Total amount provided to the property: USD 9,564 from Italian Funds-in-Trust.

Previous monitoring missions

Mission of two World Heritage Centre experts in February 2002, then an additional World Heritage Centre mission in September 2002 ; a World Heritage Centre-ICOMOS reactive monitoring mission from 3 to 9 March 2006.

Factors affecting the property identified in previous reports

Some threats, identified in previous reports, have since been mitigated. Others remain, but should be resolved thanks to a new urban policy, and management tools and measures already in place or being elaborated.

a) Slow natural deterioration due to shore line and wind erosion, and sea salt ;

b) Deterioration of the gullies of the rock, bed of a former wadi, where waste water runs in an open sewer, crossing the property due to lack of a sanitation network, and in which garbage is being dumped;

c) Presence of a number of constructions within the perimeter of the listed zones ;

d) Inadequate services responsible for conservation of the site. 

Illustrative material  see page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/193/

Current conservation issues

350 words

Analysis and Conclusions of the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS and ICCROM

500 words

Draft Decision: 46 COM 7A.

The World Heritage Committee,

1.         Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7A,

2.         Recalling Decision

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a)         Heading 8

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2.         Finally Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2025, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property and the implementation of the above, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 47th session;

2.         Decides to retain Tipasa (Algeria) on the List of World Heritage in Danger.