On 23 August 2017, the first meeting for the establishment of the Administrative Council of the Regional World Heritage Institute in Zacatecas, Category 2 Centre created under the auspices of UNESCO in 2010. The meeting will take place in the building "La Casa del Conquistador", where the Institute is located, situated in the historic center of Zacatecas, property inscribed on the World ...
Call for nominations for the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards 2018
22-Aug-2017 - 30-Sep-2017
Call for Entries:The European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards
21-Aug-2017 - 01-Oct-2017

World Heritage Partners Event Kraków 2017
Friday, 7 July 2017
The side event ‘Culture : Urban Future’ – The Role of Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Local Development will discuss the role of cultural heritage for sustainable urban development, over a working lunch, within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda.
In an effort to address the rising challenges of the increasingly urbanized world, the UNESCO ...

World Heritage Committee side event: Coral bleaching in World Heritage marine sites
Tuesday, 4 July 2017

41st session of the Committee
02-Jul-2017 - 12-Jul-2017

Site Managers Forum
30-Jun-2017 - 06-Jul-2017

World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2017
25-Jun-2017 - 04-Jul-2017

UNESCO Celebrates International #MuseumWeek
19-Jun-2017 - 25-Jun-2017
The call for applications for the new edition of the Masters in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin (for the English) and, University of Barcelona (for the Spanish edition) and the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICCROM, is now open.
The ...

#MyOceanPledge
08-Jun-2017 - 09-Jun-2017

UNESCO Expert Meeting for the World Heritage Nomination Process of the Maritime Silk Routes
30-May-2017 - 31-May-2017

Multimedia exhibition "World Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean"
29-May-2017 - 02-Jun-2017
The Central Asian Sub-Regional Meeting on Sustainable Tourism and Development Initiatives will focus on three major goals:
the strengthening of coordination and the improvement of collaboration amongst relevant stakeholders in Central Asia;
the challenges and opportunities in tourism development on the Silk Roads; and
solutions and methods for future tourism development.
The ...
An Information and exchange session for States Parties to the World Heritage Convention as well as an Orientation session for Committee members, on the occasion of 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (Krakow, Poland, 2 - 12 July 2017) will be held on Tuesday 23 May 2017 in Room XI.
Agendas
Information and exchange sessionAgenda
Orientation ...

Conservation and management of the World Heritage properties of religious interest in Asia-Pacific
17-May-2017 - 19-May-2017
First Francophone African Regional Youth Forum on World Heritage
26-Apr-2017 - 05-May-2017
The World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund, is calling for papers to be included in its forthcoming publication entitled: Community Involvement in the Management of World Heritage in Africa.
The main objective of this publication is to publicize endogenous site management practices and share successful experiences with a view to contributing to the ...