Activities
The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve.
| Title | Sites | State Parties | Description | Category | Date updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation and enhancement of the historic city of Bejaïa, Algeria | Algeria | Carried out under the aegis of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, this project aimed to strengthen local capacity and sustain actions undertaken at the local level.Surrounded by the huge Djurdjura, the Bibans ... | Cities Conservation of Cultural Sites Partnerships Restoration Urban Context |
2022-06-27 | |
| Conservation and preservation of the city of Constantine, Algeria | Algeria | The project in Constantine is part of the cross-sector project “Poverty Reduction through Sustainable World Heritage Management”, launched in 2002, on the theme of eliminating poverty and extreme poverty through the ... | Cities Conservation of Cultural Sites Partnerships Site Management Urban Context |
2022-06-27 | |
| Integrating cultural and natural heritage values in urban development processes in Lyon (France) | Historic Site of Lyon | France | The 2019 urban plan aims to protect cultural and natural heritage values and their attributes through specific planning tools, such as green and blue infrastructure planning and the development of heritage ... | Climate Change Environment & Resilience |
2023-07-12 |
| Preparatory assistance and technical support for the inscription, conservation and management of the Île de ... | Island of Saint-Louis | Senegal | The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, similar to the technical cooperation provided to the Town of Luang Prabang in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, has provided technical and financial support to national ... | Cities Conservation of Cultural Sites Cultural Routes Disaster Risk Reduction Marine & coastal Modern Heritage Periodic Reporting Site Management Sustainable Tourism Urban Context |
2022-06-27 |
| Promoting local development through heritage conservation and enhancement and tourism in the Island of Saint-Louis ... | Island of Saint-Louis | Senegal | After the World Heritage Committee warned in 2016 that the poor state of conservation of the property could lead to its inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger, a number of local, national and ... | Environment & Resilience Prosperity & Livelihood |
2023-02-16 |
| Rivers and Heritage: Niger-Loire, Governance and Culture project. Development of heritage and support for ... | Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) Old Towns of Djenné Timbuktu |
Mali | The ‘Niger-Loire: Governance and Culture’ project, coordinated by the World Heritage Centre within the framework of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, and financed by the European Commission, was launched in ... | Cultural landscapes Partnerships |
2022-06-27 |
| Support for conservation and management of the Historic Town of Grand Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire | Historic Town of Grand-Bassam | Côte d'Ivoire | Grand-Bassam is the first capital of the former French colony of Côte d’Ivoire, from 1893 to 1900. The historic city, or “France quarter” as it was called, was built on a stretch of land between the Ouladine Lake to ... | Cities Conservation of Cultural Sites Site Management Urban Context |
2022-06-27 |
| Support to the International seminar on the Rehabilitation of Historic Centres of Latin American Cities (SIRCHAL) ... | Workshop on urban conservation and restoration and creation of a four-language glossary. The SIRCHAL Programme (Network for the Revitalization of Latin American and Caribbean Historic Centres) has several goals ... | Cities Publications Urban Context |
2022-06-27 | ||
| Technical assistance for the preparation and establishment of a management plan for Coro and its Port, Venezuela ... | Coro and its Port | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | With its earthen constructions unique to the Caribbean, the town of Coro, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), is the only surviving example of a rich fusion of local traditions with Spanish Mudéjar and Dutch ... | Cities Conservation of Cultural Sites Urban Context |
2022-06-27 |
| Technical assistance for the safeguarding, management and development of the Historic Centre of Riga, Latvia | Historic Centre of Riga | Latvia | The Historic Centre of Riga, Latvia, was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 for its urban and architectural values. The city’s urban morphology is a fine example of the development and evolution phases of ... | Cities Conservation of Cultural Sites Restoration Site Management Urban Context |
2022-06-27 |
| Urban heritage and local development in Africa: participation in the Africities Summits | The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement developed several activities centred on heritage and sustainable local development in Africa in particular. Since 2003, this Cooperation Agreement initiated the organisation ... | Partnerships | 2022-06-27 | ||
| Urban Notebooks | Urban Notebooks The e-magazine of the World Heritage Cities Programme features diverse voices on urban heritage, practices, and opinion pieces. February 2022 Issue 20 Dr. Patricia E. ... | Cities Other materials Publications Urban Context |
2022-10-17 | ||
| Report on the Historic Urban Landscape Workshops and Field Activities on the Swahili coast in East Africa 2011-2012 | Island of Mozambique Lamu Old Town Stone Town of Zanzibar |
Kenya · Mozambique · United Republic of Tanzania | On 10 November 2011 UNESCO’s General Conference adopted theRecommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, six years after the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention adopted Resolution ... | Other materials Publications |
2022-03-03 |