1419 Events
23 September 2002 - 2 October 2002
International conference to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention.
20 September 2002
[in French only] A l'occasion des 20 ans de son inscription sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial, et des 30 ans de la Charte de l'UNESCO, l'Institut Claude Nicolas Ledoux propose des rencontres qui auront lieu le 20 septembre 2002 sur le thème : « Patrimoine mondial - Patrimoines industriels ».
16-21 September 2002
"Image, Use and Heritage - The Reception of Architecture of the Modern Movement".
11-13 September 2002
Ename Center for Public Archaeology, Province of East-Flanders.
2-4 September 2002
International Institute for Culture Tourism and Development (IICTD) 2 to 11 September: Johannesburg 2002: World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (South Africa) (Rio + 10).Information: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org
31 August 2002
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19-23 August 2002
Adopted on the occasion of the meeting of African experts on heritage managementheld in Johannesburg from 19th to 23rd August 2002, as a parallel event to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, under the auspices of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
25 June 2002
The 26th session of the World Heritage Committee was taken as an occasion to brief all the States Parties from Europe and North America on the periodic report process.
25 February 2002 - 1 March 2002
Workshop participants gathered to assess the marine biodiversity of the tropical realm and identify opportunities to expand World Heritage coverage of areas of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). The primary objectives of the workshop were to:
Reach expert consensus on tropical coastal, marine, and small island ecosystems for potential nomination as World Heritage sites.
Identify ...
17-19 July 2001
Regional Experts Meeting on Plantation systems in the Carribean, Paramaribo, Suriname, 17-19 July, 2001
5-8 July 2001
States Parties Meeting towards a joint nomination of areas of the Alpine Arc for the World Heritage List (Turin, Italy 5-8 July 2001)
27-29 September 2000
Regional Experts Meeting on Cultural Landscapes in Central America, San José, Costa Rica, September 27-29, 2000
22 September 2000 - 1 October 2000
The meeting participants wished to bring to the attention of all relevant organisations and authorities concerned with World Heritage, fossil sites and geological sites the following points and recommendations from the meeting, bearing in mind the forthcoming World Heritage Committee meeting in Cairns.
The conference brought together representatives from World Heritage Fossil sites ...
26-29 May 2000
Final report
Saouma-Forero, Galia,Expert Meeting on Authenticity and Integrity in an African Context; Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; 2000
Authenticity and Integrity
Summary of ICCROM Position Paper, Amsterdam 1998
Jukka Jokilehto in collaboration with Joseph King (02 February 2000)
1. Integrated Strategic Process
The World Heritage Convention identifies as the duty of the States Parties to ...
10-14 April 2000
The Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention were initially drafted in 1978 to inform States Parties to the World Heritage Convention of the principles which guide the work of the 21 member intergovernmental World Heritage Committee. The Guidelines provide advice concerning the establishment of the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in ...
29 September 1999 - 3 October 1999
Regional Experts Meeting on Cultural Landscapes in Eastern Europe, Bialystok, Poland, 29 September - 3 October, 1999
24-27 August 1999
The meeting was attended by representatives from Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, the United States of America and Vanuatu, representatives from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and ...
9-12 March 1999
Expert Meeting - The World heritage Convention and Cultural Landscapes in Africa
9-14 March 1999
Expert Meeting on African Cultural Landscapes, Tiwi, Kenya, March 9-14, 1999
2-4 July 1998
Leading international architects, urban planners and mayors will gather in Valencia, Spain's third largest city, July 2-4 for an International Conference on Architecture and Cities for the 21st Century, to explore the crucial issues affecting our cities, the people who build them and those who live in them.
These are issues of universal concern, especially as rapid urbanisation means that ...
2-4 July 1998
Leading international architects, urban planners and mayors will gather in Valencia, Spain's third largest city, July 2-4 for an International Conference on Architecture and Cities for the 21st Century, to explore the crucial issues affecting our cities, the people who build them and those who live in them.These are issues of universal concern, especially as rapid urbanisation means that ...
17-22 May 1998
Regional Thematic Meeting on Cultural Landscapes in the Andes, Arequipa / Chivay, Peru, May 17-22, 1998
21-25 November 1997
The Symposium will focus on:Grassroots mobilization and professionalism in conservation workConservation politics and policiesEconomic development, conservation and quality of lifeThe symposium program includes on-site case studies at local cultural and historic sites with visits to the National Palace Museum, Di-Hwa Street, Chingshan Temple, Lungshan Temple, Pao-An Temple, Confucius Temple ...
19-24 November 1997
Draft agenda
Venue: UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (PROAP)920 Sukhumvit Road (between soi 40 and 42) Tel: (66-2) 391-0879 ext.146
Thursday 20 November
8.00-8.30 Registration
8.30Welcome by Mr Victor Ordoñez, Director of UNESCO PROAPIntroduction of participants
9.00LEAP-PROJECT STRUCTURE AND OBJECTIVESPresentation by Mr Richard Engelhardt, UNESCO Regional ...
5-10 October 1997
We wish to inform you that from Octobre 5 to Octobre 10 1997, Laval University, in Quebec, will host ForumUNESCO International Seminar under the theme "Universities and Heritage: Towards a New Convergence". Sponsored by UNESCO General Director M. Federico Mayor, this event will gather professionals, students and teachers working in the field of heritage, from various regions of the world.The ...
24 September 1997 - 30 June 1998
June 10, 1997, New York, NY -- The UNESCO World Heritage Centre today announced its support for BikeAbout's educational Internet adventure in the Mediterranean as they endeavor to increase awareness of, and access to, World Heritage sites in the region.
BikeAbout-the Mediterranean is the first fully "wired" circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea by bicycle. The all-volunteer, ...
23-24 September 1997
The Round Table on the Use of the Internet in the Promotion of National Heritage and Cultural Tourism in Central Asia is being organized by UNESCO and the Kazak Institute of Archeology, in Almaty, from 23 to 24 September 1997.During the Round Table, eminent scientists and decision-makers from Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan will explore the national heritage of ...
15-21 September 1997
The Asia-Pacific World Heritage Youth Forum in Beijing, China, 15-21 September 1997, will gather some 100 students and teachers from 21 countries in the region. The objective is to involve young people in World Heritage preservation and promotion through discussions and creative workshops at the World Heritage sites of The Great Wall, Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian and the Imperial ...
13-17 September 1997
In an effort to encourage coordinated disaster planning, mitigation and relief, the United Nations General Assembly established 1990-2000 as the international Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).As disaster management strategies evolve at local, national and international levels, it is essential to assure inclusion of the cultural heritage - sites, structures and monuments, as well ...
27-30 July 1997
ICOMOS Brasil has announced the II International Seminar on Roads to Preservation, to be celebrated at the Museu Brasileiro de Escultura in Sao Paulo from 27-30 July. Topics will include international charters, land use legislation, land use for archaeological and urban sites, linkage between cultural and natural heritage sites.
13-15 July 1997
Monographic topic: Art and technology in the work of Antoni Gaudi Gaudi's architecture tends to be approached from one of two viewpoints, one stressing its artistic aspects and the other its technical innovations. However, as study deepens on the subject it becomes clear that in Gaudi the two concepts are indivisible; the mechanical, geometric and construction features are at the service of ...
7-11 July 1997
The long-awaited international seminar on the management and conservation of Joya de Ceren and its surroundings (El Salvador) will be held from 7-11 July 1997. The seminar was preceded by a two-year process of studies and diagnoses on different aspects of conservation and management of the site. The substantive working document produced which will be the basis for discussions between national ...
21 June 1997 - 31 December 1997
Discover the TREASURED RELICS OF ORTHODOXY by means of the FULL catalogue of the exhibition.
16-18 May 1997
The Association of Independent Museums will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 1997. Joint hosts for this special anniversary conference will be the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and the Ironbridge Institute (University of Birmingham). The historic Ironbridge Gorge provides a fitting venue for this year's theme of 'Spirit of Time and Place'. The seminar programme will be ...
2-7 December 1996
During the 20th Section of the World Heritage the exhibition Africa Revisited took place. It was designed and produced by Galia Saouma-Forero.
The exhibition “Africa Revisited” was produced from information drawn from the first Global Strategy meeting in Harare in 1995 and the preparation of the meeting of Addis Ababa.
The exhibition highlighted the diversity and fragility of ...
21 April 1996
Expert Meeting on European Cultural Landscapes of Outstanding Universal Value, Vienna, Austria, 21 April 1996
22-24 March 1996
The expert meeting on "Evaluation of general principles and criteria for nominations of natural World Heritage sites" was held from 22 to 24 March 1996 at the Parc National de la Vanoise (France) at the kind invitation of the French Ministry for the Environment. Twenty experts representing natural and cultural heritage disciplines participated in their individual capacity (see List of ...
22-24 March 1996
Expert Meeting on 'Evaluation of general Principles and Criteria for Nomination of natural World Heritage Sites', Parc national de la Vanoise, France, March 22-24, 1996
11-13 October 1995
The scientific conception and preparation of the Harare meeting was set up by a scientificcommittee which met at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 9 June 1995.
27-29 April 1995
The Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Associative Cultural Landscapes, New South Wales, Australia April 27-29, 1995
28 March 1995 - 4 April 1995
Regional Thematic Study Meeting 'Asian Rice Culture and its Terraced Landscape', Manila, Philippines, 28 March - 4 April, 1995
15-19 September 1994
Expert Meeting on Heritage Canals, Chaffey Lock, Canada, September 15-19,1994
19-20 April 1983
A double objective motivated the meeting organized by ICOMOS within the framework of the studies requested by the world Heritage Committee :
the analysis of the various indicative lists prepared by the European countries, which have been convoked on this occasion, to avoid propositions which muld be of a repetition nature,
to elaborate , in so far as it would be possible, a doctment which ...