In view of the current global pandemic and following the extraordinary measures being taken to tackle the spread of COVID-19 globally, the 2020 Campaign of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative has been postponed to 2021.
In order to offer more flexibility and facilitate the implementation of the projects next year, the 2020 and 2021 Campaigns of WHV have been merged as follows:
Despite the unprecedented challenge posed by COVID-19, the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative has the confidence in the collective ability of all the stakeholders to rise to this challenge, in full compliance with the values of cooperation, mutual understanding and respect, all of which form the pillars of the Initiative.