This project focused on strengthening the business planning capacity of non-profit organisations (government agencies, NGOs) charged with the responsibility for the management and protection of natural World ...
In December 1995, the Director-General of UNESCO and the representative of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Government signed a Cooperation Memorandum providing for the preparation of reconstruction and restoration ...
Venice, with its surrounding lagoon, is unique. In this city on the water, where the idea of terra firma is meaningless, a thousand years has seen the creation of an extraordinary museum of architecture. But this ...
Probota Monastery, located in north-east Romania, has been on the World Heritage List since 1993. The present church, built between 1528 and 1530 by Petru Rares. It is the beautiful internal and external frescos, ...
Beside the famous Stari Most (Old Bridge), a genuine symbol of the town destroyed in 1993, there is another ancient bridge in Mostar: the Kriva Cuprija (or the Crooked Bridge). It crosses the Rabobolja creek, a ...
By the end of the first month of work, the international team of experts headed by Professor Carlo Blasi of the University of Florence (Italy) was established to set up the general framework for the safeguarding of ...
The "Old Bridge" enhanced the town's development and prosperity. It was its raison d'être. Despite reinforcement works sometimes incompatible with modern restoration principles, this construction was in a perfect ...
This historical mosque, situated in the vicinity of the Old Bridge, in the most touristic part of Mostar, was built c. 1600. This monocameral mosque had a rectangular plan a roof of slates and a slender minaret, ...
In the sestiere or district of Castello, at the entrance to the calle del Paradiso, so called because of the splendid illuminations on festival nights, there is an elegant Gothic arch surmounted by a triangular ...
This church was built in the second half of the seventeenth century by Giuseppe Benoni; the façade is the work of Giuseppe Sardi.Antonio Barbaro left detailed instructions in his will for the design, building and ...
Pro Venezia, Switzerland has always been sensitive to the need for constant monitoring and prompt maintenance of restored buildings.True to this principle, the Swiss Committee provided funds for tests to be carried ...
The first stage of Venice in Peril’s (VIP) exciting venture into the conservation of historic housing in Venice also reached completion during the year. This Superintendency-led project brought together an ...
The Amici della Basilica dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo (with funding from the Fondazione Varzi) commissioned preliminary chemical analyses in the Cappella Sagredo, with frescoes by Tiepolo, in the Church of S. Francesco ...
The Comité français financed the restoration of Lorenzo Bregno's sixteenth-century funeral monument to Alvise Pasqualigo in the Church of the Frari in memory of Ms Solange Gaussen. In November and December the ...
In 1470 or thereabouts, an image of a Madonna and child was enshrined in a niche overlooking the street. Gradually, a history of miracles grew up around it, and the Venetians so worshipped the Madonna that they ...
Cooperating this time with the new American committee Venetian Heritage Inc., the Comitato Italiano saw work on the high altar of the Church of San Rocco almost completed and a start made on two gilded and painted ...
In a joint effort, the Comitato Italiano per Venezia secured funding for the restoration of the dozens of iron window and door frames in the ancient Artiglierie building in the Arsenale.In time for part of it to be ...
Three and a half centuries of neglect and maltreatment were finally reversed in October 1999 with the completion of the comprehensive restoration of the Ancient Jewish Cemetery on the Lido, first established in ...
Save Venice Inc. brought three projects in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna to completion during the year. The Cappella Badoer-Giustinian was restored in memory of one of the founding fathers of the ...
The Comité français pour la sauvegarde de Venise often sponsors the restoration of Venetian monuments that have a French connection. This is the case of the Cappella Clary in the Church of San Trovaso, the burial ...
Responding to the Superintendency’s urgent appeal for attention to the Cappella Emiliani, attached to the façade of the Church of San Michele, the Venice in Peril Fund financed preliminary diagnostic surveys and ...
Working on its own account, Venetian Heritage launched the preliminary phases of two projects during the year in preparation for the restoration of the frescoes in the sacristy of the Church of S. Salvador and of ...
During the year 1999, Save Venice Inc.passed from the planning to the execution phase of the restoration of the German Synagogue, but even after full-scale preparatory surveys and tests the Superintendency is ...
The Venice branch of Zonta Club International undertook to fund the restoration of Jacopo Bassano's famous painting of the "Nativity" in the Basilica of S. Giorgio Maggiore. The Association of Private Committees ...
Mid-sixteenth century painted Crucifixion group in wood, with the Virgin and St. John, from the Church of San Michele. Following its long and painstaking restoration, the remarkable Crucifixion group financed by ...
The Comité français pour la sauvegarde de Venise began the restoration and refurbishment of two frescoed rooms in the Querini Stampalia Foundation, once occupied by the Serenissima's last ambassador to France. The ...
A 13th century sculpted marble angel and the archway supporting it in Calle Magno, Castello. This was a long-awaited inauguration financed by Pro Venezia Sweden and the Australian Committee for Venice. Working space ...
The decoration, carried out at the end of the 18th century for the wedding of Alvise Querini di Zuanne and Maria Teresa di Francesco, consists of stucco work in the pre-neoclassical style, with marmorino borders in ...
The current UNESCO project comprises three main components: Installation of an under-floor heating system as well as a new brick floor to respect the original floor covering, and restoration of a painted wooden ...
Message given by the Director General delivered at the Press Conference of the 12th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nairobi, Kenya (6-17 November 2006) One of the major ...
Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French, Spanish and Arabic. It presents twenty-six case studies from selected ...
At its 30th session in July 2006, the World Heritage Committee endorsed the report on "Predicting and managing the impacts of Climate Change on World Heritage" and the "Strategy to assist States Parties to implement ...
By its decision 30 COM 7.1 the World Heritage Committee endorsed the "Strategy to assist States Parties to implement management responses" and took note of the report on "Predicting and managing the impacts of ...
In May 2007 the Report on predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage and Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses were published as "World Heritage ...
The 42nd issue of the World Heritage Review, published in June 2006, focuses on the issues of climate change and World Heritage Sites. A background on the issues is given in a feature article which discusses coral ...
This third component, funded by the European Commission, allowed the activities of CAWHFI to continue, while strengthening initiatives in favor of conservation and sustainable development of the spaces, species and ...
Early in the implementation of Central African World Heritage Initiative’s first phase, the project partners felt the need to better integrate the project into the whole local ecological, socio-economic and cultural ...
CAWHFI’s first component focused its action on the improvement of the management of the Sangha Trinational, Gamba-Mayumba-Conkouati and Dja-Odzala-Minkebe Trinational transborder landscapes, so as to significantly ...
Dans le cadre de l'Initiative pour le patrimoine mondial forestier d'Afrique centrale (CAWHFI), le Centre du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO a organisé un atelier qui visait à identifier et à caractériser, parmi les ...
This publication is intended for both biodiversity specialists and the general public. It provides detailed information on two important initiatives undertaken by the World Heritage Centre for the preservation of ...
Lithuania, Vilnius, 3-8 July 2006 Objectives The Baltic Youth Workshop on World Heritage was organized on the occasion of the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius. The general objective of the ...
Some 80 high-level participants, representing a wide range of fields, gathered at the International Conference on World Heritage in Young Hands - A Dialogue among Civilizations, held in Aswan/Cairo (Egypt) from 6-12 ...
Graz, Austria, 7-12 October 2000 Interregional Seminar on World Heritage and Youth The workshop consisted of 3 working groups that focused on different aspects of the World Heritage Education. The first working ...
Chartres, France, 24-28 February, 1999 An International Workshop to disseminate the publication World Heritage in Young Hands - Resource Kit for Teachers, was held at Chartres World Heritage site. Some 20 ...
Helsinki, Finland, 11-16 December 2001 Objectives Five main objectives of the Workshop Present recent WHE achievements and the results of the external World Heritage Evaluation Make proposals for the ...
Pont-du-Gard, France, 21-23 March 2005 Objectives For teachers: Provide secondary and elementary school classroom teachers with innovative, user-friendly multi-media interdisciplinary educational resource ...
In connection with the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre invited Gruppo Alcuni (Italy), a ...
Call to produce additional innovative resource material on specific World Heritage sites The importance of preparing new multi-media educational material focused on specific World Heritage sites in respective ...
Adopting a more hands-on approach At skills development training courses, young people are actively involved in the preservation of World Heritage, while acquiring new skills that contribute to a better ...
Training teachers and teacher trainers is a pre-requisite to teaching WHE and to utilize the KIT well. UNESCO has organized a series of regional and national teacher training workshops to present to them the World ...
Uniting the Seas (Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas) in favour of World Heritage Education for Sustainable Development with the support of ICTs The GVRR project aims to link young people engaged in the preservation ...
A series of 30 exhibition panels available for World Heritage Exhibits. These posters can be used free of copyright restrictions for non-commercial purposes. They are available for downloading as PDF (See Documents ...
The Park of Koga (Japan) was awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes for its 2003 edition. Park of KogaJapan Park of Koga (Japan) © ...
The historical village of Maymand in southern Iran has been awarded the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes for its 2005 edition. The prize ...
The Borodino Battlefield in the Russian Federation was awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.
The 2019 UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was awarded on 18 November to Instituto do Património Cultural in Cabo Verde for its outstanding ...
The Public Institute of Kozjansko Park in Podsreda (Slovenia) was awarded the 2021 edition of the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize or the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.
The Gunditjmara community was awarded the 2023 edition of the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes in recognition of its outstanding efforts to ...
The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes has been awarded for its first edition in 1999 jointly to Valle de Viñales (Cuba), the Elishia's Park ...
The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes has been awarded for 2001 jointly to Murjadjo Djebel, Planters' Wood and Old Town of Sid Hourari ...
In 2011, the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes has been awarded jointly to Battir Cultural Landscape (Palestine) and the Museum-Reservation ...
People of Africa, the Americas, the Arab to the future world, Asia, Europe and the Pacific; men, women and children, we are all the inheritors of treasures from past civilizations and natural sites of outstanding ...
Wang Nam Keow, Thailand26 July-9 August 2008 Description The project will consist of working for two weeks in and around one of Thailand's largest national parks, the Kao Yai National Park and part of the World ...
Tamberma, au nord-est du Togo Description L'idée principale est de mettre en valeur le site dans le cadre de la modernisation, sans pour antant endommager son authenticité, d'orienter sa population vers des ...
Ile d'Aix (Region Poitou-Charentes)25 august- 15 september 2008 Description Fort Liedot forms part of the Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente (World Heritage Tentative List as ...
Ajigawa-town, Aomori, Shirakami, JapanDu 20 au 29 juin 2008 Description The Shirakami Mountains is one of Japanese valuable preserved natural forest consisting primarily of beech trees. Inscribed in the UNESCO ...
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam22 September-4 October 2008 Description SJ Vietnam in collaboration with the Youth Union in Quang Ninh will organise a workcamp in Halong bay with local youth to raise awareness of the local ...
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 ...
This publication provides a retrospective of the first 10 years of the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative, to increase its visibility and sustainability and support the organizations committed to its values. From ...
Twelve projects have been selected as pioneers of the World Heritage Volunteers 2008 and to make use of the Patrimonito mascot, symbolizing young heritage guardian, to educate the public about World Heritage ...
In the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme and taking into account the positive results obtained by the World Heritage Volunteers project in 2008, UNESCO World Heritage Centre and CCIVS have ...
Patrimonito Voluntary Action 2010 In the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme and taking into account the positive results obtained by the World Heritage Volunteers project in 2008 and 2009, ...
From Armenia to Zambia, from Germany to Peru, and from Indonesia to Togo, World Heritage Volunteers worked hard at sites around the world in 2011. World Heritage and Diversity Organizing 28 projects in 17 ...
Launched within the framework of the World Heritage Education Programme, the World Heritage Volunteers projects mobilize and involve young people and youth organizations in World Heritage promotion and ...
Beyond Territories and Boundaries Living beyond territories and boundaries appears as one of mankind’s dream, and our common history abounds with travellers who tried to fulfil it. But now that we travel beyond ...
Following the Call for Project Proposals in January, 48 projects at 47 World Heritage sites in 28 countries have been selected to be part of “World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2013 – Patrimonito Voluntary Action, ...
Following an excellent response to the Call for Project Proposals in November, 54 projects at 53 World Heritage sites in 33 countries have been selected to be part of “World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2014 – Action ...
We have the pleasure to announce the launch of a common action of the UNESCO #UNITE4HERITAGE campaign in synergy with the World Heritage Volunteers 2015. The common action aims to encourage youth from Arab ...
Forty-six organizations are taking part in this year’s World Heritage Volunteers Initiative to carry out 52 youth action projects from June to December 2015 in 34 countries. They are youth organizations, clubs, ...
The World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2016: Together for Heritage campaign illustrates the global success of the World Heritage Volunteers initiative, now running for the ninth consecutive year to mobilize youth to ...
The World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2017 campaign: Heritage in our hands will take stock of the progress made over the past ten years to mobilize youth to preserve and promote World Heritage by reaching out to their ...
This year’s theme for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2018 campaign is Empowering the Commitment to World Heritage. For its 11th year, 51 action camp projects will be implemented at 50 World Heritage properties ...
Empowering Commitment to World Heritage This year’s theme for the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2019 campaign is Empowering Commitment to World Heritage. For its twelfth year, 68 action camp projects will be ...
Fostering Youth Commitment towards World Heritage The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2020 - 2021 Campaign, under the theme of ...
Resilience and Re-mobilization towards World Heritage The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2022 Campaign, under the theme of ...
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2023 Campaign, under the theme of ‘World Heritage Volunteers 2023 - Working on the Future’.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2024 Campaign, under the theme of ‘World Heritage Volunteers 2024 - Working on the Future’.
The World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative encourages young people to undertake concrete preservation activities in action camps organised by youth organisations and institutions in cooperation with multiple ...
The related properties account for many innovations in culture, behavior, adaptation, and technology which shaped the future course of humanity as we know it today. This long process has increasingly transformed the ...
Properties linked to Human Evolution have evidence for natural and cultural processes related to human lineage as part of the record of life and of the earth's history. Therefore Human Evolution sites are also ...
Concerning Rock Art, for the purpose of the Thematic Programme, it is understood in the form of paintings and engravings as clear and long-lasting evidence for the transmission of human conceptual thoughts and ...
UNESCO, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Centre Sciences, Orléans - a ...
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 ...
Celebrating 40 years of the World Heritage Convention, the proceedings of Closing Event of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, has been published. This electronic publication ...
International colloquium on the challenges and opportunities for the conservation and management of World Heritage cities.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre published a brochure reporting the events and activities carried out in 2012 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. This colorful, illustrated ...
Tourism represents an important but double-edged challenge for World Heritage Properties, which is the subject of ongoing discussion through initiatives and programmes launched by the World Heritage Centre. In 2012, ...
In the framework of the World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme (WH+ST Programme), the UNESCO World Heritage Centre has developed a capacity building tool for site managers (“How To” Guides) to help them ...
The project Towards a Nordic-Baltic pilot region for World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism (2012-2014) was initiated by the Nordic World Heritage Foundation (NWHF). With a practical approach, the project has ...
The project “Support for documentation standards and procedures of the Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination in Central Asia”, funded with the generous support of the government of Japan ...
The project “Strengthening Conservation and Management of Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, World Heritage Property”, funded with the generous support of the government of Japan through the UNESCO/Japanese ...
The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement supported the production of a documentary on earthen architecture. In 2004, François Le Bayon directed the documentary “New Forms in Earthen Architecture.” The documentary was ...
Interview David Hales Oral Archives of the World Heritage Convention David Hales is an American environmentalist. Currently, he is a director of the World Parliament of Religions, where he ...
The audio excerpts are from an interview with David Sheppard by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler in Kyoto, Japan the 8 November 2012. He discusses various World Heritage issues such as the length of the List, ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Roland Silva by Christina Cameron the 11 October 2011 in Victoria, Canada. They highlight the important contributions of the first Asian President of ICOMOS, ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Sok An by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler the 18 June 2014 in Doha, Qatar. The interest of his testimony lies particularly in his vision of the aims of ...
Interview Webber Ndoro Oral Archives of the World Heritage Convention Webber Ndoro is an archaeologist and Zimbabwean heritage expert. He holds a BA in History from the University of ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview conducted with Abdelaziz Touri by Christina Cameron and Petra Van Den Born the 22 June 2011 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. He recounts his vision of World ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Adrian Phillips by Christina Cameron the 24 January 2008 in London, U.K. Adrian Phillips takes a critical look at the successes and limitations of the World ...
Interview Alissandra Cummins Oral Archives of the World Heritage Convention Following studies in art history at the University of East Anglia, Alissandra Cummins completed her Masters in ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow by Mechtild Rössler and Petra Van Den Born the 22 October 2009 in Paris, France. In particular, he gives an account of UNESCO's first ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Azedine Beschaouch by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler in July 2010 in Brasilia, Brazil. Through his many recollections, he recounts the first years of ...
The following audio excerpts are from two interviews conducted with Bernd von Droste by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler the 5 April 2007 and 1st February 2008 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. He describes his ...
Carmen Añón Feliú is a landscape architect by training. As a specialist in historic gardens, she has overseen conservation projects at the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid for twenty-five years, as well as teaching ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Catherine Dumesnil by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler the 25 November 2009 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. She shares her positive and optimistic ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Christopher Young by Christina Cameron the 16 May 2018 in Paris. We hear about his experience as the manager of Hadrian's Wall, as well as the beginnings of ...
The audio excerpts are from an interview with Dawson Munjeri by Christina Cameron the 3 August 2010 in Brasilia, Brazil. He draws on his rich experience with the World Heritage Convention to comment on the ...
The following audio extracts are from an interview with Eleonora Mitrofanova by Christina Cameron in July 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan. She recounts her long experience at UNESCO and her views on the politicization of ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Federico Mayor by Christina Cameron and Carmen Anon Feliu the 18 June 2009 in Madrid in Spain. He highlights the human dimension of World Heritage, which he ...
The audio clips are from two interviews with Francesco Bandarin by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler in June 2014 in Doha, Qatar. They retrace his main challenges and achievements during his years at the World ...
The audio clips are from an interview with Francesco Bandarin by Christina Cameron the 14 May 2018 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. They cover the period from 2015 to 2018 when he returned as Assistant ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Francesco Francioni by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler the 10 May 2010 in Rome. He offers an interesting overview of the Convention's mechanisms from a ...
The audio excerpts are from an interview with Francisco Lopez Morales by Christina Cameron the 3 August 2010. He provides interesting insights into the length and representativity of the World Heritage List and ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Françoise Bercé by Christina Cameron the 28 March 2019 in Paris, France. She shares with us her reminiscences of key issues in the implementation of the ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview conducted with Gamini Wijesuriya by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler the 29 June 2018 in Manama, Bahrain. According to Wijesuriya, the Convention provides a ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Gérard Bolla by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler in October 2007 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. These capsules reveal, thanks to Gérard Bolla's ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Guo Zhan by Christina Cameron the 3 August 2010 in Brasilia, Brazil. He describes the challenges and particularities of the implementation of the World ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Hal Eidsvik by Christina Cameron the 3 July 2009 in Ottawa, Canada. Well-informed through his experience with World Heritage, he shares a global perspective on ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Hans Caspary by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler the 1st July 2011 in Mainz, Germany. He provides an enlightened personal view on the mechanisms and ...
The following audio excerpts are from an interview with Harald Plachter by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler the 1 July 2011 at Mainz, Germany. He comments on the growing imbalance between the role of ...
The audio excerpts come from an interview with Henry Cleere by Christina Cameron the 24 January 2008 in London. Mr. Cleere explains his role as an ICOMOS World Heritage Coordinator and draws on his long experience ...
The following audio excerpts are from three interviews with Herb Stovel by Christina Cameron in February, March and April 2011. They highlight his leading role in the development of the World Heritage Convention and ...
Interview Irina Bokova Oral Archives of the World Heritage Convention Irina Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat. She served as Director General of UNESCO from 2009 to 2017. She ...
The following audio excerpts come from an interview with Jacek Purchla by Christina Cameron the 10 May 2018 in Krakow. The interviewee recounts his experience as Chair of the World Heritage Committee, his efforts to ...
Interview Jad Tabet Oral Archives of the World Heritage Convention Jad Tabet is a Franco-Lebanese architect and urban planner. A graduate in architecture from the American University of ...