The World Heritage Committee,
- Having examined document WHC/17/41.COM/12A,
- Expresses appreciation to the Ad Hoc Working Group for its work and recommendations;
- Referring to its decisions on Revision of the Operational Guidelines under item 11 and on the execution of the budget for the biennium 2016-2017 and preparation of the budget for the biennium 2018-2019 under item 14;
- Decides to extend the mandate of the Ad Hoc Working Group, to be composed of members of the Committee and up to two non-members per Electoral Group, to:
- Develop a comprehensive resource mobilization and communication strategy,
- Also develop the proposal to establish an informal Core Group on Resource Mobilization, including its mandate and modalities,
- Study how to maximize the impact and scope of the Forum of Partners,
- Analyze the recommendations of the Internal Oversight Service (IOS) Comparative Mapping Study and develop proposals in view of optimizing the use of the resources of the World Heritage Fund,
- Discuss the definition of the upstream process and the effectiveness of the Global Strategy for a balanced and representative World Heritage List;
- Further decides that the Ad Hoc Working Group shall work in consultation with the World Heritage Centre, Advisory Bodies and, as appropriate, relevant stakeholders, and submit its report and recommendations to the 42nd session of the Committee in 2018.