Revised PACT Initiative Strategy

WHC-13/37.COM/5D

By Decision 36 COM 5A, andfollowing Decision 35 COM 5A whereby the World Heritage Committee invited the Secretariat to submit a draft of the new Partnerships for Conservation (PACT) Initiative Strategy, taking into account the results of the evaluation of the External Auditor on the PACT Initiative, the Committee requested the World Heritage Centre to present at its 37th session a revised PACT Initiative strategy that takes into account the Plan of Action proposed by the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the recommendations of the External Auditor concerning PACT (2010/2011) and the decision adopted during the 190th Executive Board session regarding the UNESCO Framework for Strategic Partnerships.

The PACT strategy presented in this Document has been elaborated in the context of the revision of UNESCO’s partnerships policy and strategy for engaging with the private sector, while taking into account the lessons learnt from the partnerships established since the creation of PACT, the recommendations of the 2010-2011 External Evaluation of PACT and the recommendations of the OEWG meeting.

The Annex to this Document presents an inventory of ongoing and envisaged World Heritage partnerships as of end April 2013.

This document should be read in conjunction with Document WHC-13/37 COM/INF.5D.