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10 Events
Month: June 2014 close
30 June 2014 - 11 July 2014
The African World Heritage Fund, in partnership with the School of African Heritage (EPA) and the World Heritage Centre launch the call for applications for the workshop on risk preparedness for lusophone World Heritage site managers in Africa. This workshop will be held from 30 June to 11 July 2014 on the Island of Mozambique. For more information and application forms (only available in ...
23 June 2014
Capacity building for safeguarding heritage, and museum collections, enhancing museum security, preventing illicit trafficking: this is the new approach to awareness raising for Malian heritage. Organized by the European and International Affairs Department, and the Direction Generale des Patrimoines of  the French Ministry of Culture and Communication,under the authority of Mr. Vincent ...
22 June 2014
A partners’ event to discuss experiences around private sector support for World Heritage will take place during the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee. Best practices in partnerships with private sector companies and foundations will be shared, outlining their contribution to the protection of outstanding natural and cultural sites. Sunday 22 June 2014 at 7 pm, Room 215 ...
22 June 2014
On the occasion of the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee, the Europe and North America Unit and ICCROM  organised a side-event on the World Heritage Capacity-Building in Europe. The meeting presented the sub-regional capacity-building studies to complement the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in the Europe and North America region. The event took place on Sunday, 22 June ...
19 June 2014
On the occasion of the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee, the Europe and North America Unit organised an information meeting on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Europe and North America. The meeting was an opportunity to update the States Parties from Europe and North America on the progress of the implementation of the Second Cycle of the ...
15-25 June 2014
The World Heritage Committee meets once a year, and consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention elected by their General Assembly. At its first session, the Committee adopted its Rules of Procedure of the World Heritage Committee.  The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, defines the use of the World ...
13-14 June 2014
This international colloquium, sponsored by the German Research Association (DFG),  is held at the Technical University Dresden in association with ICOMOS from 13 to 14 June 2014. It will for the first time address the issues of Integrating Heritage Conservation and Flood Control Concepts along rivers and streams.  Increasingly frequent disasters involving high water have ...
10 June 2014
In celebration of World Oceans Day, the World Heritage Centre presents "A virtual dive in six marine World Heritage sites" By Richard Vevers, CEO, Underwater Earth And an address on the World Hertiage Convention and its contribution to ocean conservation by His Excellency Michael Worbs, Ambassador of Germany to UNESCO Tuesday, 10 June 2014 at 5:30 p.m. Restaurant, 7th floor, UNESCO, 125 ...
7 May 2014 - 5 July 2014
5 July 2014 is the deadline for the 1st Public Call for Submissions from the Lucio Costa Centre, for the purpose of selecting previously unpublished and individual articles, in Portuguese or Spanish, about “the construction of the Cultural and Natural Heritage field, and the contemporary practices of preservation in the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries of South America, Africa and ...
15 April 2014 - 15 July 2014
The Ramsar Convention Secretariat is pleased to launch a call for nominations for the sixth edition of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards, which will be presented at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in June 2015. Three Awards will be given – each with the Evian Special Prize of US$10,000 kindly offered by the DANONE Group – in the ...