Events

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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deadline for the 1st Public Call for Submissions from the Lucio Costa Centre, for the purpose of selecting previously unpublished and individual articles, in Portuguese or Spanish, about “the construction of the Cultural and Natural Heritage field, and the contemporary practices of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 ...

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 ...