In collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), the World Heritage Centre is organizing a francophone workshop in Saint-Louis (Senegal) from 6 to 8 November 2018. This event will mark an important milestone in the involvement of African institutions of higher learning in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention.
The three-day francophone workshop will feature ...
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has observed that many activities such as tourism, infrastructure development, new buildings, urban renewal and changes to the land use being undertaken in and around World Heritage sites, may have negative impacts on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV).
While reconizing the vital role of such activities for provinding benefits to the society, the ...