1429 Events
9-13 April 2012
The Universidad Complutense de Madrid, together with the Consell Insular deMenorca are organizing this international conference to generate a meeting point on Archaeology management and treatment of World Heritage sites. The main aim of the Conference is to draw up and publish a "Guide of Best Practices in World Heritage: Archaeology".
To this end, sessions about the following topics will be ...
5 April 2012 - 15 October 2012
To contribute to the 2012 celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the National Park Service, HISTORY, and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO recently launched the Video Challenge “Why do you think U.S. World Heritage sites are important to the world?”
For more information: ...
1 April 2012 - 30 September 2012
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Volunteers 2012, 'Beyond territories and boundaries', will hold 50 Patrimonito work camps at 40 World Heritage sites in 25 countries around the world. The projects will involve 33 youth organisations and some 700 volunteers who will cross borders, share their cultures, and unite to preserve ...
1 April 2012 - 31 December 2012
28-30 March 2012
At its 35th session (UNESCO, Paris, 2011), and within the wider framework of the Revisions to the Operational Guidelines, the World Heritage Committee welcomed “the offer of the Government of Poland to host an expert meeting on criterion (vi) in the first quarter of 2012 and requests the World Heritage Centre to report on the results of this meeting to the 36th session of the World Heritage ...
22-23 March 2012
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in close cooperation with the UNESCO Offices in Almaty and Tashkent, and in active partnership with the Uzbekistan authorities, and the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS), a UNESCO category II Centre based in Samarkand, Uzbekistan will organize a two-day expert meeting of the Coordination of the Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and ...
22-23 March 2012
In the Framework of the 40th anniversary, the Argentinian National Office of Tourism Quality Management organizes the 2012 edition of the Tourism, Heritage and School Program that will be developed at El Calafate with the collaboration of Los Glaciares National Park Administration.
The Tourism, Heritage and School Program is a training proposal focused on tourism and heritage concepts. It ...
19 March 2012
In the framework of the celebrations of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the Andalusian Institute of Cultural Heritage (IAPH) is organising a round table meeting taking place on 19th March 2012 in Málaga, Spain.
Specialists in the field of cultural heritage, architects, archaeologists, cultural managers, ethnologists, art historians, etc. will discuss the development ...
19-23 March 2012
17-18 March 2012
Urban development in India is often seen as a choice between history and technology; local particularities and globalized unversality; timeless continuity and radical transformation; tradition and modernity. This conference explores ways that globalization and technology can and should intersect with history and heritage to enhance sustainability and alleviate urban poverty. The ...
13-15 March 2012
12-14 March 2012
At its 35th session (Paris, UNESCO, 2011), and within the wider framework of the Revisions to the Operational Guidelines, the World Heritage Committee (Decision 35 COM 13) reiterated “its request to the World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the Advisory Bodies, to organize an expert meeting to reflect on the integrity of cultural properties and to seek extrabudgetary funding to support ...
12-14 March 2012
Within the Framework of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting of Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Heritage Centre/Latin America and the Caribbean Unit with the generous support from Mexico, the Government of Zacatecas and the Zacatecas Regional Centre for World Heritage in Mexico and Central America organizes a Sub-Regional meeting for Central America, from 12 to 14 March ...
9-20 March 2012
The 18th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM 2012) is dedicated to address the challenges in the areas of 3D acquisition and modeling, virtual visualization and interaction, multimedia and their applications.
Authors are solicited to contribute to the Conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects and experiences that describe ...
8-9 March 2012
[in French only] Les 10èmes rencontres de l'Association des biens français du patrimoine mondial (A.B.F.P.M) et ainsi qu'un colloque auront lieu à les 8 et 9 mars 2012 à Albi, a l’occasion du 40e anniversaire de la Convention du patrimoine mondial.
Les 10èmes rencontres annuelles se dérouleront au Musée Toulouse Lautrec dans le ...
5-14 March 2012
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, two young Indian men, Aniketh MJ and Sulesh Kumar, are planning to visit India’s 28 World Heritage sites over a span of 3 months starting March 5th, 2012, travelling mainly by bus and train.
With this trip they would like to create a bond between the current generation of Indiansand the wonderful places that are very ...
24 February 2012
In 1987 Aztec Ruins National Monument was made a UNESCO World Heritage site as part of the Chaco Culture designation to recognize the uniqueness of the archeological sites protected in the park.
The 25th anniversary celebration will bring renewed attention to the honor of World Heritage designation. The high point of the day will be a presentation by National Geographic Fellow Jonathan ...
20-24 February 2012
Within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and Enhance Sustainable Development of Local Communities in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)" the World Heritage Centre will organize a capacity building workshop for Government officials and community representatives of Tonga, which will be held in ...
17 February 2012
The event will bring together national and international experts to exchange views on roles of Protected Areas, including World Heritage natural properties, for prevention of and recovery from the damage caused by large-scale natural disasters, such as the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the tsunami they triggered.
The workshop will be organized ...
16 February 2012
This event will bring together national and international experts to exchange views toward final outcomes for the closing event of the 40th anniversary year, to be held in Kyoto, Japan, in November 2012. It is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.
15-17 February 2012
Within the Framework of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting of Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Heritage Centre/Latin America and Caribbean Unit, in cooperation with the Government of the Dominican Republic and the UNESCO Office in Havana, is organizing a sub-regional meeting for the Caribbean in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from the 15-17 February 2012.
The main ...
13 February 2012
This event will launch the 40th Anniversary celebrations in Japan. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova will be in attendance, along with high-level representatives of the Japanese government and international World Heritage experts.
A commemorative symposium on Disaster and Heritage will be part of the activities.
9-11 February 2012
Within the Framework of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting for Latin America and the Caribbean, the World Heritage Centre/Latin America and Caribbean Unit, in cooperation with the Brazilian Government and in particular, with the Brazilian National Institute of Historic and Artistic Sites (IPHAN), is organizing a Sub-Regional meeting for South America in Ouro Preto, Brazil, from 9 to ...
8 February 2012
The first ceremony of 2012 to recognize children who have participated in the Eco Picture Diary Global Contest will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France on 8 February 2012.
Initially developed by Panasonic for primary school children between the ages of 7 and 11, the ‘kids school – eco learning’ education program gives pupils the opportunity to learn about ...
6-8 February 2012
With the inscription of nearly 1000 properties on the World Heritage List, including over 200 historic cities, the need to integrate a concern for sustainable development within the practice of the 1972 Convention has emerged strongly over the past decade. The aim of this expert meeting - as requested by the World Heritage Committee - is to contribute to the formulation of policies and ...
30 January 2012
The official ceremony for the launch of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention will take place on 30 January 2012, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, room I, at 8 p.m, in the presence of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock, recently appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, will address the public and perform a concert playing with artists Corinne Bailey ...
22-23 January 2012
The Second Coordination Meeting of Category 2 Centres for World Heritage took place in Milan, Italy, on 22 and 23 January 2012, hosted by the International Research Centre on the Economics of Culture and World Heritage Studies (Turin Centre) and the IULM University, with the participation of representatives of all existing Category 2 Centres associated to World Heritage, as ...
1 January 2012
1 January 2012 - 31 December 2012
[in French only] Ville d’Albi
Concours d'illustrations inspirées par le texte de la Convention de 1972 ouvert à toute personne professionnel ou amateur, pratiquant les arts plastiques organisé dans le cadre de la 9ème Foire internationale aux livres d'exception, médiathèque Pierre Amalric - (25 avril au 9 juin 2012)
Ville de Strasbourg
Journées européennes du patrimoine : Mise ...
11 December 2011
On the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the declaration of the Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán as a World Heritage Site, Monte Albán Archeological Centre hosts the exhibition "Gente de Nubes en Tierra de Encuentros".
6-11 December 2011
The 10th expert working group meeting for the preservation of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley World Heritage property, will be held in Tokyo from 6 to 8 December 2011, followed by two public symposiums concerning Bamiyan on 9 and 11 December, in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is organizing the forthcoming 10th expert ...
6-10 December 2011
The UNESCO Regional meeting on the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting for Asia will take place in the Republic of Korea from 6-10 December 2011. This will launch a preliminary review of on-going Periodic Reporting process in the Asia and the Pacific region. The meeting is to be held in the city of Suwon, famed for its inscribed ancientHwaseong walled fortress.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre is ...
5-9 December 2011
This workshop will explore and design pilot projects for income generation to improve local communities' livelihoods and promote local sustainable development. The project will target communities living within and around Okavango Delta (Botswana), Mapungubwe (South Africa) and the Namib Desert (Namibia) heritage sites. The workshop will engage a bottom-up planning approach whereby ...
3-10 December 2011
UNESCO opens the exhibition “Stories and places – Movies and World Heritage Sites in Asia” in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, 3-10 December 2011.
Luang Prabang’s unique architecture - blending elegantly traditional Lao structures and European colonial buildings - as well as its vibrant cultural traditions all contributed to its nomination as a World Heritage site in 1995. ...
17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium on the theme “Heritage: Driver of Development”
27 November 2011 - 2 December 2011
The most important triennial gathering of ICOMOS will take place from 27 November to 2 December 2011 for the first time in Paris at UNESCO Headquarters.
The General Assembly is accompanied by a Scientific Symposium on the theme "Heritage: Driver of Development". Both events are open to ICOMOS members and non-members alike.
Visit the special website www.icomos-paris2011.com to consult the ...
23-24 November 2011
Registration for the event has now closed, but due to demand the event is accessible online. To take part in the conference remotely, please read and follow the simple instructions below. Comments and questions will be taken live at the Conference in Edinburgh!
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23-26 November 2011
The Micronesian authorities are organizing a community consultation on the Nan Madol Archaeological Site of Pohnpei with a view to the preparation of a management plan.
This consultation will be held in partnership with the Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage (JCIC) and with financial assistance under UNESCO/Japanese Funds-in-Trust. It will provide an ...
22-25 November 2011
The World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities, held every two years, brings together politicians and professionals who are committed to the preservation of historic cities, particularly those inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Since the first meeting in 1991, this event has enabled participants to discuss topics of common interest, to share experiences, and to learn ...
19-24 November 2011
The UNESCO Venice Office and ICCROM are conducting a training workshop on Disaster Risk Preparedness and Management at the World Heritage site of Berat in Albania.
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14 November 2011 - 3 December 2011
Revitalising World Heritage Site museums in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam
Following the brainstorming session held in July in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the first experimental workshop will be organised at the Thang Long Citadel Site Museum in Hanoi, Viet Nam, with the participation of 9 museums relating to cultural sites of the three countries.
This project is funded by the UNESCO/Japanese ...
9 November 2011
Information Meeting 2nd Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercice Europe and North America
9 November 2011
Within the framework of the 18th General Assembly of States Parties an information meeting of National Focal Points of European and North American countries took place in preparation of the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention.
7-9 November 2011
The General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage will hold its 18th session during the 36th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, from 7 to 8 November 2011 all day and 9 November only in the afternoon, at UNESCO Headquarters, Room XII.
The General Assembly will be called upon to replace the outgoing members ...
2-4 November 2011
[in French only] Du 2 au 4 novembre 2011, au Théâtre du Grand Marché à Saint-Denis de La Réunion, se tiendront les premiers «Entretiens du patrimoine de l'océan Indien : la ville patrimoniale ».
Le Ministère français de la Culture et de la Communication (ENSAM/DAC-OI) et le conseil régional de La Réunion inaugureront les 2/3/4 novembre 2011 à Saint-Denis (île de La Réunion) les premiers ...
21 October 2011
Experts from Libya and from international archaeological missions will attend the meeting, altogether with international cultural institutions and UNESCO’s partner organizations in this field. The meeting will provide opportunities to exchange technical information on the present situation in Libya and initiate a network of professionals and institutions in view of future support to ...
18-21 October 2011
In the framework of the Preparation of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America Region, the national Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from Western and Nordic-Baltic European Countries met in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 18-21 October 2011, in a meeting hosted by Iceland and organized with the collaboration of the World Heritage Centre.
National Focal Points are ...
1 October 2011 - 10 November 2011
The Universidad Complutense de Madrid, together with the Consell Insular de Menorca are organizing this international conference (April 9-13, 2012) to generate a meeting point on Archaeology management and treatment of World Heritage sites. The main aim of the Conference is to draw up and publish a "Guide of Best Practices in World Heritage: Archaeology". Call for Papers is now open.
To ...
21-24 September 2011
In the framework of the Preparation of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America Region, the national Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from Mediterranean Europe shall meet in Valletta on 21-24 September 2011, at a meeting hosted by Malta and organized with the collaboration of the World Heritage Centre.
National Focal Points will be expected, after the workshop, ...
21-24 September 2011
In the framework of the Preparation of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America Region, the national Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from Mediterranean Europe will meet in Valletta from 21 to 24 September 2011, at a meeting hosted by Malta and organized with the collaboration of the World Heritage Centre.
20-24 September 2011
Sub-regional Workshop on Documentation Standards and Reactive Expert Members Meeting of the Coordination Committee, Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination
Within the framework of the UNESCO Japanese Funds-in-Trust funded project on 'Support for documentation standards and procedures of the Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination in Central Asia,' ...
20-24 September 2011
In the framework of the World Heritage Thematic Programme, Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments, more than 40 international experts and site managers will convene in Antequera - Málaga, Spain, 20 to 24 September 2011, for the meeting, Megalithic Sites and the World Heritage Convention , organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the Spanish ...
20-22 September 2011
[in French only] Ce colloque organisé par la Société Astronomique de France et le pôle Patrimoine mondial du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes, avec le soutien de la Commission nationale française pour l'UNESCO, se propose de débattre :
des outils d'analyse du patrimoine astronomique et de définir, si ...
10-24 September 2011
The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 6th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage in Japan from 10 to 24 September 2011 (application deadline: 15 May 2011). This training course aims at promoting the development of collaboration and network building among ...
5-9 September 2011
A Pacific Regional World Heritage Workshop will be organized by UNESCO World Heritage Centre in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Samoa at Apia from 5 to 9 September 2011. This activity has been financed by the UNESCO/Australian Funds-in-Trust with the World Heritage Centre.
The workshop will bring together about 70 national representatives and experts in ...
22-25 July 2011
Revitalising World Heritage Site Museums for a Better Interpretation of Living Heritage Sites in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam: Training for World Heritage Site Museums (2011-2013)
The ever-growing global tourism and striking success of UNESCO World Heritage programme offer an ideal setting for site-related museums to play a pivotal role as mediator of peace and intercultural understanding, ...
11-12 July 2011
The meeting will gather a team of legal experts to launch revision of the law in the framework of projects undertaken by UNESCO and its partners to make culture an essential part of the reconstruction of Haiti. The activity has been set as a key priority by the Haitian government, and will be organized with the financial support of the Spanish Funds-in-Trust for World Heritage. It is in line ...
30 June 2011 - 1 July 2011
In celebration of both the International Youth Year (IYY) and Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10), a global youth volunteer exchange on transformational change through non-formal education for life skills, heritage education, and literacy will take place at UNESCO Headquarters from 30 June to 1 July 2011.
This workshop is jointly organized by the United ...
19-29 June 2011
The World Heritage Centre is pleased to inform you that, in agreement with the Chair of the World Heritage Committee, the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee will be held at UNESCO Headquarters (Room I) in Paris from 19 to 29 June 2011. Please note that a registration desk will be available to participants who wish to register on 19 June 2011 (10h-18h) . In addition, a meeting of ...
19-29 June 2011
On 24 June 2011, the World Heritage Marine Programme hosted a special evening event dedicated to the cause of conserving marine World Heritage sites. The event was part of the 35th Session of the World Heritage Committee which took place in Paris from 19-29 June 2011. The side event was organized with the financial support of the Government of Flanders.
All three major partners to the World ...
14-24 June 2011
In conjunction with the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee session at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the 3rd IberoAmerican World Heritage Youth Forum will be held from June 14-24 in Santillana del Mar and Zaragoza, Spain. The event is organized by the Ministry of Culture of Spain and is part of the ...
26-27 May 2011
In view of the preparation of the second cycle of Periodic Reporting exercise, a meeting will be hosted by the Czech authorities, namely the Ministry of Culture and the Czech National Commission for UNESCO, in Prague on 26 an 27 May 2011. Organized with the financial support of UNESCO, and with the participation of the Advisory Bodies and international experts, the meeting will bring together ...
24 May 2011
This first UNESCO / LOCUS Symposium presents and discusses ways of redefining progress today, changing from an industrial to a knowledge society. We present ways of creating a sustainable architecture for a new Humanism - "an architecture which is neither only visual nor only technological, but existential. An architecture that regards the very essence of things, of places and of human ...
15 May 2011
A Joint Special Event on Marine World Heritage was held by UNESCO's World Heritage Marine Programme and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) during the International Marine Conservation Congress, http://www.conbio.org/imcc2011/, on 15 May 2011 in Victoria, Canada.
The event intended to raise visibility for the causes of marine World Heritage and the role of UNESCO's ...
13-15 May 2011
The World Rock Art Archive Working Group will meet in Tanum, Sweden, from 13 to 15 May 2011 to approve the base metadata model of the World Rock Art Archive. Discussions will focus on the conservation and management priorities of the World Rock Art Archive in terms of needs and efficacy, the compatibility of metadata systems, and how best would it serve the overarching purposes of the World ...
10 May 2011 - 31 July 2011
"Niger, river and men" will be opened to the public in Mali national museum, Bamako, from 10. May to 31. July 2011. The exhibition was produced by UNESCO and its partners as part of the "Niger-Loire : Governance and Culture" project and intends to raise awareness of the general public and decision makers on the cultural assets of the Niger river and challenges for its future.
The scenography ...
3-6 May 2011
The Second meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads is organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Turkmen National Commission for UNESCO in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 3 - 6 May 2011, with financial support from the NESCO ...
25-27 April 2011
The overall objective of the meeting is to discuss and share experiences on the challenges of heritage management and its relationship with the enactment and effective implementation of regulatory frameworks for World Heritage at national level.The event is organized by the National Commission of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay, the Permanent Delegation ...
19 April 2011
Culture as a vector for development and social cohesion, source of rebirth
Culture is more frequently emerging as a essential resource in post-disaster and post-conflict situations. In addition to its contribution to economic development, culture gives meaning and value to the identity and continuity of human societies. Its impact is essential in situations such as the one Haiti has faced ...
18 April 2011
A meeting on "International Protection of Landscapes", organized by UNESCO's Culture Sector in collaboration with the Permanent Delegation of Italy and the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, will be held at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris on 18 April 2011, from 10.30am to 1pm, Room IV (Fontenoy building). The agenda is attached.
13-15 April 2011
At its 33rd session (Seville, 2009), within the wider framework of the reflection on the Future of the World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Committee embarked on a process to develop creative approaches that will assist States Parties and World Heritage site-managers in effectively responding to the range of problems that emerge from inscribed properties (Decision 33 COM 14A.2 ).
At ...
4-6 April 2011
From 4 - 8 April 2011, the State Party of Barbados will host the UNESCO Meeting on Small Island Developing States and the Periodic Reporting Exercise of the Caribbean Sub Region of Latin America and the Caribbean. The UNESCO SIDS Meeting is organized for 4 to 6 April 2011, and aims to discuss progress made in the implementation of the 2005 Mauritius Strategy (available at ...
4-6 April 2011
From 4 to 6 April 2011, over 30 participants from 8 Caribbean States (Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica), as well as representatives from the Pacific (Fiji) and the Indian Ocean (Mauritius), CARICOM, ICOMOS and the University of the West-Indies attended the Meeting on World Heritage and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Barbados, ...
1-29 April 2011
The Business Skills for World Heritage Programme has been developed collaboratively by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the international environmental charity Earthwatch, and the global energy company Royal Dutch Shell. The goal of the programme is to strengthen business management practice in World Heritage sites throughout the region. The application may therefore have a better chance of ...
31 March 2011 - 2 May 2011
As a complement to the current global debate on the preservation of historic urban landscape, Stadsherstel is organizing an international forum entitled Urban Heritage Inc., Public-private partnership meets heritage preservation.
The forum will take place from 31 March until 2 April 2011 in the De Duif Church in Amsterdam. The second day of the forum, Friday 1 April, is an open day for the ...
15-16 March 2011
The prevalent problem of illicit archeological excavations and the trafficking of religious objects, the expansion of the international art market, crimes connected with the illicit trade in cultural property and the financing of terrorist activities attract considerable media and political attention. The 1970 Convention gets to the heart of the problem. UNESCO evaluates the issue ...
14-23 March 2011
From 14 to 23 March 2011, an international workshop, Preparation of the Management Plan of Tchitundo-Hulu Rock Art Site, was held in Virei, Angola. The 10-day on-site training session brought together more than 50 national and international site managers and experts from Angola, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and South Africa, and ...
3-4 March 2011
UNESCO is organizing, in close collaboration with the Permanent Delegation of Afghanistan to UNESCO and the Government of Afghanistan, the 9th Expert Working Group Meeting for the Preservation of the Safeguarding of the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley World Heritage Property, UNESCO Headquarters (Room VI).
The 45 participants of the Expert Working ...
1 March 2011 - 15 May 2011
The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 6th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage in Japan from 10 to 24 September 2011 (application deadline: 15 May 2011). This training course aims at promoting the development of collaboration and network building among ...
28 February 2011 - 31 May 2011
The Ramsar Secretariat is launching a call for nominations for the 5th edition of the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards. A prize will be presented in each of three categories: 'Management', 'Wetland Science', and 'Education'. Individuals, organizations, or initiatives may be nominated. The awards will be presented at the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties in Bucharest ...
18-28 February 2011
As a complement to the current global debate on the preservation of historic urban landscape, Stadsherstel is organizing an international forum entitled Urban Heritage Inc., Public-private partnership meets heritage preservation.
The forum will take place from 31 March until 2 April 2011 in the De Duif Church in Amsterdam. The second day of the forum, Friday 1 April, is an open day for the ...
14-17 February 2011
The final meeting of the 2nd Periodic Reporting cycle of the Africa region will be held at Vredefort Dome, South Africa from 14 - 17 February 2011. The meeting will close the cycle that was launched at the 33rd session of the Committee in Sevilla 2009. Organized in partnership with the Government of South Africa, the meeting aims to bring together national focal points, from the 44 African ...
8-11 February 2011
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is inviting international experts to take part in a meeting, African human origin sites and the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, from 8 to 11 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to define a strategy of cooperation for sites of human evolution in Africa. The discussions will provide an important step in launching a process of establishing a road map in support ...
5 February 2011
Empower and Change the World with your Sister and Brother Scouts:An exciting day of discovery to celebrate World Thinking Day through Cultural Diversity and World Heritage. The Scout movement « US Girl scouts Paris » will participate in the day exploring the activities related to World Heritage sites, languages, traditions and diverse ways societies organize themselves ...
1 February 2011 - 1 June 2011
Based on an analysis of existing marine World Heritage sites and their distribution among the 18 IUCN marine regions, the Indian Ocean has been identified as one of the regions under-represented on the World Heritage List.
In support of the Global Strategy toward a balanced, credible and representative World Heritage List, a comparative regional assessment is being undertaken in the Indian ...
19-20 December 2010
The "Bahrain Report" is the outcome of the First annual meeting of World Heritage related Category 2 Centres and of relevant UNESCO Chairs and Higher Education and Research Institutions, which was held on 19-20 December 2010 in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, hosted by the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain and jointly organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and by the Kingdom of ...
15-17 December 2010
Within the framework of the approaching 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in 2012 and the on-going reflection on the future of the Convention, the World Heritage Committee welcomed, at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010), the offer of the States Parties of Australia and Bahrain to host an expert meeting in Bahrain, on the decision-making procedures of the statutory organs of the ...
8-10 December 2010
The Significance of World Heritage: Origins, Management, Consequences is to be the first international conference arranged by The World Heritages: Global Discourses and Local Implementations WHILD.
Founded in 2003 and situated at Dalarna University, Sweden, "The World Heritage: Global Discourse and Local Implementation", WHILD, started as a research environment, above all in the humanities ...
8-10 December 2010
This workshop was organized as a follow-up to the meeting in Dublin, Ireland, in 2009. The meeting was hosted by the Dutch authorities and attended by representatives of States Parties, the Advisory Bodies and the World Heritage Centre. It focused on the second cycle of Periodic Reporting exercise, retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, drafting and harmonisation of ...
7-1 December 2010
The first day was devoted to Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Value, with the managers of the Brazilian sites. The following days were spent on the Periodic Reporting exercise, and the national focal points and site managers of South America took part.
One hundred and twenty participants from 10 countries attended, including national focal points, site managers and Brazilian ...
4-6 December 2010
Within the framework of the international conferences which HERITY organizes every two years, the first (2006) was on Quality in Cultural Heritage Management: models and methods of classification, and the Second (2008) on Measuring the Value of material Cultural Heritage. After each conference the proceedings are published. The Third conference will be focused on "Observing Cultural Heritage" ...
2-12 December 2010
The African World Heritage Fund, a Category II Center in South Africa under the auspices of UNESCO, is pleased to announce the launch of the first edition of the Nomination Training Course for Arabic-speaking African countries, organized in partnership with the World Heritage Centre, the Algerian Ministry of Culture, the Spanish Agency for International Developement Co-operation, IUCN, ICOMOS ...
1-3 December 2010
For the first time, all 43 marine World Heritage Site Managers will come together to discuss their common conservation challenges and management success stories.
The meeting aims at building a stronger community of World Heritage marine site managers that is well informed about the good practices of each other, has access to the latest thinking in science, technology and management, and ...
19-20 November 2010
The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation/School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the R. Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (University of Leuven) are organizing an International Symposium on Heritage Recording and Information Management in the Digital Age (SMARTDoc Heritage), March 26-27, 2010 in ...
15-19 November 2010
Mbombela Local Municipality and the Tshwane University of Technology's Department of Tourism Management are pleased to announce the 2010 International Tourism Conference on Global Sustainable Tourism. This conference will take place at the Bundu Country Lodge, Mbombela, South Africa, from 15 to 19 November 2010.
The aim of the conference is to provide tourism scholars, practitioners, and ...
8-14 November 2010
[in French only] Après l'opération « les mercredis c'est gratuit » en partenariat avec le site des Palais Royaux d'Abomey, la Fondation Zinsou met en place « les semaines culturelles gratuites ».
Toujours désireuse de faire découvrir l'art contemporain africain au plus grand nombre, la Fondation Zinsou s'exile à Abomey, durant une semaine, pour partager des œuvres et des artistes avec le ...
1-11 November 2010
This Advanced Course is offered by the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITR-AP), Suzhou Centre, Suzhou, China, and The School of Architecture of Southeast University, China, under the auspices of UNESCO.
The course adopts a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach and is designed for trainees to be familiar with the theories and ...
23-26 October 2010
The 2nd International Meeting "World Heritage of Portuguese Origin" (WHPO) will gather experts and decision-makers from 23 countries to formalize the creation of an international network to study, promote and enhance World Heritage sites of Portuguese influence, by facilitating the cooperation among the managers of World Heritage sites. The Meeting is organized by the University of Coimbra, ...
20-23 October 2010
The 16th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia will bring information technology and multimedia specialist together with leaders in Art, Science and Heritage to explore creative solutions to 21st Century challenges.
The Conference themes include:
Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality,
Virtual Heritage,
TransMedia Science and Arts,
Entertainment and ...
4-6 October 2010
This workshop was organized as a follow-up to the meetings for Nordic and Baltic sub-region in Helsinki, Finland, 2007, and in Stockholm, Sweden, 2009. The meeting was prepared by the Nordic World Heritage Foundation (NWHF) in Tallinn, Estonia, and hosted by the Estonian National Commission for UNESCO in cooperation with the Tallinn Cultural Heritage Department. The meeting focused on the ...
2-3 October 2010
UNESCO, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Governorate of Luxor, will organize the first Scientific Committee meeting on the safeguarding project of New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt. The UNESCO initiative aims to assist the Government of Egypt in its efforts to preserve this precious heritage situated within the World Heritage property of Ancient Thebes. New Gourna ...
17-19 September 2010
The 2nd Yale-UNITAR Global Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy will take place at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA from 17-19 September 2010.
Focusing on the theme of Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy, the event will take stock of and examine the role of institutional structures and decision-making procedures in ...
15-17 September 2010
The workshop, which is jointly organized by the UNESCO Havana and Kingston offices, aims at strengthening capacities in the Caribbean to implement the 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (the World Heritage Convention).
By using the training modules developed under the Caribbean Capacity Building programme (CCBP), financed with ...
13-24 September 2010
WHITRAP (Shanghai) and ICCROM are pleased to announce the second training course on Management Planning for Cultural Heritage.The course responds to the urgent demands on sustainable management of cultural heritage sites in the region, highlighted by the Global Training Strategy for World Cultural and Natural Heritage(WHC-01/CONF. 208/14) and the UNESCO Periodic Report for the Asia and the ...
13-26 September 2010
UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Risk ManagementInternational Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 20105th Cycle: 13-26 September 2010
The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 5th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage from 13 to ...
8-10 September 2010
Following the Regional Launch Meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting for Africa (Dakar, Senegal, 20-22 January 2010) and the work which has progressed in the 44 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention and 78 World Heritage properties, this sub-regional meeting will be held from 8 to 10 September 2010 in Windhoek, Namibia.
It will bring together the designated national ...
6-10 September 2010
The 2nd UNESCO Sub-regional workshop on the Central Asian Rock World Heritage Nomination is organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with UNESCO Tashkent Office, Almaty Office, Tehran Office, for the 6-10 September 2010 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in cooperation with IICAS,(International Institute for Central Asian Studies) with financial support from the Norway ...
6-8 September 2010
On Tuesday, 7 September 2010, the World Heritage Marine Programme launched an exhibit on Marine World Heritage in the United Nations Pavilion of the Expo 2010, Shanghai in China. More than 50 million people have visited Expo 2010, from which 3 million visited the UN Pavilion. About 835,000 visitors were exposed to marine World Heritage. The exhibit ran a slide show of all 43 World Heritage ...
6-10 September 2010
The meeting was held in Zacatecas (Mexico) on 6-10 September 2010 at the Antiguo Convento Franciscano de Propaganda FIDE (Old Franciscan Propaganda Convent FIDE], currently the Museum of Guadalupe, which coincided with the inauguration of the World Heritage Category 2 Centre at Zacatecas, approved at the 35th session of the General UNESCO Conference in October 2009.
There were 80 ...
1-2 September 2010
This meeting will gather participants from 10 National Focal Points, 21 Site-Cordinators, Advisory Bodies, CHDA, EPA, Mweka, Mentor, Coordinator, UNESCO, AWHF and other possible training institutions and technical/financial partners.
A first review of issues raised in the Reports of the sub region will be discussed
Questionnaire I: 10 States Parties: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, ...
1-5 September 2010
The 16th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists will be held in the city of The Hague in the Netherlands from 1st-5th September 2010.
The meeting is organised by the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, the Department of Archaeology of the Municipality of The Hague and the Cultural Heritage Agency (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science), with financial ...
31 July 2010
Within the framework of the international conferences which HERITY organizes every two years, the first (2006) was on Quality in Cultural Heritage Management: models and methods of classification, and the Second (2008) on Measuring the Value of material Cultural Heritage. After each conference the proceedings are published. The Third conference will be focused on "Observing Cultural Heritage" ...
25 July 2010 - 3 August 2010
34th session of the World Heritage Committee in Brasília, Brazil.
Working documents
World Heritage Centre Session web page
Brazilian web page
7-9 July 2010
The Portuguese Institute for the Management of Architectural and Archaeological Heritage (IGESPAR) and the Portuguese Commission for UNESCO are organizing, with the support of the NGO National Centre for Culture, the National Meeting of World Heritage Managers on 7 July and the 3rd Iberian Meeting of World Heritage Management on 8-9 July 2010 in Batalha, Portugal.
With these meetings, ...
30 June 2010 - 4 July 2010
From 30 June to 4 July 2010, the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, hosted an expert workshop that set the basis for scaling-up Marine World Heritage. The workshop was jointly organized by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the IUCN-World Commission on Protected Areas and ...
27 June 2010 - 5 July 2010
Brazilian government promotes educational meeting on actions in favor of Cultural Heritage with youngsters from 19 countries.
The National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute - Iphan, in partnership with the Brazilian Federation of Youth Hostels, promotes the regional edition of the World Heritage Youth Forum, from 16 to 26 July 2010. The participants are young people (from 18 to 22 ...
14 June 2010
Information Meeting of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention on the 34th session of the World Heritage Committee, Brasilia, Brazil, 25 July-3 August 2010
14 June 2010
9th extraordinary session of the Committee at UNESCO Headquarter in Paris, France.
Documents of the 9th extraordinary session
10-12 June 2010
The Europa Nostra Annual Congress in Istanbul, which is one of three 2010 European Capitals of Culture. It will offer participants a programme of exciting events taking place in world-renowned heritage venues within the historic Süleymaniye Quarter of the city.
Board and Council meetings, the General Assembly and the yearly Scientific Council Colloquium are planned, as well as ...
Sub-regional training workshop on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Asia and the Pacific
2-5 June 2010
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with Indian National Commission for UNESCO, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and the relevant Field Offices of UNESCO, is organizing a sub-regional training workshop on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Asia and the Pacific in Dehradun, India to launch this exercise for Central, West, and South Asian countries. Periodic ...
1-30 June 2010
MEDITERRANEO is an entrepreunerial preparation course which includes both Italian and Mediterranean learners (from countries of Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia). The project is supported through co-operation between administrations, institutes, universities and companies.
Period
The training course is planned to be from June to December 2010.
The course is divided ...
27 May 2010
Organized by the UNESCO Chair in Culture, Tourism and Development of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, with the support of the France-UNESCO Agreement and ICOMOS France, this first workshop will take place on 27 May 2010 from 9:30 am until 5:30 pm at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. This first edition will open a cycle of annual meetings on the different connections between ...
4-6 May 2010
Following the Regional Launch Meeting of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting for Africa (Dakar, Senegal, 20-22 January 2010) and the works which have progressed in the 44 States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, this sub-regional meeting will be held from 4 to 6 May 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya.
It will bring together the designated national focal points from 11 States Parties to ...
4-15 May 2010
Mbombela Local Municipality and the Tshwane University of Technology's Department of Tourism Management are pleased to announce the 2010 International Tourism Conference on Global Sustainable Tourism. This conference will take place at the Bundu Country Lodge, Mbombela, South Africa, from 15 to 19 November 2010.
The aim of the conference is to provide tourism scholars, practitioners, and ...
3-7 May 2010
The conference will feature presentations and structured discussions among all sectors on three major and interlinked conference themes:
1. ENSURING SURVIVAL:
Oceans, Climate and Security--Major Issues in Mitigation, Adaptation, and Financing in the Post-Copenhagen Climate Regime.
2. PRESERVING LIFE:
Marine Biodiversity (2010 Global Goal), Networks of Marine Protected Areas (2012 Global ...
27-29 April 2010
The World Heritage Convention is approaching two important milestones: 40 years since it came into force and the inscription of the 1000th property on the World Heritage List. However, the very success of the World Heritage Convention poses a series of challenges and opportunities not fully envisaged when it was adopted in 1972.
At its 33rd session (Seville, 2009), the World Heritage ...
26 April 2010 - 15 June 2010
The 2nd Yale - UNITAR Global Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy will take place at Yale University, New Haven, USA from 17-19 September 2010.
Focusing on the theme of Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy, the event will take stock of and examine the role of institutional structures and decision-making procedures in fostering (or ...
19 April 2010 - 12 May 2010
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China, and the relevant Field Offices of UNESCO, is organizing a sub-regional training workshop on the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Asia and the Pacific in Taiyuan, China, to launch this exercise for East and Southeast Asian ...
18-23 April 2010
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the Seventh Session in its Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites. Entitled Conservation for Peace: World Heritage Conservation Monitoring, the Session will focus on issues surrounding the monitoring of World Heritage sites as required by the World Heritage Convention. The Series ...
15 April 2010 - 26 May 2010
Full and short paper submission deadline for the 16th Int'l Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia with a special track on Virtual Heritage. To be held October 20-23, 2010 in Seoul, Korea, VSMM 2010 will bring information technology and multimedia specialist together with leaders in Art, Science and Heritage to explore creative solutions to 21st Century challenges.
Deadlines
for ...
13 April 2010 - 4 May 2010
The photographic exhibition on Moenjodaro revisits one of the world's greatest riverine civilizations, recognized as World Heritage in 1980. While illustrating the great achievements of the UNESCO International Safeguarding Campaign from 1974 -1997 it also focuses on local communities and the future prospect of the archeological site for sustainable tourism development and poverty ...
25-26 March 2010
The 8th Bamiyan Working Group meeting is organized by UNESCO (World Heritage Centre in close collaboration with UNESCO Kabul Office) for the 25th and 26th of March 2010 in Munich at the Munich Technical University in cooperation with ICOMOS Germany. The aim of the meeting is to advise UNESCO and the Afghanistan authorities on issues related to the conservation of the Bamiyan World Heritage ...
23-26 March 2010
The goal of the European Meeting for Improvement of Tourism and Visitor Management Skills is to improve the state of conservation of World Heritage sites by enhancing the quality of tourism and visitors management tools for the improvement of overall management skills. The aim of the workshop is to develop and strengthen capacities and skills in tourism management at the ...
18 March 2010
After last year's groundbreaking Tides of Time campaign, luxury watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre will organise a second auction on March 18, 2010. This time, one of two vintage 1958 Geophysic Chronometer Models E168, tested by professional climber Stephane Schaffter and his team during their recent Geophysic Expedition in the Himalayas, will be up for auction. The entire sum will be ...
12-18 March 2010
This Periodic Report follow-up meeting is organized in close collaboration with the UNESCO National Commission of Israel and is the 5th gathering dedicated to the Mediterranean Sub-Region (the others being: Rome in 2006, Madrid in 2007, Corfu in 2008 and Tomar in 2009). On this occasion focal points will review the results of previous sub-regional meetings and make an assessment of the state ...
9 March 2010 - 15 April 2010
The Europa Nostra Annual Congress will take place from 10-12 June in Istanbul, one of three 2010 European Capitals of Culture. It will offer participants a programme of exciting events taking place in world-renowned heritage venues within the historic Süleymaniye Quarter of the city.
Planned meetings include the Europa Nostra Forum on the topical theme of "Multiple ...
8-12 March 2010
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Costa Rica and the UNESCO Office in San José, will organize an International Experts Meeting for the elaboration of a comparative analysis of the Archaeological site of the Delta of Diquis, financed by the Spanish Funds-in-Trust. The Meeting will take place in several locations in Costa Rica, ...
5 March 2010 - 30 April 2010
3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from 5 March to 30 April 2010 in Rome, Italy.
ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome. ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing courses in heritage conservation since 1965 including the Architectural Conservation Course ...
25-27 February 2010
The meeting was attended by 29 participants and experts from 17 countries, as well as by representatives of IUCN, ICOMOS, ICCROM, and the UNESCO World HeritageCentre.
The terms of reference of the expert meeting were defined by the Decisions of the World Heritage Committee at its 32nd (Quebec City, 2008, 32 COM 10B) and 33rd (Seville, 2009, 33 COM 10A) ...
18 February 2010 - 15 April 2010
The Significance of World Heritage: Origins, Management, Consequences is to be the first international conference arranged by The World Heritages: Global Discourses and Local Implementations WHILD.
Founded in 2003 and situated at Dalarna University, Sweden, "The World Heritage: Global Discourse and Local Implementation", WHILD, started as a research environment, above all in the humanities ...
17 February 2010 - 30 April 2010
UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Risk ManagementInternational Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 20105th Cycle: 13-26 September 2010
The Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan is organizing the 5th International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage from 13 to ...
2 February 2010
This event will bring together high-level personalities from cultural organisations, the European Union, national and international institutions, think tanks, academia, NGOs and the media, to celebrate Istanbul's cultural vitality and kick off what will be a momentous year for the city. Throughout 2010 the city will host an array of cultural events, celebrating Istanbul as a vibrant European ...
1-19 February 2010
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Seventh Session in its Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites, with a deadline of 19 February, for the session that will take place from 18-23 April 2010 in Hiroshima, Japan. Entitled Conservation for Peace: World Heritage Conservation ...
27 January 2010 - 28 February 2010
Awarded biennially, the Equator Prize recognizes community-based initiatives that demonstrate extraordinary achievement in reducing poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the equatorial belt. Prize winners receive worldwide recognition for their work as well as an opportunity to help shape national and global policy and practice in the field. The fact that the ...
20-22 January 2010
This meeting, organized in partnership with the Government of Senegal, and with financial support from the African World Heritage Fund, Government of Switzerland and France-UNESCO Convention, will take place from 20 to 22 January 2010.
It aims to bring together 44 African States Parties to the World Heritage Convention in order to review the implementation status of the Convention in Africa, ...
11 January 2010
The first one-day consultation meeting on the implementation of the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP) in the Arab States was held on 11 January 2010 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris. It was organized within the framework of Phase 2 of the WHEAP focusing on Africa and the Arab states. About 25 experts gathered to exchange on the challenges and opportunities for World Heritage ...
31 December 2009
The Marc de Montalembert grant - 7000 Euros - helps young people from countries bordering the Mediterranean sea, and below 30 years of age, to implement projects dedicated to the knowledge of the cultures of his Region.
Since 1995 nineteen projects have been implemented by winners of the grant from 7 Mediterranean countries.
Application to the 2010 grant are to be submitted by 31 December ...
18 December 2009
The Special Session "Heritage and development: diversity as an alternative" will take place on the 18th of December 2009 in Marrakesh within the framework of Africities V, the local African communities Summit (16-20 December.) This Session is organised by the World Heritage Centre, with the encouragement of the France-UNESCO Convention, and in collaboration with the Association of Francophone ...
14-16 December 2009
This follow-up meeting is jointly organised with and is hosted by Irish authorities. Representatives of West European countries and heritage experts will meet in Dublin to discuss the following issues:
Next cycle of World Heritage Periodic Reporting
Retrospective Statements of Significance and boundary changes
Training and capacity building
Tentative Lists in Western Europe sub-region ...
9 December 2009
Representatives of the Nordic countries and heritage experts met in Stockholm in the framework of the follow-up to the world heritage periodic report process. The meeting - organized by the Nordic World Heritage Foundation and generously hosted by Sweden - focused on the following issues:
Next cycle of World Heritage Periodic Reporting
Retrospective Statements of Significance and boundary ...
6-12 December 2009
A regional capacity-building Workshop on "Assessment of Vulnerability of Cultural and Natural World Heritage Properties to Disasters and Climate Change" was held at the Peking University of China from 6 to 12 December 2009, organised jointly by the World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and the World Heritage Training and Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (WHITR-AP).
The Workshop, funded ...
30 November 2009 - 3 December 2009
More than half of the Earth's population now lives in an urban area, and over the past three decades, due to the sharp increase in the world's urban population, historic cities have become subject to new threats.
In order to address conservation and planning issues of historic cities, the Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscapes is being prepared for possible adoption at the 36th ...
26-28 November 2009
The Buenos Aires meeting was the first meeting organized and 46 representatives from 24 countries in the Region took part, in addition to the Advisory Bodies. For three days, focal points of the LAC regions were informed of the process leading to the preparation of the Retrospective Inventory, the Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value and the Periodic Reporting process. The ...
25-26 November 2009
Following the establishment of the Alliance of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes and its international conferences in 2007 and 2008, this 3rd International Conference is designed to discuss the concrete challenges of water management in World Heritage Cultural Landscapes while also aiming at promoting and further extending the network of partner sites of the Alliance.
Aiming ...
25 November 2009 - 4 December 2009
The exhibition illustrates the re-installation of the 152-ton and 24-metre high Obelisk, as well as the town of Aksum and its people, through the work of several artists who followed the process.
The opening ceremony of the exhibition at the FAO Headquarters will be held in the presence of Francesco Bandarin, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and Mounir Bouchenaki, Director ...
14-17 November 2009
A second International Workshop on "Disaster Risk Reduction to Cultural Heritage" was held at Acre, Israel, from 14 to 17 November 2009, and organised jointly by the Israel National Commission for UNESCO, the Israel Antiquities Authority and the World Heritage Centre, gathering experts and managers of World Heritage cultural properties from all regions, as well as representatives of ICOMOS, ...
12-14 November 2009
The second thematic meeting of expert on the agro-pastoral cultural landscapes in the Mediterranean will gather 40 participants, representing different European and Mediterranean countries and representatives from ICOMOS and IUCN. This meeting is organized within the framework of the France-UNESCO cooperation agreement by the Tirana European University, the Mountain Areas Development Agency ...
12 November 2009
On Thursday 12 November, leading personalities working for change will join at UNESCO Headquarters for the release of the Manifesto on the Future of Knowledge Systems: Knowledge Sovereignty for a Healthy Planet, the latest Manifesto of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture.
Vandana Shiva, Chair of the International Commission on the Future of Food and ...
11-14 November 2009
Insula, the International Scientific Council for Island Development, is pleased to announce the World Conference on "Volcanoes, Landscapes and Cultures", organized under the auspices of UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Italian government, and in partnership with UNESCO's Man and Biosphere Programme (MaB), the Sicilian Regional Government, the University of Catania, the Etna ...
2-7 November 2009
A Pacific Islands World Heritage Workshop was held in Maupiti (French Polynesia) from 2 to 7 November 2009. The workshop served as a follow-up of the Cairns workshop held in Australia in 2008 and gathered representatives from almost all the State Parties of the Pacific in order to achieve the following objectives:
Build capacities among the States Parties;
Introduce the Periodic Reporting ...
2-13 November 2009
The African World Heritage Fund, the Center for Heritage Development in Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho organise a World Heritage Nomination Training Course which will be held in Maseru/Lesotho from 2 to 13 November 2009.
This workshop will bring together heritage experts from 8 African English speaking countries plus a participant from Mozambique. The workshop will build on the ...
28 October 2009
Presentation by H.E. Mr João Luiz Silva Ferreira Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee.
28 October 2009 - 2 November 2009
Attended by over 100 participants from about 40 countries. Over the six days, 70 papers were presented in eight sessions.
27 October 2009
On the occasion of the 17th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention (23-28 October 2009), the World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the Advisory Bodies, organized an Orientation session for Committee members and all States Parties.
This session was held on Tuesday 27 October 2009 at the UNESCO Headquarters, Room II, from 5.30 p.m. to 7.00 ...
27 October 2009
Towards an Action Plan on Prehistory, Advisory Bodies' meeting
26-29 October 2009
The Regional Encounter of Experts on Heritage, Biodiversity & Community aims to improve management of natural heritage sites and protected areas, study and debate on lessons learnt and enhancement of the application of Heritage toolkits.
A unique encounter with 2 workshops under a same umbrella to gather a variety of experts in concurrent fields:
1) First pilot workshop on ...
23-25 October 2009
The UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg University of Technology is pleased to host an International Conference on "World Heritage and Cultural Diversity - Challenges for University Education". The event is being co-organized by the German Commission for UNESCO, and the conference patrons are the UNESCO Word Heritage Centre and the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs ...
23-28 October 2009
The 17th session of the General Assembly will take place at UNESCO Headquarters, Room XII and II, from 23 to 28 October 2009.
Opening of the session friday 23 October, room XII
Working Documents
Consult previous Summary Record
Faq About the ...
22 October 2009
Towards an Action Plan on Prehistory, Drafting Committee Meeting
13-19 September 2009
The main objective of this project is to discuss - in an international forum- strategies to valorize local cultural heritage resources for local development. The initiative is sponsored by the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR-UOS) in the context of a scientific development-funding program. The focus of the course is on cultural heritage as a potential resource for local and regional ...
2-15 September 2009
This course is designed for people who want to gain a greater understanding of the implications of climate change for developing countries and the potential for adaptation. It is aimed particularly at professional staff from government agencies and NGOs who do not have existing specialisation in the field but who may have new responsibility or interest in the integration of climate change ...
1 September 2009 - 1 October 2009
Europa Nostra is a framework which represents some 250 non-governmental organizations, 150 associate organizations and 1500 individual members in more 50 countries. Each year it holds a competition intended to reward different kinds of initiatives for the protection and promotion of cultural heritage.
This competition highlights a large variety of actions that enhance restoration programs ...
31 August 2009
Please fill the application form and send it together with the following documentation (by mail or email) to the contact address below:
A full professional curriculum vitae (in English)
A brief report (3-5 pages) on project(s)concerning cultural heritage or risk management with which you have been or are currently involved. Explain your overall potential for success in applying follow-up ...
30 August 2009 - 12 September 2009
The UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2009 will be held in Kyoto, Japan and Kathmandu, Nepal. The course will take place from 31 August to 12 September, and is organized by the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
In ...
19-24 August 2009
During the opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy, which took place on 15 January 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO officially launched the cycle of activities "Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents". One of the main activities of this cycle is the International Conference on "Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents", to be hosted by the ...
31 July 2009 - 15 September 2009
The first edition of the Caribbean Heritage Course in Curaçao is organized by the University of the Netherlands Antilles in cooperation with UNESCO and aims to improve knowledge and skills in Heritage Management. The course consists of the Course Modules I (Application of the World Heritage Convention) and V (Management of Historic Centres) of UNESCO's Caribbean ...
17-26 July 2009
This Summer Camp is open to young students of all nationalities between 16 and 20 years old, who are interested in Astronomy and World Heritage. The objective of the camp is to teach young people about Astronomy and World Heritage and give them a methodological framework for associated actions, to offer them the precious opportunity to observe a total solar ...
27 June 2009
On occasion of the 33rd COM all States Parties representatives from Europe and North America were briefed and provided with information regarding the following themes:
Results of sub-regional and national meetings
Future steps and deadlines
Follow-up to the 1st Periodic Reporting cycle and Retrospective Inventory: Management plans, boundary modifications, and buffer zones
Preparation of ...
22-30 June 2009
The World Heritage Committee will meet for its 33rd session in Seville, Spain from 22-30 June. During the session, the Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List and examine the state of conservation of sites already inscribed on the List. The Committee is chaired by H. E. Mrs María Jesús San Segundo, ...
21 June 2009
Provisional Programme
Part 1:Welcome (14:30 - 14:35)
Session 1.1: Welcome by the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee
Part 2:Statement of Outstanding Universal Value (14:35 - 15:00)
Session 2.1: Format of the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value
Part One: Format of the SoOUV and examples of SoOUV, problems in developing SoOUV for existing sites, priorities for development of ...
12-30 June 2009
The European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) of the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (CUEBC) is organizing a 5-day Master-Doctorate Course on "Vulnerability of Cultural Heritage to Climate Change" in Strasbourg, France, from 7 to 11 September 2009.
The Course aims to ensure that young European students are ...
5 June 2009
World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5 June in more than 100 countries. The theme for 2009 is climate change and the broader consequences of environmental change, and what societies can do in response.
Combating climate change and preserving ecosystems services that underpin our economies is an issue for everyone. Every individual's efforts, no matter how small, can contribute ...
5 June 2009 - 31 August 2009
The Master of Arts (MA) in World Heritage Resource Management is currently recruiting to start in late September 2009. This is an exciting, innovative new programme - only one of five of its type in the world - that considers the issues of heritage in the cultural and natural fields, and particularly the management of World Heritage sites and other protected areas such as national parks and ...
29 May 2009
This meeting, which is being held in France, will bring together several experts from different countries (Kazakhstan, Norway, Uzbekistan, Germany and France) as well as ICOMOS experts and the UNESCO Central Asia field offices representatives to discuss with the World Heritage Centre the draft Concept Paper of the World Heritage Nomination of the Rock art Sites in Central Asia.
In 2005 an ...
29 May 2009 - 31 July 2009
Application deadline for the 3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from 5 March to 30 April 2010 in Rome, Italy
ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome. ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing courses in heritage conservation since 1965 including the ...
22 May 2009
On the 22nd May 2009, over 60 young people from across the UK will be meeting in Lyme Regis for the first UK UNESCO Youth Summit to discuss and debate World Heritage in the 21st century. The young people will be representing 11 different sites from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and one overseas territory, Bermuda.
The young people have been selected to participate through a ...
19 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
The UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg University of Technology is pleased to host an International Conference on "World Heritage and Cultural Diversity - Challenges for University Education". The event is being co-organized by the German Commission for UNESCO, and the conference patrons are the UNESCO Word Heritage Centre and the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs ...
18-24 May 2009
In spite of its remarkable historical background and numerous historic and cultural sites in the region, Central Asia and western China remain one of the most under-represented regions on the World Heritage List, with no cultural or natural heritage properties from Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan inscribed on the List.
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS have been assisting the States ...
14-16 May 2009
This workshop "Climate change and cultural heritage" will allow scientists, end users and policy makers to debate the effects of changing climate parameters on material and structural characteristics of cultural heritage. The workshop also aims to produce guidelines to governments, other institutional actors, NGO's and experts on how to better integrate climate change considerations and ...
10-14 May 2009
The International Meeting, Prehistoric Sites and the World Heritage Convention, Bahrain, 10 to 14 May 2009, included the participation of 20 participants from 15 States Parties and Advisory Bodies, and focused on the cultural phenomena of Neolithic, Megalithic, Bronze Age and Late Prehistoric Periods.
9-10 May 2009
On their long journeys, migratory birds have to navigate through a multitude of man-made barriers. Their flyways are hindered by wind farms, power lines, TV and mobile phone transmission masts, glass windows, tall buildings and other constructions. Huge numbers of birds are killed, injured or displaced each year. Apart from direct fatalities or injuries via collision, such structures can also ...
8-9 May 2009
This 4th follow up meeting dedicated to the Mediterranean sub-region was organized in cooperation with and with the financial support of the Portuguese authorities. The meeting was attended by 13 countries focal points and various cultural and natural heritage experts. The aim of the meeting was to shed light on:
Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
Revised Periodic Reporting ...
1 May 2009 - 14 June 2009
The UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2009 will be held in Kyoto, Japan and Kathmandu, Nepal. The course will take place from 31 August to 12 September, and is organized by the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
In ...
21-24 April 2009
The purpose of this workshop is to raise awareness among World Heritage site managers regarding the use of the IUCN/UNESCO Enhancing Our Heritage (EoH) toolkit, in particular test its applicability for cultural sites.
The meeting is organized by Denmark's Cultural Heritage Agency in cooperation with NWHF. The target group is World Heritage site managers from Nordic countries including ...
19-24 April 2009
UNITAR Hiroshima Office launches the second five-year cycle of its Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites. UNITAR's "values-based management" methodologies will go one step further with the new theme of World Heritage Impact Assessment. Conservation for Peace will remain as an underlying principle throughout the second cycle. Two World Heritage sites in ...
18-19 April 2009
For the past ten years the Cambridge Heritage Seminars have brought together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to explore the most pressing issues in heritage studies today.
This year, for its tenth anniversary, coinciding with the celebration of the 800th anniversary of the founding of the University of Cambridge, the Cambridge Heritage Seminar will focus on cultural heritage, ...
6-12 April 2009
This workshop is being held jointly by the World Heritage Centre, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the UNESCO New Delhi Office and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. It is the final workshop in a series which brought together site managers from a selection of World Heritage sites in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, ...
5-10 April 2009
The Seminar is arranged around 3 major themes, physical integrity of historic urban landscapes, functional integrity of historic urban landscapes, visual integrity of historic urban landscapes.
It will be hosted by Hanoi University of Architecture (HAU), Hanoi People’s Committee (Vietnam). The Seminar official languages are English, French and Spanish. Interpretation services will be ...
3-8 April 2009
The International Meeting, Rock Art and the World Heritage Convention, uKhahlamba/ Drakensburg Park, South Africa, 3 to 8 April 2009 involved the participation of 44 governmental delegates, Advisory Bodies' representatives, international experts and site managers. The meeting aimed to identify key values, issues and priorities in the area of Rock Art, particularly concerning its management, ...