Events

ProtectingUNESCO marine World Heritagethrough scientific research Photo Exhibition Initiative organized in the framework of the forthcoming United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) Exhibition developed with the support of the Government of the Principality of Monaco In collaboration with Monaco Explorations © ...

The “Online technical meeting for Libyan properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger” aims at clarifying the process for the elaboration of the Desired State of Conservation (DSOCR) for the removal of Libyan properties from the List of World Heritage in Danger. Taking the Old Town of Ghadames as a case study, the participants will analyse the situation and set the basis for the DSOCR ...

The “online technical meeting for Syrian properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger” aims at clarifying the process for the elaboration of the Desired State of Conservation for the removal of Syrian properties from the List of World Heritage in Danger (DSOCR). Taking the Ancient City of Damascus as a case study, the participants will analyse the situation and set the basis for the ...

WHITRAP Shanghai holds the 2020 HeritAP Webinar “Impact of COVID-19 on World Cultural Heritage Sites and Moving Forward” on 19-20 November 2020 The World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITRAP) is a Category 2 Institute established under the auspices of UNESCO. The Institute's mission is to strengthen the implementation of the World Heritage ...

The World Heritage Centre is organising a series of online training sessions to accompany States Parties in Asia and the Pacific as they carry out the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting. This session is dedicated to Outstanding Universal Value & Attributes (Section II, Chapter 3 of the questionnaire) and focus on the following: Review of the definition of OUV, its applicability and ...

Special panel on “Sustainable heritage management: New challenges, new competences”on 9 November 2020 (16:00 – 17:30, Bangkok time).  Representatives from World Heritage Centre and Advisory bodies, including International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and International Union for ...

The third edition of RO.ME Museum Exhibition, the professional and international platform for institutions and companies operating in museums, culture and art, in a renewed format,  sees the launch of the “Santagata Foundation Award for UNESCO designations”, addressed to sustainable development projects realized between 2019 and 2020, and conferred by a scientific committee coordinated by the ...

The 14th extraordinary sessionof the World Heritage Committeewill be held online on 2 November 2020,from 12 pm to 3 pm (Paris Time, France). Following the decision of the Bureau, which met on 16 October 2020,this 14th extraordinary session of the World Heritage Committee was convened. The working languages of the meeting will be English and Frenchand simultaneous interpretation will be ...

A first training workshop was organized from 2 to 5 November 2020 by UNESCO and the National Centre for Documentation and Scientific Research (CNDRS), following the official launch of the project "Capacity Building in Sustainable Tourism Development and Management for World Heritage in Comoros" on 15 October 2020. The project, financed by the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust to UNESCO, aims to ...