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Monday, 23 December 2024
Disaster and risk are threats to World Heritage sites. The increasing impact of disasters in Africa and their growing complexity is a great concern for site managers, heritage professionals, and decision-makers. According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), millions of people worldwide are affected annually by disasters arising from extreme natural phenomena such ...
Tuesday, 17 December 2024
The Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for the Asia and Pacific Region, a UNESCO Category 2 Centre, at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), in Dehradun, India, will organize two training courses on natural heritage management in Dehradun, India in 2025. This course is directed at professionals, researchers and individuals working in the wildlife conservation/ heritage ...
Monday, 16 December 2024
The World Heritage Scholarship, an international residency, is now open.
The scholarship is aimed for people who have a cultural idea, such as art, music, research etc, related to the UNESCO World Heritage list and are interested to connect the World Heritage site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland with one or more sites around the World in a cultural or artistic way.
The award consists of ...
Friday, 13 December 2024
World Heritage Regional Action Plan for Europe and North America (2024-2031)
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce that the user-friendly version of the World Heritage Regional Action Plan for Europe and North America (2024-2031), endorsed by the World Heritage Committee during its 46th session in New Delhi (2024), is now available and ready to use! This ...
Thursday, 12 December 2024
Working On The Future
After seventeen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative continue to involve young people, communities and site managers in building together new, inclusive societies where World Heritage is a source of resilience, humanity and innovation, beyond the challenges that faces the World. In this ...
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
On 13 November 2024, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre hosted the online launch of Phase 3 of the Mentorship Programme for African Heritage Professionals. The event was opened by Mr Lazare Eloundou-Assomo, Director of World Heritage, who announced the engagement of a further 20 mentees as part of Phase 3 and invited the new generation of African heritage experts to World Heritage system by ...
Monday, 9 December 2024
[in French only] À Sambava, Madagascar, le projet BIOCOM de l’UNESCO transforme des vies en alliant conservation de la biodiversité et développement communautaire. Grâce à cette initiative, les bénéficiaires acquièrent des compétences techniques tout en adoptant une nouvelle vision des activités professionnelles et de la préservation de l’environnement. Animés par une détermination ...
Friday, 6 December 2024
On 5 December 2024, managers from the 51 UNESCO World Heritage marine sites convened online with experts from UNESCO and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to share best practices in managing tourism sustainably across the globe.
Tourism and UNESCO World Heritage marine sites are deeply interconnected, as these flagship marine protected areas (MPAs) often become ...
Tuesday, 3 December 2024
UNESCO participated actively in the 12th edition of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) in Cairo. Convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the WUF12 focused on the theme of “It All Starts at Home.” The meeting was attended by 25,000 from 182 countries. A UNESCO delegation led by the Deputy Director of the World Heritage Centre, Ms Jyoti Hosabrahar, highlighted the ...