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Queretaro (Mexico),In the framework of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, The Mexican Secretary of Tourism, the National Council for Arts and Culture and the National Institute of Anthropology and History, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Government of the state of Querétaro, are jointly organizing an International ...
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,During an online meeting on 20 July 2020, the Chinese authorities and UNESCO invited national and international experts to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the UNESCO Silk Roads Project and the Launch Ceremony of the Digital Archive of the Silk Roads Project (DAS).
On 20 July 1990, UNESCO launched the Desert Route Expedition of the Silk Road in Xi'an, China, the first in ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,Is it possible to protect heritage in time of war This was the challenge facing UNESCO in
the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) in 2000 and which led to the launch of the "Biodiversity
Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Conserving World Heritage Sites in the DRC" programme,
developed with the United Nations Foundation, the ...
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UNESCO Headquarters Paris,For the first time after 70 years of service to the heritage of humanity, UNESCO will open its doors to the general public the weekend of the 15th and 16th of September, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the European Heritage Days.To mark this special occasion, UNESCO is launching World Heritage Journeys of the European Union- the first-ever web platform ...
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,UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office, New Delhi
The Next 50: Ways Forward for South Asia
November 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Over the past 50 years, the notion of culture, in particular of cultural heritage, has shifted from monument-centered towards people-centered and holistic approach. The understanding of cultural ...
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Merida, Mexico,During the 20th Section of the World Heritage the exhibition Africa Revisited took place. It was designed and produced by Galia Saouma-Forero.
The exhibition “Africa Revisited” was produced from information drawn from the first Global Strategy meeting in Harare in 1995 and the preparation of the meeting of Addis Ababa.
The exhibition highlighted ...
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,During the extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, the side event, ‘Looking into the future: Highlights of the Regional Action Plan for Africa (2021 – 2027)’ will take place on 30 July.
The event will take place on Zoom platform from 4pm to 5.30pm (Paris Time, GMT +2) and will reflect the Regional Report and Action Plan (2021-2027) for Africa, which is the ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,In the framework of the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP), the UNESCO World Heritage Centre has organized an exhibition entitled “20 years contributing to World Heritage” by CRAterre-ENSAG, which will be on display in the Gallery Space “Miro 3” at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 4 to 23 ...
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Paramaribo, Suriname,Regional Experts Meeting on Plantation systems in the Carribean, Paramaribo, Suriname, 17-19 July, 2001
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Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain,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 ...
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Biebrich Castle, Wiesbaden, Germany,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World heritage Convention, 20 high school students of the Pestalozzi-School Idstein, a German high school, in cooperation with the Monument Protection Agency of the State of Hesse, have produced this exhibition on the World Heritage Convention and the Hessian World Heritage sites which is to ...
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Vilnius, Lithuania,By the Decision 29 COM 20, adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 29th ordinary session (Durban, 2005), the 30th ordinary session of the World Heritage Committee will take place from 8 to 16 July 2006, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The current members of the World Heritage Committee are as follows: Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, India, Israel, Japan, ...
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UNESCO Headquarters,This report explores the role of culture in sustainable urban development and aims to become a policy framework document to support national and local governments in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development as well as the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the Habitat III conference held in Quito, Ecuador from 17 to 20 October ...
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,The United Nations Ocean Conference takes place from 27 June to 1 July 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. Marine World Heritage related highlights will focus on environmental DNA, resilient coral reefs, and blue carbon.
Read more about UNESCO’s participation in the UN Ocean Conference: https://www.unesco.org/en/un-ocean-conference-2022
The 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference ...
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,As requested by the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session in 2015 (Bonn, Germany), a joint World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) Reactive Monitoring mission will be undertaken during 19-23 April 2016 to assess the overall state of conservation of the property, including factors that constitute a serious threat to the ...
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,The Africa Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, with the support of the Government of Norway, in partnership with the African World Heritage Fund and ICCROM is pleased to announce that an online workshop dedicated to the “Re-discovering African urban heritage through the lenses of the 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape” (HUL) will take place on 24 ...
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Seoul, Korea,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 ...
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,Friday 21 April 2023Online 14:00-16:30 Beijing time (UTC+8)2023世界遗产对话世界遗产、气候变化和韧性——气候变化威胁下的遗产灾害响应和紧急风险应对 (guojiang.org)
Following the 6 WHITRAP Shanghai World Heritage Dialogues organized in 2022 on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, WHITRAP Shanghai is continuing the World Heritage Dialogues series organized and hosted by the College ...
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,In order to strengthen its role as an international exchange platform for heritage education, the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP) is announcing a global call for Innovative Case Studies on World Heritage.
The aim is to select outstanding cases which exemplify innovative approaches ...
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Kyoto, Japan,UNESCO Chair Program on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2013
Application deadline: 27 May 2013Applications should be E-mailed in Word or PDF Format to dmuchitc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp by May 20, 2013 (Japan Standard Time).
Theme of 2013 ...
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Phnom Penh, Cambodia,An informal meeting of Category 2 Centres related to World Heritage took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 20 June 2013, on the side of the 37th Session of the World Heritage Committee (17-27 June 2013). The meeting, chaired by Mr. Giovanni Boccardi (World Heritage Centre), had an informal character and was aimed to share information on recent ...
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Online,The Next 50: World Heritage as a source of resilience, humanity and innovation
From 11 June to 16 November 2022, WHITRAP Shanghai will organize a series of 6 monthly online thematic World Heritage Dialogues (including a WHITRAP Herit-AP Chat in July), co-organized by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) Tongji University (Shanghai, China) to ...
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Historic Jeddah Room: Al Faisaliah Hotel Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,International cooperation plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value. The purpose of this side event is to highlight and commend the remarkable accomplishments and positive outcomes resulting from such cooperation and partnerships, in support ...
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,In July 2021, the UNESCO Office in Almaty, in close cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and three Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Convention (ICCROM, ICOMOS, IUCN), will organize a series of online capacity-building webinars for individuals and organizations responsible for the management of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites in Central ...
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Room XI (Fontenoy),The World Heritage Centre is organizing an information and exchange session for the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention on the occasion of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (Istanbul, Turkey, from 1 to 20 July 2016).
This meeting will take place in Room XI (Fontenoy) from 10 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Tuesday, ...
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Kyoto, Japan,UNESCO Chair Program on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2013
Theme of 2013 International Training Course: Reducing Disaster Risks through Mitigation
The year's training programme will focus on policies and planning measures for mitigating risks to cultural heritage from ...
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,The Youth Model of the World Heritage Committee, to be held in Kazan from 1 to 9 July, is designed to attract the attention of young people of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention to the problem of preservating natural and cultural heritage and to raise awareness of youth activities related to the Convention, its role and its international importance ...
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Paris, France,Culture Heritage is both impacted by Climate Change and a source of Resiliency, but the relationships are not well understood.
The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), for example states that “impacts, such as loss of... cultural heritage, and ecosystem services, are difficult to value and monetize, and thus they are poorly reflected in estimates of losses.” ...
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Tongariro National Park, New Zealand,Leaders from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Palau will visit Tongariro National Park in New Zealand. The intention of the study tour is to demonstrate to traditional and elected leaders the benefits of the World Heritage Convention as well as its application in a real context. As a follow-up ...
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Galapagos Islands,World Heritage marine managers share a wealth of solutions and best practices on how to deal with the conservation challenges they face. Bringing these success stories together in ways that make them suitable for replication in other marine areas, is a central part of our work.
Our Best Practice Guide
for site managers shares the marine spatial ...
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Rabat, Morocco,Since July 2013, the world has 981 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. With a total of 128 properties located in 40 State Parties, the African continent has 13% of the World Heritage properties.This modest representation requires the initiation of supported inscription projects.
The African continent is also home to rich heritage and has a ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,The second meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1999 Second Protocol), the seventh meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the second meeting of the Parties to the Second ...
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Xi'an, China,Interactive Technologies & Sociotechnical Systems:New Developments and Solutions for Cultural Heritage, Healthcare, Gaming, Robotics and the ArtsThe 12th VSMM conference is hosted this year in the magnificent cultural city of Xi’an, China, known for the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, which are praised as "the eighth major wonder of the world”.This is the ...
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,The challenges experienced by the World Heritage properties are the symptoms of crises of global magnitude. The solution-oriented discussions around the future of our World Heritage therefore, require expertise well beyond the realm of heritage.
UNESCO launches “50 Minds for The Next 50” to convene fifty leading, innovative, bold, respected thinkers of our times from ...
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Online,As part of the monthly Wright Virtual Visits Series, an online program bringing you virtually to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed public sites, we will feature the eight sites that are part of "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright" UNESCO World Heritage site. We will review the Outstanding Universal Value for each site through a pre-recorded video segment ...
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Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia,The World Heritage Youth Forum has become an annual event held in conjunction with the session of World Heritage Committee. As part of the 37th session, an international youth forum is being organized by the State Party of Cambodia with the support of the ASEAN Foundation and the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia.
Young ...
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,You are invited to the UNESCO side event at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) “Coping with environmental challenges: climate and biodiversity action in UNESCO’s sites” on 6th of July 2021, 1:30pm - 3:00pm CEST.
Register
Register to participatehttps://bit.ly/3x5fx5Q
The side event will begin with a discussion on how to address climate change and biodiversity on land ...
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New Haven, Connecticut, USA,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 ...
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,Wednesday 14 September 2022
Online 14:00-16:30 Beijing time (UTC + 8)
From 11 June to 16 November 2022, WHITRAP Shanghai will organize a series of 6 monthly online World Heritage Dialogues including a WHITRAP Herit-AP Chat, in July, hosted by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) Tongji University (Shanghai, China) to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ...
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Istanbul, Turkey,This year the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly and Advisory Committee will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 15-21 October 2016, on the generous invitation of ICOMOS Turkey.
In addition to the Annual General Assembly, there will be an Extraordinary General Assembly that will take place on the same morning on 19 October.
The agenda of the Annual General ...
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,The Government of Honduras and the UNESCO Cluster Office for Central America will hold a discussion workshop on 2 September on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the inscription of the Mayan Site of Copan on the World Heritage List.This was reported on Monday 17 August by the organizers of the event through a virtual press release, which was attended by, among ...
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,The Workshop on management for World Heritage site managers in South-Eastern Europe in the framework of the preparation of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting for Europe and North America took place in Sibiu, Romania from 15 to 17 May 2012. It was a follow-up from the previous sub-regional meeting in Prague 26-27 May 2011 where the need to involve site managers was ...
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Bahrain,‘Protecting Heritage in an Ever-Changing World’
The Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities is hosting the World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2018 as an integral part of the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee, and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, under the theme of ‘Protecting Heritage in an Ever-Changing ...
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Budapest, Hungary,The Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Audrey Azoulay, announced on 14 February 2019 the launch of nominations for the prestigious UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation.
The prize will be awarded for the 15th time during the World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary, from 20-23 November 2019. The prize is USD 100,000 and is allocated every ...
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Zimbabwe,Final report
Saouma-Forero, Galia,Expert Meeting on Authenticity and Integrity in an African Context; Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; 2000
Authenticity and Integrity
Summary of ICCROM Position Paper, Amsterdam 1998
Jukka Jokilehto in collaboration with Joseph King (02 February 2000)
1. Integrated Strategic Process
The World Heritage Convention identifies as the duty of ...
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,As the climate crisis intensifies, both cultural and natural World Heritage sites face growing and unprecedented challenges. In response, the Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage (HCCH) and ICOMOS Germany will convene a high-level roundtable on 2 July 2025, bringing together scholars, policymakers, site managers and international partners to identify concrete avenues ...
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UNESCO headquarter,On the occasion of European Heritage Days, UNESCO will open its doors to the public on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September 2022, from 10 am to 6 pm.
This year’s edition will be marked by the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and will feature a unique exhibition by contemporary painter Sacha Jafri.
In addition to opening its emblematic ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre will organize a photographic exhibition “The Preservation of the World Heritage Site of the Koguryo Tombs and Mural Paintings of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 2001-2012” from 12 to 26 October 2012 at Salle des Pas Perdus, UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris.
Over the last decade, ...
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Gifu, Japan,This year marks the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia and the founding of the Society. VSMM 2004 continues to push the boundaries of Virtual Reality and Multimedia research by expanding upon the 2003 conference and presenting "VR and the Human Factor: Art, Science and Culture." To celebrate the tenth ...
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New Delhi, Inde,46th Session of the World Heritage Committee, New Delhi, India from 21 July to 31 July 2024.
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New Zealand,As a logical follow-up to the Periodic Reporting exercise for Asia and the Pacific in 2003 a World Heritage Programme for the Pacific (World Heritage – Pacific 2009) was approved by the World Heritage Committee at its 27th session in Paris (29 June – 5 July 2003).Under the umbrella of the Programme the efforts of UNESCO (Apia and WHC and some other units at ...
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UNESCO Headquarters Room VI, Paris, France.,Agenda 10.00 - 13.001. Welcome by the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Mr Tumu te Heuheu2. Opening by the Director, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mr Bandarin 3. Presentation of the final results of the previous meeting held in Paris (9-10 November 2006)4. Presentation of the main outcome of the second meeting of the ...
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UNESCO Paris, Room II and XII,The 20th session of the General Assembly will take place on 19th November 2015 (am) in Room XII and on 18th (pm) and 20th November 2015 in Room II at UNESCO Headquarters.
In accordance with Article 8, paragraph 1 of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, the General Assembly of States Parties to ...
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,During a high-level side event on 17 November, during the 41st session of the General Conference, UNESCO will launch a roadmap that identifies the key scientific gaps as well as the obstacles (financial, capacity, technology) that impede the sustainable conservation of UNESCO marine World Heritage sites. The roadmap is a joint initiative from the Intergovernmental ...
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Paris, France,Uniting with internationally recognized institutions and companies for better outreach is a crucial component in safeguarding World Heritage. Every year, the World Heritage Centre holds a Partners' Day, inviting selected partners to highlight their involvement with UNESCO in providing technical expertise, training, resource mobilization and communication ...
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UNESCO Headquarter, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, Room IX,3rd Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in "Culture, Tourism and Development" and UNITWIN-UNESCO Network "Culture, Tourism and Development"
University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne / IREST - EIREST / The French World Heritage Properties Association/ ICOMOS France / World Heritage Centre - France-UNESCO ...
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Rabat, Morocco,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the UNESCO Office for the Maghreb (Rabat) and the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco, with the support of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), are organizing a meeting which will focus on the issue of preservation of the commonly called heritage of "architectural and urban modernities" in the Arab ...
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Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, and Mollina, Málaga, Spain,The 4th World Heritage Youth Forum focusing on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention was held from 10 to 20 June 2012 in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) and Mollina, (Málaga). Forty-six young people aged from 12 to 15 years old, with Spanish as a common language, attended from Colombia, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, ...
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Paris, France,Programme of the Workshops and Conference
Ensuring the protection of sites in DRC: An Experts’ Workshop 13-14 September 2004
Partners for Heritage in DRC: a meeting between the public and private sector 15 September 2004
Promoting and Preserving Congolese Heritage: linking biological and cultural diversity International Donors’ ...
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Piazzale Aldo Moro, Rome, Italy,An international conference focusing on the study and conservation of archaeological and ancient landscapes through integrated technologies and virtual reality.Topics include: Remote sensing, archaeology, landscape, environment, ecosystem, image processing, virtual reality, 3D visualization, conservation, geophysics, photogrammetry, open ...
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Moscow, Russian Federation,This conference is organized in co-operation with ICOMOS International, with the support of World Monuments Fund and DOCOMOMO International, the Russian Academy for Architecture and Building Sciences, Russia's UNESCO Commission, Russia's Ministry for Culture and Mass Communications, the Union of Architects of Russia, the Moscow Union of ...
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IRONBRIDGE, UK,The Association of Independent Museums will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 1997. Joint hosts for this special anniversary conference will be the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and the Ironbridge Institute (University of Birmingham). The historic Ironbridge Gorge provides a fitting venue for this year's theme of 'Spirit of Time and Place'. ...
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Marrakesh, Morocco,This year, the ICOMOS Advisory Committee meetings, Scientific Symposium and Annual General Assembly will take place in Marrakesh, Morocco, from 14 to 18 October 2019, on the generous invitation of ICOMOS Morocco.
Meetings of the Advisory Council (Scientific Council, National Committees and Advisory Council) will take place from 14 to 16 October - agendas ...
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Acre, Israel,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 ...
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Himeji, Hyogo (Japan),On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Government of Japan) and Himeji City organize an expert meeting on "Heritage and Societies-toward the 20th anniversary of the Nara Document Authenticity, and beyond".
The objective of this meeting is to contribute to the outcomes of the closing ...
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UNESCO, Paris,The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee will be held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, from 6 to 16 July 2025.
The entrance is located at 125 avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris, and will be opened from 8.30am to 6.30pm (except on 6 July: 1.30pm to 5.30pm), and will be closed on 14 July.
The Plenary meetings will be held in Room I located at the ...
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,According to the latest IUCN World Heritage Outlook, 75 percent of the 50 UNESCO marine World Heritage sites are threatened by invasive alien species.
This month's online meeting with marine World Heritage managers will highlight the latest innovations in prevention and eradication of invasive alien species.
Invasive alien species often result in drastic habitat changes ...
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Room XI (Fontenoy), UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,The World Heritage Centre is organizing an Information Session for the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention on the occasion of t he 20th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (UNESCO Headquarters, 18-20 November 2015).
The subject of the Information Session will be the new procedure for elections to the ...
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,The 10th Anniversary of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) serves as a catalyst for greater adoptions of the HUL approach.
Serving as a platform to share lessons learned from COVID-19 and to resume discussions on the future of urban management, topics such as public space, renovations, tourism, infrastructure and ...
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Le Havre, France,This international conference brings together four urban sites of the 20th century, three of which are inscribed on the World Heritage List.A poster contest on the theme "Recognition, Valorization and Protection of the Architectural and Urban Heritage of the 20th century" is also held in conjunction with the conference.
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,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 ...
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Kaunas and Vilnius, Lithuania,From Modern to Contemporary: Practices in Preserving Architectural Legacy of the 20th Century
Modern Cities Forum “From Modern to Contemporary: Practices in Preserving Architectural Legacy of the 20th Century, Based on Tel Aviv Document for the Modern Cities” is going to be organized on the 12th and 13th of September 2019, Kaunas and Vilnius, ...
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Bonn, Germany,The 39th session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 28 June to 8 July 2015.
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris Room II,Information meeting regarding the organization of the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee on Wednesday 14 May 2025, in Room II, from 3.00pm to 5.00pm.
Agenda
Agenda of the Information meeting
English French
Presentation
Presentation at the Information meeting
English French
Video Recording
Watch the Information ...
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Paris, France,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 Elections
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Shanghai, China,The fourth annual coordination meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage-related Category 2 Institutes and Centres (C2Cs) took place in Shanghai, China, from 23 to 25 May 2014. The World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific region (WHITRAP) hosted the meeting with support from Tongji University and the Shanghai Tongji Urban ...
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Shanghai, China,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 ...
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Kyoto, Japan,Tomorrow's Kyoto Cultural Heritage Platform is organizing a "Portraying Kyoto's Cultural Heritage" painting and drawing contest for primary school children. To commemorate the final meeting for the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this event will give children an opportunity to learn about the importance of the World ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Room XI, Paris, France,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
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Geneva,UNESCO will present its actions for safeguarding Mali’s cultural heritage and endangered manuscripts in an exhibition booth at the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC-HAS) in Geneva, 15 to 17 July 2013.
UNESCO will showcase activities carried out on the ground notably through an information kit, including the ...
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Montpellier and Florac, France,International Meetings of Mediterranean agropastoralism’s main actors, Montpellier and Florac, FranceThe International Meeting of Mediterranean agropastoralism’s main actors is organized by The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier, International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM-IAMM) and the Entente ...
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,On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), and in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, ARC-WH is delighted to announce the week-long event, World Heritage Days. Each activity is catered towards highlighting the importance of celebrating and preserving World ...
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,6th WHITRAP SHANGHAI World Heritage Dialogue
World Heritage: Filling the Gap between Culture and Nature
Rethinking the Contribution of “Connecting Culture and Nature”
to the World Heritage Convention
Wednesday 2 November 2022
Online 14:00-16:30 Beijing time (UTC + 8)
English Live-streaming link:
https://live.bilibili.com/4402597
The online Dialogue will be in ...
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The Hague, The Netherlands,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 ...
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,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary World Heritage Convention The Dutch government, the Dutch World heritage sites and the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO will organize several meetings during the weekend of 15th-17th June:
An expert meeting for policymakers on the opportunities and restrictions of World Heritage in the Netherlands;
A public event in ...
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Istanbul, Turkey,The 3rd UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture, to be hosted by the Government of Turkey in Istanbul on 3-5 December 2018, will build on the outcomes of the two previous editions of this event and their respective Declarations: the 2015 Siem Reap Declaration, which recommended closer and targeted partnerships between stakeholders of culture ...
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,The information session for States Parties on the extended 45th session of the Committee took place on 21 July 2023 from 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm.
Presentations
Presentations of the Information session on the extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee
English French
General Information
Important information regarding the extended 45th session (registration, ...
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,The Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) aims to advance biodiversity conservation globally by building the leadership capabilities of early-career conservation professionals working in places with limited capacity to address high-priority conservation issues. This partnership initiative, including BirdLife International, Conservation International, Fauna & Flora ...
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Alexandria, Egypt,Local counterparts for this expert meeting are the French Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Cairo University Centre for Architectural and Engineering Design and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
The fifth and last Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage in its series was for the Mediterranean Basin at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, ...
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Vienna, Austria,A meeting will be held in Vienna in May 2007 to continue the process of implementing the action plan of the countries of Western Europe as it was decided by the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session in Vilnius July 2006. This meeting is the follow-up of the meeting concerning periodic reporting held in Paris, France on 23-24 October 2006.
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Ljubljana, Slovenia and online,This international symposium 'Twentieth Century World Heritage: Challenges and Experience in the Management and Impact Assessment of Architectural Heritage' is hosted by the City Museum of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Sessions will include Challenges and Learnings from 20th Century World Heritage Nominations and Managing World Heritage in an Urban ...
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Austria,BASEhabitat, the partener of UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture, is a Studio within the Department Architecture at the University of Art and Design in Linz.The Summer School 2016 on modern earthen architecture and bamboo constrcutions will take place in Austria from 18th July - 1st August 2016.For more details on the progamme and application of the summer school, ...
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UNESCO’s Headquarters,By Decision 40 COM 17, the World Heritage Committee, decided to continue the work of its 40th session at UNESCO’s Headquarters in the course of October 2016.
Therefore, please save the date for this meeting which will take place in Room II at UNESCO’s Headquarters from 24 to 26 October 2016. More detailed information regarding this meeting will be ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, room XI,The World Heritage Centre is organizing an information meeting to discuss the overall preparation for the forthcoming 36th session of the World Heritage Committee to be held from 24 June to 6 July 2012 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
this meeting will be held in Room XI (Fontenoy) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, 15 May 2012. ...
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,During the 36th Session of the World Heritage Committee which was recently held in Saint Petersburg from the 24 June - 6 July 2012, an Informal Meeting of the Category 2 Centres under the auspices of UNESCO took place. This was an interesting and informative discussion and an excellent opportunity for knowledge sharing and networking between the Category 2 Centres.A list ...
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,Call for applications for the Regional Training Course on Emergency Response to Cultural Heritage at Risk, organized by the Regional Centre for Conservation and Restoration of South East Europe, Institute of Cultural Monuments “Gani Strazimiri” in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre UNESCO, in Gjirokastra (Albania) from 4 to 15 July 2018
Cultural heritage sites, ...
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UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,On the occasion of the 37th session of World Heritage Committee ( 17-27 June 2013), the World Heritage Centre, in cooperation with the Advisory Bodies, organized an Orientation session for Committee members.
This session was held on Thursday, 31 January 2013, at the UNESCO Headquarters, Room XI, from 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
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Havana, Cuba,10th Meeting on Management of Historic Centres: "Economic Sustainability of the Historic Centre, a Shared Responsibility"
The Office of the Historian of Havana, the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Latin American and Caribbean Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are organizing the 10th Encounter on Management ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, room I,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 ...
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Istanbul, Turkey,The Sub-Regional Conference 'Heritage, World Heritage, and the Future: Perspectives on Scale, Conservation and Dialogue' will take place at ANAMED, Koc University (Istanbul, Turkey) on 5-6 December 2019.
Co-organized by UNESCO, this sub-regional conference will highlight the archaeological heritage of Turkey, going back thousands of years (with Hattusha: ...
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,Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, 40th Anniversary of China’s National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities Protection System and the 70th Anniversary of CAUP of Tongji University and Tongji Planning Centennial：
15 November 2022
14:30-18:00 and 19:00-21:30 Beijing Time (UTC+8)
16 November 2022
9:30-12:00, 15:00-17:30, ...
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Stockholm, Sweden,Following the decisions taken by the World Heritage Committee at its 30th session in Vilnius July 2006, a follow-up meeting on National level in Sweden, was held 15 December 2006. The meeting was organised by the National Heritage Board of Sweden.
Participants to the meeting were Managers on local level together with those on Regional level (County ...
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Deutsche Welle building, Gremiensaal, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3, Bonn, Germany,A partners’ event to discuss experiences around private sector support for World Heritage will take place during the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee.
Best practices in partnerships with private sector companies and foundations will be shared, outlining their contribution to the ...
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Turin School of Development,Turin, Italy,The call for applications for the new edition of the Masters in "World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development", offered by the University of Turin, the Polytechnic of Turin, (University of Barcelona for the Spanish edition) and the International Training Centre of the ILO, in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage ...
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Milan, Italy,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 ...
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Kyoto, Japan,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ritsumeikan University with the cooperation of UNESCO World Heritage Centre, organize a Youth Programme entitled "World Heritage: the roles of local communities and youth for the next decade".
Participants between 20 and 30 years old involved in the ...
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Dunhuang, Gansu Province, The People’s Republic of China,Preparations are underway for the conference organized by the Getty Conservation Institute, the Dunhuang Academy, and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China. Originally scheduled for summer 2003, the conference was postponed due to the SARS epidemic.
Ninety papers from ...
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Le Havre, France,The 6th annual French World Heritage Sites meeting will be held in October.
On the 16th October the meeting will focus on the theme of "Urbanism, modern and contemporary architecture" and will include two roundtable discussions: « Urbanism and World Heritage » and « Valuation of modern architecture ». This thematic day ...
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Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,In the framework of the Dive into Heritage project generously funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission and the King Saud University, UNESCO organises the 2nd training workshop on digital heritage documentationin early 2024, dates to be ...
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Manama, Bahrain,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), is organizing a regional meeting of World Heritage focal points in Manama, Bahrain, on 5 and 6 December 2023.
The meeting will bring together World Heritage focal points in the Arab States, as well as representatives of ICOMOS, ICCROM, IUCN, to ...
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Bucharest, Romania,From 6 – 13 July 2012, the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP11) will be held in Bucharest, Romania. Since 1999, the World Heritage Centre and the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention are formally engaged in cooperation with a view to enabling the Contracting Parties to the Conventions to ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (France),Sir Peter Crane, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, will evoke the botanic activities in relation to UNESCO's programmes relating to the preservation of natural and cultural heritage.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, are a historic landscape garden which features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of ...
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Le Havre, France,[in French only] Les sixièmes rencontres des sites français du patrimoine mondial se tiendront les 16 et 17 octobre 2008 au Havre. Selon la tradition de ces rencontres, une journée thématique sera l’occasion d’échanger les expériences de terrain et d’approfondir des questions spécifiques ...
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Pilkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg,The Pulkovo Observatory in St. Petersburg (Russian Federation) offered to host on 28 June 2012 a side-event during the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee in order to present the achievements of the Thematic Initiative "Astronomy and World Heritage".
Prelimenary Programme
19:30 Departure from of the Taurida ...
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,The UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok (UNESCO Bangkok) in cooperation with UNESCO Jakarta is launching a capacity-building series as a follow-up to the World Heritage Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting (2018–2024) exercise for Asia-Pacific. Within South-East Asia, the capacity-building focus will be expressly related to two issues as highlighted in the World Heritage ...
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UNESCO Headquarters,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre invited representatives of StatesParties to the World Heritage Convention to participate in an information and exchange meeting on the 39th session, which will take place from 28 June to 8 July in Bonn, Germany.
After a welcome note by the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee, Prof. Maria Bohmer, the German ...
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Hanoi, Republic of Vietnam,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 ...
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,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 ...
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Monterrey, Mexico,Organised by the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, DOCOMOMO and the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of Mexico (INAH). Attended by more than 50 persons, two dozen experts who were selected for their professional work and experience in the field of conservation of 19th and 20th century heritage, debated the issues of identification, protection ...
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,The scientific data concerning coral reefs is now very alarming. Under the current emissions scenario, all 29 World Heritage-listed reefs are expected to experience annual severe bleaching from 2040. This month’s online meeting with marine World Heritage managers will highlight the best practices and latest innovations to monitor, prepare for and manage coral ...
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Algiers, Algeria,
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,“World Heritage governance – Being prepared to manage change and continuity”
Site managers of World Heritage sites from around the world are invited to this year’s World Heritage Site Managers Forum (WHSMF), held in the occasion of the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting.
Applicants from natural, cultural and mixed World Heritage properties are welcome to ...
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Room 1 (MR6) Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre, New Delhi, India,UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Government of Norway, will organise an event entitled “Boosting World Heritage conservation in Africa to meet global targets for people and planet” during the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee, on Monday 22 July 2024, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm ...
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Ghent and Ostend, Belgium,5th Annual Ename International Colloquium To be held 18th - 20th March 2009 in Ghent and Ostend, Belgium
Climates of Heritage Conservation
Responding to the Challenge of Global Climate Change through Public Engagement and Social Innovation
This three-day colloquium will focus on the immediate and obvious significance of the impacts of global ...
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,In order to celebrate 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the Ministry of Culture and Media of Montenegro will prepare a publication related to World Heritage sites in Montenegro.
The publication will present both national and transnational inscriptions, with special emphasis on implementation of conservation measures on the Natural and Cultural Historic ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,During its 16th session (UNESCO 24-25 October 2007), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention decided to establish an open-ended Working Group to discuss alternative mechanisms to meet the following goals :
Ensuring a balanced geographical and cultural representation in the Committee
Ensuring a less ...
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Wroclaw, Poland,The National Heritage Board of Poland is organizing the Periodic Reporting Follow-up Meeting for Eastern and Central Europe, to be in held in Wroclaw, Poland, from 14 to 15 September 2007.
The main objective of this meeting is to address the implementation of the Action Plan in Central and Eastern Europe as approved by the World Heritage Committee at its ...
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,UNESCO marine World Heritage sites are vital refuges for global biodiversity, hosting about 35% of threatened marine species. However, over 70% of the 50 marine sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List are currently threatened by climate change, according to the 2020 IUCN World Heritage Outlook. The UNESCO Environmental DNA (eDNA) Expeditions, a global citizen ...
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Online,World Heritage Governance – Being prepared to manage change and continuity
The 4th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers' Forum was held online from around the world from 7 to 13 July 2021. 92 participants coming from 85 World Heritage properties around the world joined to discussed together with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Advisory Bodies (ICCROM, IUCN ...
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New Delhi, India,Heritage and communities: inclusive and effective approaches for the sustainable management of World Heritage sites
The 6th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum was held in New Delhi, India, from 18 to 25 July 2024, in conjunction with the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee. The Forum brought together 82 professionals responsible ...
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,This Master imparts the necessary competencies and skills in the conservation and promotion of World Heritage Sites as well as in the conceptualization of sustainable projects in the fields of natural and cultural heritage, creative industries, museums and tourism.
The programme is divided into three learning cycles. The first cycle from October to December 2013 consists ...
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Manama, Bahrain,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 ...
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,The pilot implementation of the Culture|2030 Indicators’ framework has been launched in Colombia and in Bogota city. The launch workshop was organized by the Ministry of Culture and the District Secretariat for Culture, Recreation and Sports of Bogota city, in close collaboration with UNESCO, from 9 to 12 November 2021, and gathered 48 participants, including ...
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BTU Cottbus, Germany,The International Association of World Heritage Professionals e.V. (IAWHP e.V.) is organising a WHS Alumni Symposium and Workshop on "Understanding Each Other's Heritage -Challenges for Heritage Communication in a Globalized World" to be held in BTU Cottbus from 19th-21th July 2012. This WHS Alumni Conference is the second of a series of events and ...
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Camaguey, Cuba,The oldest tourist destination is the city, whose aim was at the beginning welcome travelers of religious pilgrimage.
Other activities of this type were identified with significant milestones and trade routes, which were the initial basis and created a hosting infrastructure and food -inns, guest houses, taverns- both populations, villas or destination ...
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Online (Zoom Meetings) and In-person (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia),Managing World Heritage for the Next 50 Years
The 5th session of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum was held both online (19 June, 4 and 13 July 2023) and in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (11-15 September 2023). This event brought together 105 professionals involved in the management of 92 World ...
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UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,From July 1st to December 24th 2012, the second edition of the World Heritage Game will be online at www.worldheritagegame.com. For six months, players can discover the whereabouts of the six letters of UNESCO photographed at different World Heritage sites. Many prizes can be won, including a discovery tour to one of these sites.
Simple and ...
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Istanbul, Turkey,As part of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO and the Istanbul Site Management Directorate are organizing the World Heritage Youth Forum 2016: “At the Crossroads of Multi-Layered Heritage” from 29 June to 12 July 2016.
Young ...
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BTU Cottbus, Germany,The International Association of World Heritage Professionals e.V. (IAWHP e.V.) is organising a WHS Alumni Symposium and Workshop on “Understanding Each Other’s Heritage –Challenges for Heritage Communication in a Globalized World” to be held in BTU Cottbus from 19th-21th July 2012. This WHS Alumni Conference is the second ...
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Barcelona, Spain,Monographic topic: Art and technology in the work of Antoni Gaudi Gaudi's architecture tends to be approached from one of two viewpoints, one stressing its artistic aspects and the other its technical innovations. However, as study deepens on the subject it becomes clear that in Gaudi the two concepts are indivisible; the mechanical, geometric and ...
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Delphi, Greece,On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Permanent Delegation of Greece to UNESCO in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are organizing an international Conference in Delphi (Greece) on 17-18 November 2022, entitled: The Next 50 - The future of World ...
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Barcelona, Spain,The third session of the UNESCO DigiArts E-learning seminars about Vilém Flusser (1920-1991), one of the greatest media theorists of the late 20th century, will begin on 1 November. E ntitled " Vilém Flusser's Conception of Art" , it is being organized in collaboration with the Vilém Flusser Archive (Cologne) principally for art media ...
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UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,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 ...
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom,The lecture “World Heritage and Economic Development”, organized by Edinburgh World Heritage together with the City of Edinburgh Council and RSA Fellows MCICH Network, will take place on Tuesday 17 April, 6.00pm at the Royal College of Physicians in order to mark World Heritage Day and the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage ...
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Bridgetown, Barbados,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and for the occasion of the 5th International Conference on the Inclusive Museums, the special Seminar: "Living with Our Heritage: Legacy, Communities and World Heritage" will take place in Bridgetown, Barbados, on the 31st of July 2012.
The event will discuss ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France,On the occasion of its 60th anniversary, UNESCO is hosting, from 16th to 18th November 2005, an international symposium on the Organization’s history, which will take place at its Headquarters in Paris. Round Table 6, “Discovering the Heritage of Humanity” will take place on 17 November from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room IV, and will be open ...
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,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment - is organizing a regional Workshop for World Heritage Focal Points on Robben Island UNESCO World Heritage site (Cape Town, South Africa) from 27 to 29 February 2024.
The Workshop will bring together ...
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Visby, Sweden,7th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific in Visby, SwedenAugust 20-25, 2007Call for papers deadline: May 1, 2007Heritage and World Heritage is an international field where interests in politics, commerce, indigenous community relations, scientific research, representations of the past and creative performance are joined. The World ...
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Leuven, Belgium,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 ...
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Beemster (The Netherlands),The Regional Secretariat of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) for North Western Europe, based in Regensburg, Germany, invites World Heritage Cities' site-managers to the Regional Conference of the OWHC Region of North Western Europe that will take place in Beemster, Netherlands, from 12 to 14 September 2012.
The 40th anniversary of ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,At its 19th session (UNESCO, 2013), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention decided (Resolution 19 GA 4) to fully apply Article 8, paragraph 2, of the World Heritage Convention which stipulates that “Election of members of the Committee shall ensure an equitable representation of the different regions and cultures ...
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Spain,Since the beginning of the 2012 year, the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport have been coordinating all the Spanish activities in the framework of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention.
Nationals and internationals meetings or forums:
International Technical symposium about rock art, World Heritage. Organised by Comarca del Somontano ...
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Paris, UNESCO Headquarters, Room XI,At its 19th session (UNESCO, 2013), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention decided (Resolution 19 GA 4) to fully apply Article 8, paragraph 2, of the World Heritage Convention which stipulates that “Election of members of the Committee shall ensure an equitable representation of the different regions and ...
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San-Jose, Costa Rica,This training seminar, organized by the World Heritage Centre, in close collaboration with the San Jose UNESCO Office, the Advisory Bodies (ICOMOS, IUCN, ICCROM) and with the financial support of the Italian Funds-in-Trust, is framed within the follow-up activities to the Periodic Report on The State of the World Heritage in Latin America and the ...
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Vredefort Dome, South Africa,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 ...
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Room IX, UNESCO, Paris,The 6th Seminar of the UNESCO Chair and the UNITWIN-UNESCO Network in "Culture, Tourism, Development", organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, IREST-EIREST, French World Heritage Sites Association and ICOMOS France.
The seminar will explore how living cultural landscapes in France and abroad face the ...
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Bhopal, India,To promote quality research in the areas of Architecture, Planning and Design, the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, publishes an international journal “SPANDREL”- Journal of SPA: New Dimensions in Research of Environments for Living. The Journal is intended as a medium of communication and discussion of contemporary issues in Architecture, ...
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,In the framework of the ‘European Month in Cuba’, the EU-funded UNESCO Transcultura Programme is organizing an event on the management of heritage coastal defence systems in Europe and the Caribbean as a resource for developing the cultural and creative sectors.
Fortifications represent a common heritage between Europe and the Caribbean, stemming from their intertwined ...
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,UNESCO, in collaboration with the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) and the Greek GEO Office (GGO), will launch a new report entitled Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities during a high-level online event to be held on 30 June 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 CET.
The publication represents the first comprehensive, data-driven assessment of climate change in 114 ...
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Costa Rica and the city of Alajuela,On 11 August 2022, the final restitution workshop for the pilot implementation of the UNESCO Thematic Indicators for Culture in the 2030 Agenda (UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators) was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Youth and the Municipality of Alajuela in close collaboration with UNESCO.
The workshop was held online, gathering ...
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,UNESCO, Portugal and the city of Elvas organized the Launch Workshop of the Culture|2030 Indicators project implementation, 22, 24, 26 and 30 November 2021.
The pilot implementation of the Culture|2030 Indicators’ framework has been launched in Portugal and in the city of Elvas. The launch workshop was organized by the Ministry of Culture and the city of Elvas in close ...
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Poitiers,[in French only] Dans le cadre des activités du 40ème anniversaire de la Convention du patrimoine mondial, ICOMOS France organise un colloque les 17 et 18 décembre 2012. Organisé en partenariat avec le Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication et la ville de Poitiers, il aura pour thème les "Biens en série de ...
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Shanghai, China,The objective of this international expert meeting is to critically overview the implementation of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape and highlight the difficulties and opportunities that lie ahead of urban heritage.
Co-organizers: World Heritage Centre and World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region ...
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Room 1 MR 6,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on World Heritage (IIPFWH) are co-organizing a side event during the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee entitled “The World Heritage Convention and the demonstration of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)” on 24 July 2024 | Room 1 MR 6, from 18:15 (after the plenary) ...
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,In the framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting, which started in the Africa region in September 2019, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in close collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund and UNESCO Field Offices, is organising a final regional online workshop for National Focal Points of the Africa region to present the outcomes of Periodic Reporting ...
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,The World Heritage Festival is organized by the National Museum of Costa Rica to mark the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. The event will celebrate World Heritage in Central America, showing the inclusive nature of World Heritage in the region and around the world.
Activities will take place at the National Museum in San Jose and at the museum of the ...
167.
Quebec, Canada,The World Heritage Committee will meet for its 32nd session in Quebec, Canada from 2-10 July. 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 Dr Christina Cameron, who has ...
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,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is organising an event entitled ‘TOWARDS 2030: A new roadmap for Europe and North America’s commitments to the World Heritage Convention. Presentation of the 2024-2031 Regional Action Plan of Europe and North America’ during the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee.
The event will take place on Monday, 29 July 2024, from 6:15 pm to ...
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan,The Third meeting of the Coordinating Committee on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads and World Heritage Nomination dossier drafting and harmonization workshop will be held from 17 to 20 September 2012 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The event is being organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Cluster Office in Almaty, in cooperation ...
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Florence, Italy – S. Croce, sala del Cenacolo,Services for Culture: a visit of qualityPolicies, best practices and experiences in managing services for the public at heritage sites.
The audience and participants for the 5th Conference are all museums, monuments, libraries, archives and archaeological sites open to the public and under either public or private ...
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Fuzhou, China / online,Press conference (online)on 18 July at 10:00 am CEST (UTC+2 Paris Time)
Participants
Tian XuejunChair of the Extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, Vice Minister of Education and Chairperson of the National Commissionof the People's Republic of China for UNESCO
Ernesto Ottone R.UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture
Mechtild ...
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Tongariro National Park, New Zealand,A World Heritage Workshop is planned for delegates from Pacific Island nations in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. This is a follow up to the 2004 workshop where the Pacific 2009 Action Plan was developed.
The intention and objectives of the workshop are to:
Develop a Pacific position paper to be presented at the 31st session of ...
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Beijing, China,The International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST), under the auspices of UNESCO, is organizing the 1st International Workshop on Technologies for World Heritage, which is sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Bejing from the 9th to the 28th of October 2012. The theme of the workshop is “From Space to ...
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,The Spanish World Heritage Cities Group is delighted to present on Saturday, 17th September, the fifth edition of THE HERITAGE NIGHT, an unprecedented world-class cultural and artistic event taking place simultaneously the same night in the 15 Spanish World Heritage Cities: Alcalá de Henares, Avila, Baeza, Cáceres, Cordoba, Cuenca, Ibiza / Eivissa, Merida, Salamanca, San ...
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,As it was announced during the side-event held at the Pulkovo Observatory on 28 June 2012, a round-table discussion was organized on 4th July 2012 in presence of the Academician Mikhail Marov, Head of Department of the Vernadsky Institute, Chairperson of the Committee on Heritage of Ziolkovsky, Russian Academy of Sciences, co-initiator of the establishment of the ...
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Punta del Este, Uruguay,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 ...
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,The World Heritage Marine Programme, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is actively exploring how the World Heritage Convention could potentially be applied to protect areas beyond national jurisdiction. The high seas cover almost 50% of our planet and contain the largest amount of living species on earth. Yet this vast area is ...
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HAWK, Hildesheim, Hohnsen 1, Aula,The Conference focuses on the latest and often neglected chapter in the history of European conservation: the time after 1945 on both sides of the iron curtain. The conference papers will demonstrate the significance of this period for today’s heritage assets and for our understanding of history. The identity-giving role of monuments ...
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,The Naples Conference will explore synergies between the 1972 World Heritage Convention, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, and the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage marking its 20th anniversary this year.
As the first major event on bringing together the World Heritage and Living Heritage Conventions following ...
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UNESCO Headquarter, Paris,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 ...
181.
Beijing, China,On 27 November 2021, Tsinghua University’s School of Architecture will host the “Asian Cultural Heritage Initiative: International Symposium on the Conservation and Management of Historic Cities and Towns along the Silk Roads” in Beijing, China.
This hybrid online/presential symposium is organised by the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Conservation Planning and ...
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Philippines and city of Baguio,On 22 July 2022, the final restitution workshop for the pilot implementation of the UNESCO Thematic Indicators for Culture in the 2030 Agenda (UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators) was organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Mayor Office of the City of Baguio in close collaboration with UNESCO.
The workshop was ...
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UNESCO's Headquarters, Paris,The impacts of climate change are affecting many natural and cultural World Heritage properties, and are likely to affect many more in the years to come. Among the Natural Sites under stress, we find the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), the Kilimanjaro National Park (Tanzania) and many biosphere reserves such as the Cape Floral Region (South ...
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,From 11 June to 16 November 2022, WHITRAP Shanghai will organize a series of 6 monthly online World Heritage Dialogues including a WHITRAP Herit-AP Chat, in July, hosted by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) Tongji University (Shanghai, China) to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural ...
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WHC, UNESCO Headquarter, Room VI,Preparation of the 31st session of the World Heritage Committee, Christchurch, New-Zealand, 23 Juin - 2 July 2007 and progress review of the implementation of Committee decisions.AgendaItems 18A and 18B: International Assistance Item 5: Advisory Bodies report on their activitiesItem 7.1: Climate ChangeItem 7.2: Risk preparedness ...
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Solomon Islands,The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC), in conjunction with UNESCO Apia, is hosting an exhibition at the Festival of Pacific Arts, Honiara, 1–14 July 2012, entitled “Celebrating World Heritage in the Pacific”. The exhibit celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and showcases World ...
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Hyderabad,The World Heritage Committee highlighted the crucial importance of involving indigenous peoples, local communities and residents in conservation and management efforts for World Heritage properties, as well as other heritage sites in general, and this has become a part of five official Strategic Objectives of the World Heritage Committee.
In this framework, the ...
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,The World heritage union of five Libyan municipalities (WHU5LM) - A meeting was held on Thursday 2/6/2022 at the municipality of Shahat, which included those Photography professionals and enthusiasts with the representative of the Union of World Heritage Municipalities in the municipality of Shahat with Dr. Ahmad Abdulkariem to discuss of the possibility of participation ...
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Florence, Italy – S. Croce, sala del Cenacolo,Services for Culture: a visit of qualityPolicies, best practices and experiences in managing services for the public at heritage sites.
The audience and participants for the 5th Conference are all museums, monuments, libraries, archives and archaeological sites open to the public and under either public or private ...
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UNESCO Headquarters, Paris,Following the 167th session of the Executive Board, the Director-General of UNESCO was authorized to create an International Co-ordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq. Its first session was held on 24- 25 May, 2004 and the second on 22 - 23 June, 2005.In addition to Iraqi experts, the Committee is comprised of ...
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Technical University of Munich, Germany,The 13th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting will be held at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, from 1 to 3 December 2016. A set of recommendations for future safeguarding actions for the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley World Heritage property, Afghanistan will be released at the ...
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,World Migratory Bird Day was initiated in 2006 and is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the protection of migratory birds and their habitats. World Migratory Bird Day is jointly organized by the Secretariats of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the Agreement on the Conservation of ...
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,From 11 June to 16 November 2022, WHITRAP Shanghai will organize a series of 6 monthly online World Heritage Dialogues including a WHITRAP Herit-AP Chat, in July, hosted by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) Tongji University (Shanghai, China) to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural ...
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Coral Gables and Miami Beach, Miami, USA,Organised by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the University of Florida (College of Design, Construction and Planning Preservation Programs). 20 experts, 10 from the USA, 9 from Canada and one from Brazil, were invited by the Director of the World Heritage Centre to discuss identification, protection, conservation and potential ...
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Bangkok, Thailand,Draft agenda
Venue: UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (PROAP)920 Sukhumvit Road (between soi 40 and 42) Tel: (66-2) 391-0879 ext.146
Thursday 20 November
8.00-8.30 Registration
8.30Welcome by Mr Victor Ordonez, Director of UNESCO PROAPIntroduction of participants
9.00LEAP-PROJECT STRUCTURE AND OBJECTIVESPresentation by Mr Richard ...
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Goteborg (Sweden),This is a launch symposium of a three-year European project called INHERIT which is led by the European Association of Historic Towns and Regions. The overall objective of the project is to increase the capacity of cities to regenerate physically, economically and socially, through realizing the potential of investing in heritage. The Symposium will ...
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,Room : Room 1 / MR 6You can visit the exhibition from 23 to 27 July in the Exhibition Hall 14. To showcase the 'Dive into Heritage' project's progress and achievements, a side event is organized on 23 July 2023, during the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee. The event will be an opportunity to present the project, generously funded by the Ministry of Culture of ...
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,The pilot implementation of the UNESCO Thematic Indicators for Culture in the 2030 Agenda (UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators) has been launched in Morocco and the city of Essaouira. A kick-off workshop was organized by the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication and the Municipality of Essaouira in close collaboration with UNESCO, on 17-18 February 2022. The workshop ...
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Meeting room A8, Baku Congress Center, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan,The participants of the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee (Baku, Azerbaijan) are invited to attend a side-event on the implementation of the UNESCO Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest organized by the World Heritage Centre/Advisory Bodies Steering Group on 2 July 2019 (1pm to 3pm, ...
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Turin, Italy,States Parties Meeting towards a joint nomination of areas of the Alpine Arc for the World Heritage List (Turin, Italy 5-8 July 2001)