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Since 2012, Google has been working with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre to promote the Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage sites. The partnership focuses on making World Heritage properties accessible to everyone through the Google’s World Wonders Project. The project offers people around the world the ability to visit the sites virtually in order to bring ...

The Belgian Federal Science Policy Office was previously known as the 'Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs' (OSTC). This name change follows the Copernic reform of Belgium's federal administration. The department's interventions cover a very broad area. It manages an annual budget of about 513 million euro. Today, it has some 2.800 staff, 33% of ...

Since 2018, UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Partners have worked together to raise public awareness and create public engagement in the field of sustainable tourism development through culture. One of the major initiatives of the collaboration is World Heritage Journeys, a project that aims to increase sustainable tourism at World Heritage sites, while ...

Gesellschaft Für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the German government's implementing agency for technical development and co-operation, assists developing countries to conserve and use their natural and cultural heritage in a sustainable manner. GTZ has numerous projects dedicated to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity that aid management at World ...

Earthwatch Institute is a non-governmental organization, whose goal is to support scientific research and conservation through networks of cooperation and volunteer assistance. In May 2004, the World Heritage Centre and the UK-based European branch of Earthwatch Institute, signed a partnership to promote the World Heritage Convention and reinforce field research on World ...

Since 1995, KOBI Graphis has been supporting the World Heritage Centre by contributing to the promotion of the properties protected over the World Heritage Convention. It helps in safeguarding and raising awareness among the youth through publishing. KOBI Graphis publishes and commercializes World Heritage calendars on behalf of the Japanese company, Matsushita Electric ...

The Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) is an INGO (international non-governmental organization) founded under the aegis of UNESCO in 1948. It is a global network engaged in the field of International Voluntary Service. It coordinates the activities of more than 200 voluntary service organizations in 100 countries around the world every year, ...

The United Nations Foundation (UNF) is a public charity supporting the goals and objectives of the Charter of United Nations by building and implementing public-private partnerships and promoting various actions. Since 1998, UNF has had a cooperation agreement with the United Nations to achieve the objectives of the Charter of United Nations through innovative, ...

NetherlandsFunds-in-Trust The UNESCO/Netherlands Funds-in-Trust (NFiT) co-operation to support the World Heritage Centre was established in 2001 by the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences with the aim of reinforcing the implementation of the 1972 "Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage". Under this Funds-in-Trust ...

International association of Local Authorities, non-profit-making, the main purpose of UCCLA is to promote cooperation between local authorities of capitals of Portuguese-speaking countries with a view to supporting cultural, scientific and technological exchanges and enhancing the welfare of its populations.Association inter-municipale de nature internationale et sans but ...

The Australian Government established a Fund-in-Trust with the objective to support, through UNESCO, activities related to the World Heritage Convention in the Asia-Pacific region. These include the identification, conservation and presentation of World Heritage properties, with a particular priority to projects in the Pacific region, still one of the least represented on ...

The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) strives towards the effective conservation and protection of Africa’s natural and cultural heritage. AWHF is for African Union (AU) member states that signed the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention in support of these goals. The AWHF is the first regional funding initiative within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage ...

Jaeger-LeCoultre Photo: © Jaeger-LeCoultre Between 2008 and 2018, the Swiss watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre supported the World Heritage Marine Programme through a series of activities. The partnership included a 6-year international campaign “Tides of Time” in collaboration with the International New York Times to raise public awareness of the conservation ...

Principles of the agreement Signed in 1997, the Co-operation Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of France for the protection and enhancement of the monumental, urban and natural heritage was established to enhance understanding of cultural and natural heritage, to encourage the integration of the preservation of heritage in urban and territorial development ...

Government of Norway © Shutterstock / Andrei Armiagov / West Norwegian Fjords Since 2019, Norway has been among the top donors to UNESCO and the World Heritage Fund, allowing predictable and long-term support to safeguarding of World Heritage. These activities enhance management of threatened UNESCO-listed sites notably in Africa and contribute to sustainable ...

Objective The Government of Japan established a Funds-in-Trust to preserve the tangible cultural heritage such as historic monuments and archaeological remains of great value. Activities financed by the Funds-in-Trust The Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the Preservation of the World Cultural Heritage finances those activities which comply with this objective, such as ...

Definition The WHITR-AP is a non-profit organization specialized in the area of heritage conservation.  Furthermore, as a category 2 institute under the auspices of UNESCO, it is the first one that established in the developing countries.  It will be an autonomous institution at the service of Member States and Associate Members of UNESCO.  The Institute's mission is to ...

Government of Flanders(Kingdom of Belgium) cover Photo © Elizabeth Rauer As part of the General Trust Fund (FUT) with UNESCO, the Government of Flanders (Kingdom of Belgium) supports activities of the World Heritage Centre in view of enhancing the management and representativity of natural World Heritage sites, in particular marine and African sites. The ...

The heritage-related Cooperation Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and UNESCO was signed in Paris on 18 April 2002 by Mr Francisco Villar, Spanish Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura. Spain adopted the World Heritage Convention in May 1982 and, with the signing of the Cooperation Agreement, reaffirmed ...

Our Place © OUR PLACE The World Heritage Collection / Giora Dan / Sun Temple, Konârak Since 2006, Our Place supports the World Heritage Centre in promoting the World Heritage Convention. Through the Our Place World Heritage project, the New Zeeland based company provides UNESCO with outstanding photographs for the World Heritage Centre website galleries, ...