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On 29 November 2022, the Kingdom of Morocco, represented by H.E. Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid, Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, and Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, signed a framework agreement for the protection of African heritage, which will contribute to the implementation of activities for fostering cultural heritage safeguarding and capacity ...
News Score 1.9084011 Date 11/2022
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Cuba,,The original nomination file for this property was considered by the World Heritage Bureau during its 23rd session in July 1999. In the IUCN evaluation report presented at that session, the existence of old and inactive mining concessions located near the area originally nominated by the State Party was clearly identified, and it was indicated that any activation of ...
State of Conservation Score 1.9084011 Date 05/2007
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Nepal,Tourism Pressure; Logging; Lack of human or financial resources; Lack of institution coordination. ,The Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPWC) of Nepal, in a report attached to its letter of 27 January 2004 to the Centre, noted that the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed in writing that it will remove equipment and other construction ...
State of Conservation Score 1.9084011 Date 06/2004
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Argentina,,Missiones Province in which this park is located has sent a request to the Argentine Congress requesting that the area in the vicinity of the falls be transferred to their administration in order that additional commercial facilities can be developed. IUCN'sDirector General has sent an intervention to the President of the Republic noting that this is ...
State of Conservation Score 1.9084011 Date 11/1986
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United States of America,,In response to the letter from the Secretariat dated 9 August 1990 transmitting the recommendations of the Bureau on the conservation of this site, the US authorities have provided a map indicating the additions to this site, its new boundaries and the new designated wilderness areas. They have also requested that the Committee formally consider ...
State of Conservation Score 1.9084011 Date 10/1990
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United States of America, Agricultural, industrial and urban developments altering the natural systems; Pollution of the water (nutrients and mercury); Hurricane in August 1992 ,Summary of previous deliberations: Twenty-second session of the Committee – paragraph number VII.12 New information: A member of the Centre visited the site in May 1999 and ...
State of Conservation Score 1.9084011 Date 10/1999
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Russian Federation, Pollution of the Lake from the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill Questions about the legal status of some parts along the border of the site (issue resolved) Unregulated hunting and fishing Extensive building development Lack of financial resources Continuing decline of the Baikal Seal ...
State of Conservation Score 1.9084011 Date 12/2002
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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, ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 03/2005
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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 ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 11/2005
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St. William’s College, York,York Spaces is the first of two seminars organised by the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Tourism Committee exploring links between the tangible and intangible heritage in terms of the association of people to the spaces and places they experience as visitors. The part played by cultural expression and community participation in creating meaning and memories ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 09/2006
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Christchurch, New Zealand,The 31st session of the World HeritageCommittee, Christchurch, New Zealand, 23 June to 2 July 2007. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 States Parties to the Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, elected by the General Assembly of States Parties to the Convention. The current ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 06/2007
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Mahe, Seychelles,Capacity Building workshop for Indian Ocean SIDS: Enhancing capacities for the integration of World Heritage site management in the sustainable development of local communities. Within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust project "Capacity Building to Support the Conservation of World Heritage Sites and Enhance Sustainable Development of Local ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 04/2012
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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 ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 01/2013
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,The World Heritage Centre, the UNESCO Offices in Kingston and Havana in collaboration with the Antigua & Barbuda National Commission for UNESCO will organize the Caribbean Training Course in the Preparation of Nomination Dossiers, which will be held in St. Mary’s (Antigua & Barbuda) from 24 to 28 March 2013 within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in-Trust ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 03/2013
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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 ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 04/2013
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UNESCO Headquarters - Fontenoy Room II,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 ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 03/2014
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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 ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 12/2014
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Hongcun Village, Anhui Province, China,The international workshop 'Strengthening south-south collaboration on World Heritage and sustainable tourism' will be held at Hongcun Village, Anhui Province in China. This international workshop will focus on the power of tourism for local economic development and the conservation of heritage values through international ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 05/2014
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,The Historic Town of Grand Bassam, Cote d'Ivoire, will launch a tree planting initiative on 6 December 2014 to enhance its tree-lined boulevards. On the occasion of the centenary of the creation of the town of Grand Bassam (1914-2014), the Town of Grand Bassam will begin to replant trees along the boulevards of Treich-Lapleine and Bonhoure, in collaboration with the ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 12/2014
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Udenisht, Pogradec area, Albania,The Fifth Management Planning Workshop, in the framework of the project “Towards strengthened governance of the shared transboundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region” will take place in Udenisht, Pogradec area, Albania, on 22 and 23 June 2016. The workshop will focus on governance systems and more specifically on the ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 06/2016
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Istanbul Congress Centre, Salle Yıldız 1, Turkey,On the occasion of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee, the Europe and North America unit is organizing a side event for Focal Points in the region to exchange on follow-up activities to the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting. The Helsinki Action Plan Monitoring Survey will be presented at the side event. This ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 07/2016
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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 ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 12/2016
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Krakow, Poland,Relevant information regarding the session will be put online as soon as it becomes available Programme,Side Events All about the 41st World Heritage Committee session as well as important information on the programme and conference venue.  Available soon More--> Contact,Organisers Find a list of relevant contacts for specific requests to the ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 07/2017
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Palais de la Porte Doree, 293 Avenue Daumesnil, 75012 Paris, France,The exhibition Shared Holy Places, organized under the patronage of UNESCO by the National Museum of the History of Immigration, will be held in Paris from 24 October 2017 to 21 January 2018, at the Palais de la Porte Doree. To highlight and relate what brings together the three monotheistic religions, ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 10/2017
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Yerevan, Republic of Armenia,Regional Thematic Expert Consultation meeting on sustainable management of World Heritage properties of Religious Interest focused on Eastern Europe The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Armenian National Commission for UNESCO will organize and host a Regional Thematic ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 04/2018
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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 ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 04/2019
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,La Noche del Patrimonio is an unprecedented world-class cultural and artistic event taking placesimultaneously in the 15 Spanish World Heritage Cities. For one special night every September, the best of international contemporary dance, UNESCO World Heritage sites and local culture expressions light up the cityscape of the 15 Spanish cities with a celebration that is open ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 09/2021
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UNESCO Headquarters and Online,Enhancing engagement in the World Heritage Reactive Monitoring process UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, under the World Heritage Leadership Programme, are pleased to announce that the 7th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum (WHSM25) will be organised in conjunction with the session of the World Heritage Committee. ...
Events Score 1.9084011 Date 07/2025
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QUITO, Ecuador13-17 March 2000 Forty-seven participants from Heritage Institutes in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico participated in the Workshop organized by the UNESCO Quito Office. Participants included heritage specialists, ASPnet Co-ordinators, university professors, teachers and UNESCO field staff. Close co-operation with the Ecuadorian National ...
Activities Score 1.9084011 Date 03/2022
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The Executive Board of UNESCO approved at its 167th session (decision 9.2) the establishment of the International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq.  The Committee, which is under the auspices of the Iraqi authorities, has been created for the coordination of all international activities aiming at safeguarding the Iraqi cultural ...
Activities Score 1.9084011 Date 03/2022
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Ile d'Aix (Region Poitou-Charentes)25 august- 15 september 2008 Description Fort Liedot forms part of the Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente (World Heritage Tentative List as cultural site, 2002). The site is in need for regular restoratiions and installations. The work camp will continue works of the restoration in the parhs of th ...
Activities Score 1.9084011 Date 03/2022
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En Basse-Casamance, région africaine considérée comme un des “berceaux primaires” de la riziculture, se sont développées des formes d’habitat remarquables, aussi sophistiquées que les types d’aménagements agricoles réalisés dans une vaste zone de mangrove estuarienne. Dans toute cette zone, les grandes maisons en banco, aux charpentes solides et ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8995789 Date 11/2005
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The first regional meeting on "Transboundary Cooperation for effective management of World Heritage Sites in Africa" was held from 11 to 15 February 2019 in the city of Man (Cote d'Ivoire), located at 100 km from the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, the first African transboundary property inscribed on the World Heritage List. Funded by the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust, ...
News Score 1.8995789 Date 02/2019
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Sevilla, Spain,Provisional Programme Part 1:Welcome (14:30 - 14:35) Session 1.1: Welcome by the Chairperson of the World Heritage Committee Part 2:Statement of Outstanding Universal Value (14:35 - 15:00) Session 2.1: Format of the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Part One: Format of the SoOUV and examples of SoOUV, problems in developing SoOUV for existing sites, ...
Events Score 1.8995789 Date 06/2009
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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 2015 Organized by the Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University In cooperation with UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, ICOMOS/ICORP Supported by Toyota Foundation “Initiative ...
Events Score 1.8995789 Date 09/2015
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre in collaboration with UNESCO Apia Office in Samoa and the Department of Conservation in New Zealand launched the Programme from 17 - 22 October 2004 at Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. The workshop, funded by the Nordic World Heritage Foundation and Italian Funds-in-Trust, was attended by the Pacific Island Countries including Australia ...
Activities Score 1.8995789 Date 03/2022
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La médina de Sfax a été fondée en 849 après J.-C. sur ordre des émirs aghlabides de Kairouan, la capitale de l'Ifrikiya. Morphologiquement, elle se distingue par son plan orthogonal régulier et par l'absence presque totale d'impasses. Elle est organisée en quatre grands ilots où l'axe principal est doublé reliant les deux uniques portes originales qui ouvrent l'une ...
Tentative Lists Score 1.8966565 Date 02/2012
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Communities is one of the five strategic objectives for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention (Credibility, Conservation, Capacity Building, Communication and Communities). These 5 ‘Cs’ were adopted in 2002 at the World Heritage Committee session held in Budapest, Hungary, and were enlarged to encompass ‘communities’ in 2007 (Christchurch, New Zealand, ...
FAQ Score 1.8958491 Date 11/2022
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Quality of life is the notion of human welfare (well-being) measured by social indicators (such as the possibility to vote, demonstrate, or participate in political parties) rather than by “quantitative” measures of income and production (Glossary of Environment Statistics, Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 67, United Nations, New York, 1997). Source(s): World Heritage ...
FAQ Score 1.8958491 Date 11/2022
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