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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

,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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

,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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...