Report on World Heritage partnerships, envisaged and concluded, and on authorization granted by the World Heritage Centre on the use of the emblem

WHC-12/36.COM/INF.5A.2

Decision 34 COM 5A adopted at its 34th session (Brasilia, 2010) and Decision 35 COM 5A (UNESCO, 2011) remind the World Heritage Centre of the necessity to elaborate, at each session of the World Heritage Committee, a report on envisaged and concluded partnerships and request that it be completed with an evaluation of these partnerships based on relevant tools, in particular on the use of the emblem and the benefits received, in order to ensure strict compliance with the Convention's principles and objectives.

Decision 35 COM 5A paragraph 8(a) also requests the Director of the World Heritage Centre to continue informing the Committee on an annual basis on authorization granted by the World Heritage Centre on the use of the World Heritage emblem.

This document contains three tables: 1) the list of on-going and 2) the list of envisaged World Heritage Centre partnerships with the private sector and 3) the report on the use of the World Heritage emblem granted by the World Heritage Centre.