Follow-up to Recommendations of Evaluations and Audits on Working Methods and outcomes of the ad-hoc working group

WHC/23/45.COM/11.Rev

By Decision 44 COM 11, the World Heritage Committee at its extended 44th session (Fuzhou/online, 2021) extended the mandate of its Ad-hoc Working Group meeting intersessionally. The group was requested to (a) Analyse and propose sustainable and innovative solutions for financing of the nomination process including the Preliminary Assessment and (b) present concrete proposals on the long-term financial sustainability of the World Heritage Convention, on the possibility of having additional service providers, and on feasible procedures related to Article 11.3 of the Convention.

This document presents the report of the Ad-hoc Working Group, including a list of recommendations and a Draft Decision. It also comprises 5 annexes presented in the language in which they were submitted to the Group.