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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 Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) was founded on September 8, 1993 in Fez, Morocco.  The organization was made up of 215 cities in qhich are located sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.  Of the member cities, 7 are located in Africa, 38 in Latin America, 20 in Asia and the Pacific, 125 in Europe and North America and 25 in the Arab ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The Italian government and UNESCO have entered into a joint agreement to enhance their cooperation within the framework of the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage. The aim of the agreement is to reinforce the effectiveness of the World Heritage Convention, promote Global Strategy for a more representative World Heritage List, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 challenge Our cultural and natural heritage are irreplaceable sources of life as well as sources of inspiration for present and future generations. Reaching the largest public possible is key to promoting World Heritage values and preserving our heritage. The response As a public broadcaster NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai, or Japan Broadcasting Corporation in English) focuses ...

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 International Council on Monuments and Sites provides the World Heritage Committee with evaluations of cultural and mixed properties proposed for inscription on the World Heritage List. It is an international, non-governmental organization founded in 1965, with an international secretariat in Paris. ICOMOS is one of the main participants in the World Heritage ...

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 ...

TBS System Broadcasting Tokyo © TBS Since 1996, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) have been working towards the promotion of the World Heritage Convention and raising awareness on the conservation of the world heritage properties’ outstanding universal value. This partnership was originally concluded between the World Heritage Centre and the National Federation of ...

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 ...

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, ...

Founded in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park, and nine research facilities. The Institution was established for the “increase and diffusion of knowledge” and is dedicated to the understanding and preserving humanity’s cultural heritage, encouraging ...

HISTORY® Photo: © HISTORY® UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and HISTORY® have partnered to increase awareness about heritage preservation worldwide and to promote education about World Heritage. New pedagogical approaches were developed to mobilize young people to participate actively in the promotion of World Heritage sites, about the history and traditions of ...