Public Sector: Public partners of the World Heritage Centre group stakeholders that have an institutional link with one or more States. Governmental agencies are official institutions between a State party to the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage Centre. National agencies and public universities are state organs or government-sponsored organs, that are part of the implementation of the State policy. Finally, international agencies are intergovernmental organizations gathering States to take measures at a regional or international level.
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 ...
The Centre cooperates closely with the biodiversity related Conventions, individually and also through the mechanism of the Biodiversity Liaison Group (BLG). The BLG is composed of the Heads of ...
Align with the principles expressed by the States Parties in the Yaoundé Declaration March 1999, The Central Africa Forests Commission (COMIFAC) is the only authority in term of political, ...
Founded in 2017 with a mandate to preserve and celebrate the historic city of Diriyah, its aim is to preserve At-Turaif UNESCO World Heritage Site, build Diriyah into a global gathering place and ...
The European Union has become one of the strategic partners of UNESCO. Both Organizations share the same values and work closely together to achieve their common goals. The thematic dialogue and ...
With its offices in Berlin and Bonn and a network of around 230 missions abroad, the Federal Foreign Office maintains Germany’s relations with other countries as well as with international and ...
The FGEF is a bilateral fund which was set up in 1994 by the French government following the Rio Summit.
It aims to promote a stronger international cooperation in the sustainable development ...
Gesellschaft Für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), the German government's implementing agency for technical development and co-operation, assists developing countries to conserve and use ...
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 ...
Through its Ministry of Culture in the early 2010s, and since 2015 through the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, Bahrain supported various activities in relation to World Heritage.
Government of China
Capacity Building and cooperation for World Heritage in Africa
The commitment of the Government of China to support UNESCO in safeguarding the World Heritage in Africa ...
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 ...