Throughout history, peoples have exchanged cultural experience, ideas, values and goods through art, trade and migrations. 

Human history is the tale of such journeys. As we cross into the twenty-first century, we too have embarked on a journey – whose destination holds out the promise of justice, well-being and a peaceful existence for all.

These encounters, in which individual travellers or communities have conveyed their ideas and customs across whole continents and oceans, are celebrated in a series of UNESCO projects.

To learn about UNESCO's action in this field:

On-going projects:

• The UNESCO Silk Roads Online Platform
• The Slave Route

Past projects:

• Arabia Plan
• Caucasus Project
• Intercultural Dialogue in Central Asia
• Iron Roads in Africa
• Mediterranean Programme
• The Routes of al-Andalus (PDF in French)