UNESCO's Young People's World Heritage Education Project was launched in 1994 to raise awareness among students and teachers around the globe about World Heritage conservation.
The project is co-ordinated by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) Co-ordination Unit and funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD) with previous support from the Rhône Poulenc Foundation, France.
Objective:
Through the integration of World Heritage education into secondary school curricula, the project aims to involve young people in World Heritage conservation and to create a new synergy amongst teachers, curriculum developers, heritage experts and other relevant people from local to global levels.
This is based on the belief that only by instilling a deep sense of responsibility towards our common heritage in tomorrow's decision-makers can the planet's rich cultural and natural diversity endure.