The workshop will apply a participatory methodology based upon the UNESCO World Heritage Resource Manual: Managing Disaster Risks for World Heritage (2010).

Special focus will be devoted to geohazards risk preparedness, with particular emphasis on landslides, seismic events, floods, and wild fires, through the participation of an interdisciplinary team of highly qualified international resource persons.
The workshop intends to bring together site managing bodies and emergency responders from the beneficiary countries in order to provide them with knowledge on current thinking, methods and tools available for identifying, assessing and managing multiple natural-derived risks and preparatory measures to mitigate their impact and damages both at human and material levels in the UNESCO designated sites (World Heritage properties and Biosphere Reserves).