Living Cultural Landscapes and the Challenge of Tourism
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
The city of Pogradec, Albania, is set to host the third Management Planning Workshop and Thematic Training for the Lake Ohrid region from 7 to 10 December 2015. The workshop will bring together a number of stakeholders to advance the work on an integrated management system for the protection and sustainable development of the Lake Ohrid region. The Lake Ohrid stands out as one of the world’s ...
COP21: UNESCO Sites - A Climate Change Observatory, thematic day at UNESCO Pavilion le Bourget
Saturday, 5 December 2015
Culture Heritage is both impacted by Climate Change and a source of Resiliency, but the relationships are not well understood.
The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), for example states that “impacts, such as loss of... cultural heritage, and ecosystem services, are difficult to value and monetize, and thus they are poorly reflected in estimates of losses.” We will examine how to improve the ...
The UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) in Kuwait organize a regional conference on the theme of urban conservation and the role of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in safeguarding the heritage of urban and architectural modernities in the Arab World. This conference will take place in Kuwait from 1 to 3 December ...
Regional meeting on the Pacific World Heritage Action Plan 2016-2020
01-Dec-2015 - 04-Dec-2015
From 26 to 27 November 2015, the Centre Lucio Costa for Training and Heritage Management located in Rio de Janeiro (C2C-CLC), a category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO created by Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of Brazil in 2010, will hold the 1st Meeting for the establishment of the Administrative Council and the Governing Bodies.
The Centre Lucio Costa, one of the eight ...
The National Heritage Board of Poland is honoured to host a Promotional meeting of the Polish edition of “Managing Cultural World Heritage – World Heritage resource manual”, which will take place on 26 and 27 November 2015 in Katowice (Poland).
The programme of the meeting is divided into three thematic blocks:
The promotion of “Managing Cultural World Heritage – World Heritage resource ...
4th Silk Roads Serial World Heritage Nomination Coordinating Committee Meeting
24-Nov-2015 - 26-Nov-2015
International Conference on Risk Management for World Heritage
19-Nov-2015 - 20-Nov-2015
20th General Assembly of States Parties
18-Nov-2015 - 20-Nov-2015
A workshop - jointly organised by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), the Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction, Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO, and the Maltese National Commission for UNESCO - will bring together heritage professionals, site managers and emergency responders from South-East European and Mediterranean countries ...
Launch of activities for the 10th Anniversary of the African World Heritage Fund
Thursday, 12 November 2015
World Heritage High Seas Expert Meeting
29-Oct-2015 - 30-Oct-2015
IFLA Europe 2015 award granted to UNESCO
16-Oct-2015 - 18-Oct-2015
First meeting of World Heritage Associations in Europe in Strasbourg, France
15-Oct-2015 - 16-Oct-2015
IX National meeting of World Heritage Managers in Vizcaya Bridge (Getxo), Spain
06-Oct-2015 - 08-Oct-2015
The World Heritage Centre is organizing an Information Session for the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention on the occasion of t he 20th session of the General Assembly of States Parties (UNESCO Headquarters, 18-20 November 2015).
The subject of the Information Session will be the new procedure for elections to the World Heritage Committee adopted by the General Assembly during ...
Culture and Heritage in Danger: Education as a force for resistance
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
UNESCO Chair Program on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2015
Organized by the Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University In cooperation with UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, ICOMOS/ICORP Supported by Toyota Foundation “Initiative Program”
Dates and ...