African World Heritage Fund
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 signed the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention in support of these goals. The AWHF is the first regional funding initiative within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.
The AWHF was launched in May 2006 under South African Trust Law in order to provide finance and technical support for the effective conservation and protection of Africa’s natural and cultural heritage of outstanding universal value. The fund was established as a result of work undertaken by African member states of UNESCO with the objective of developing an ongoing strategy to deal with the challenges that most African countries have in implementing the World Heritage Convention.
Mission Statement
AWHF pursues the identification and preparation of African sites towards inscription on the World Heritage List; the conservation and management of sites already inscribed on the World Heritage List; the rehabilitation of sites inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger and the training of heritage experts and site managers. Through effective and sustainable management, Africa’s world heritage sites will be catalysts in transforming Africa’s image and act as a vehicle to stimulate economic growth and infrastructure development.
Contacts
News (18)
- 5 May 2017 – African World Heritage Day Tuesday, 2 May 2017
- Reflection workshop: Effective involvement of local communities in managing cultural heritage Thursday, 2 March 2017
- Risk preparedness training workshop “Building Resilience of World Heritage Properties” at the Brandberg National Monument Area (Namibia) Thursday, 30 June 2016
- Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of African World Heritage Day Thursday, 5 May 2016
- Increasing youth involvement in the promotion and protection of African World Heritage Friday, 29 April 2016
Events (16)
- Exhibition - African World Heritage: a pathway for development 18-May-2016-14-Jun-2016
- Launch of activities for the 10th Anniversary of the African World Heritage Fund 12-Nov-2015-12-Nov-2015
- Workshop on risk preparedness for Lusophone World Heritage sites in Africa 30-Jun-2014-11-Jul-2014
- Entrepreneurship training at African World Heritage sites (in English) 19-May-2014-30-May-2014
- Call for applications (deadline 28 Feb) : Entrepreneurship training workshop,12-22 May 2014, Senegal 10-Feb-2014-28-Feb-2014
www.awhf.net