Africa
World Heritage Africa Region
5 May
African World Heritage Day
Proclaimed by the 38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO (November 2015), African World Heritage Day (5 May) is an opportunity for people around the world, and particularly Africans, to celebrate the Continent’s unique cultural and natural heritage
Action Plan 2012–2017
for the Africa Region
Action Plan 2012-2017 (updated 2016)
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Objectives
Improve the representation of African heritage sites on the World Heritage List through the preparation of successful nomination dossiers
Improve the state of conservation at World Heritage properties, by effective risk management, increased community involvement and direct economic benefits to local communities
Effectively manage existing properties by recognising, documenting and formalising traditional management systems and fully incorporating them into existing management mechanisms
Develop and implement strategies to enable States Parties to effectively address the challenge of balancing heritage conservation and development needs
Establish, and implement, necessary mechanisms for heritage conservation, protection and management in pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict situations
Periodic Reporting
Every six years, the States Parties are invited to submit to the World Heritage Committee a periodic report on the application of the World Heritage Convention, including the state of conservation of the World Heritage properties located on its territories.
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Cycle 2
Main results
Africa Region
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Synthesis and analysis of the Second Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Africa submitted in accordance with Decision 33 COM 11.C. It provides information on the data provided by States Parties in the Africa region on the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention at the national level (Section I), as well as the data provided on the World Heritage properties (Section II).
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Main results
Africa Region
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Conclusions and recommendations of the synthesis Report on the state of conservation of the World Heritage in Africa, submitted in accordance with the strategic approach approved by the World Heritage Committee at its 23rd session (Marrakesh, Morocco, 29 November-4 December 2001).
Read moreActivities (10)
- #MyAfricanHeritage
- Africa Nature
- Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI)
- Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Local Development for African Local Governments
- Historic Urban Landscapes Workshops on the Swahili Coast of Africa
- Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin
- Periodic Reporting 1st Cycle: Africa
- Periodic Reporting 2nd Cycle: Africa (2011)
- Support for the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting for Africa
News (43)
- BIOPALT project strengthens transboundary collaboration in the Lake Chad region Monday, 11 June 2018
- African World Heritage Day, Message from the Director General Saturday, 5 May 2018
- UNESCO condemns killing of six guards in Virunga National Park Tuesday, 10 April 2018
- Around 100 youth from across Kenya participated in the First UNESCO National Youth Workshop on Culture and Heritage in Kenya Tuesday, 10 April 2018
- Call for Applications: 3rd African World Heritage Regional Youth Forum 2018 Monday, 26 March 2018
- Release of the publication World Heritage for Sustainable Development in Africa Wednesday, 7 March 2018
- UNESCO launches BIOPALT project to safeguard Lake Chad Monday, 5 March 2018
- Job vacancy: African World Heritage Fund Executive Director Wednesday, 31 January 2018
- South Sudan prepares a conservation and management plan for Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape that considers its potential World Heritage values Monday, 27 November 2017
- Ugandan youth are at the centre of the reconstruction process at Kasubi Tombs World Heritage Site in Danger Monday, 11 September 2017
Events (77)
- African World Heritage Day 05-May-2018
- Safeguarding African World Heritage as a Driver for Sustainable Development 31-May-2016-03-Jun-2016
- Exhibition - African World Heritage: a pathway for development 18-May-2016-14-Jun-2016
- World Heritage Youth Forum (2016) Africa 28-Apr-2016-04-May-2016
- Culture and Heritage in Danger: Education as a force for resistance 15-Sep-2015-15-Sep-2015
- 3rd edition of the Heritage in Africa seminar on the topic of ‘Heritage in Danger’ 08-Oct-2013-08-Oct-2013
- African cultural policies: cooperation, models and strategies 26-Jun-2013-27-Jun-2013
- International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.) 08-Jun-2013-17-Jun-2013
- The World Migratory Bird Day 2013 11-May-2013-12-May-2013
- World Heritage Risk Preparedness workshop for African countries 06-May-2013-18-May-2013