The Institut National du Patrimoine (INP), Republic of Tunisia, the World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office for the Maghreb (Rabat) will hold a reflection meeting on the project of nomination of Sfax for potential inscription on the World Heritage List, thanks to the generous support of the Netherlands Funds-in-Trust for World Heritage. This meeting will bring together the national and ...
Val de Loire World Heritage (France) information and one-day workshop on Economy, Heritage and Landscape
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Call for applications: Internships to support World Heritage in Africa (deadline 13 Jan 2014)
12-Dec-2013 - 13-Jan-2014
12th Bamiyan Expert Working Group Meeting
10-Dec-2013 - 11-Dec-2013
The regional meeting on the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Arab States will be take place in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco, from 9 to 11 December 2013. This meeting, organized by the World Heritage Centre and the UNESCO Office for the Maghreb (RABAT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Morocco will be held in the framework of the ...
World Heritage Media/Communication Training Workshop: Passing the Culture Message
08-Dec-2013 - 13-Dec-2013
Closing Meeting of the UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust Central Asian Silk Roads Project
04-Dec-2013 - 05-Dec-2013
Forum on Asian Buddhist Heritage: Conserving the Sacred (2013)
04-Dec-2013 - 06-Dec-2013
Conference on the Future of African World Heritage
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Pacific World Heritage Workshop
27-Nov-2013 - 30-Nov-2013
International Symposium "Revisiting Kathmandu, Safeguarding Living Urban Heritage"
25-Nov-2013 - 29-Nov-2013
African World Heritage « Risk Preparedness » workshop
25-Nov-2013 - 06-Dec-2013
Annual regional meeting of the Arab States’ Focal Points for World Heritage
24-Nov-2013 - 26-Nov-2013
Mid-Cycle Review Meeting on Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America
Friday, 22 November 2013
19th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention
19-Nov-2013 - 21-Nov-2013
Conference “Between dream and reality: Debating the impact of World Heritage Listing”
14-Nov-2013 - 15-Nov-2013
Conservation Leadership Programme Awards 2014: call for applications
Monday, 11 November 2013
In the framework of the implementation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America, the World Heritage National Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from the Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe countries met in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 29 to 31 October 2013.
The workshop included a practical training session on the use of the Periodic Reporting ...
Seminar on "Culture, Tourism and Development”
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
International meeting: UNESCO Conventions – An articulated vision from Ibero-America
22-Oct-2013 - 25-Oct-2013
Second global World Heritage marine site managers meeting
18-Oct-2013 - 20-Oct-2013
2014 Marc de Montalembert Foundation Grant - Application deadline 15 December 2013
15-Oct-2013 - 15-Dec-2013
ICOMOS Annual Scientific Symposium 2013
Thursday, 10 October 2013
3rd edition of the Heritage in Africa seminar on the topic of ‘Heritage in Danger’
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
In the framework of the UNESCO Capacity Building Project for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which aims to reinforce capacities for the conservation of World Heritage and the sustainable development of local communities, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the National Commission of Sao Tome and Principe have organized a national strategic workshop that is taking place from 8 to 12 ...
Silk Roads Heritage Corridors Tourism Strategy Workshop
07-Oct-2013 - 08-Oct-2013
"The World Heritage List: Filling the Gaps." International conference on modern heritage
03-Oct-2013 - 07-Oct-2013
A round-table discussion dedicated to the astronomical heritage was organized by the Permanent Delegation of Chile to UNESCO, in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, at a Seminar held at UNESCO on 1 October 2013.
The main topics discussed within the framework of the Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative:
Protection of astronomical sites within the framework of the ...
[in French only] Partenaire actif de l’UNESCO pour la valorisation des paysages et du patrimoine, la France a développé des outils originaux pour la promotion des paysages. Il y a 20 ans, la loi du 8 janvier 1993 dite « loi Paysage » qui vise à protéger et à mettre en valeur les paysages, qu’ils soient remarquables ou quotidiens, ...
[in French only] Lituanie dans un colis : Exposition thématique
30-Sep-2013 - 04-Oct-2013
International Seminar "Rediscovering the Landscape from a Local Perspective"
26-Sep-2013 - 27-Sep-2013
Call for applications and scholarship support for the Master in Conservation Leadership 2014
26-Sep-2013 - 03-Dec-2013
"Divided – united!" International Conference with ICOMOS
25-Sep-2013 - 28-Sep-2013
Protecting Deltas: Heritage Helps
23-Sep-2013 - 28-Sep-2013
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: Evaluating and managing risks related to climate change
23-Sep-2013 - 04-Oct-2013
Call for applications for the « Risk Preparedness » workshop (deadline 11 Oct 2013)
18-Sep-2013 - 11-Oct-2013
In the framework of the implementation of the Second Cycle of the Periodic Reporting in Europe and North America, the National Focal Points for Periodic Reporting from the Mediterranean Europe sub-region met in Florence, Italy from 17 to 18 September 2013.
The workshop included a practical training session on the use of the Periodic Reporting questionnaire, illustrating the online tools to ...
International Meeting of Contemporary Architecture on Historic Settings
17-Sep-2013 - 19-Sep-2013
Pamana: World Heritage in the Philippines
09-Sep-2013 - 13-Sep-2013
8th International Training Programme on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage
07-Sep-2013 - 21-Sep-2013
Workshop on Geo Engineering for Conservation of Cultural Heritage
04-Sep-2013 - 06-Sep-2013
International World Heritage Expert Meeting on the Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscape
03-Sep-2013 - 05-Sep-2013
Poland for World Heritage : Exhibition
03-Sep-2013 - 13-Sep-2013
The First Peopling of the Americas and the World Heritage Convention
02-Sep-2013 - 06-Sep-2013
Within the framework of the World Heritage Committee’s Decision concerning the state of conservation of the World Heritage property Mount Athos (Decision 36COM7B.38, St. Petersburg, 2012) and the Initiative on Heritage of Religious Interest, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, in cooperation with the Mount Athos Holy Community and in coordination with the UNESCO World Heritage ...
This conference organized by the University of Olso, will be held in Oslo, Norway, 14-15 November 2013.
Since the 1990s World Heritage has been portrayed as a marker of transformation, from economic growth, increased tourism, regeneration to more intangible aspects of local pride and global recognition. In the last five years research on the effects of World Heritage inscription has ...
Historic urban landscape - CALL FOR PAPERS for the Spandrel journal, Bhopal, India
15-Jul-2013 - 30-Jul-2013
UNESCO presents its actions for safeguarding Mali’s cultural heritage at the ECOSOC-HAS
15-Jul-2013 - 17-Jul-2013
Master in World Heritage & Cultural Projects for Development
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Call for papers: International Symposium "Revisiting Kathmandu, Safeguarding Living Urban Heritage"
04-Jul-2013 - 25-Aug-2013
African cultural policies: cooperation, models and strategies
26-Jun-2013 - 27-Jun-2013
On the occasion of the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee, Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, an information meeting was held on the 2nd Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise for Europe and North America.
The meeting provided an opportunity to update the State Parties from Europe and North America on the progress of the implementation of the Second cycle of the Periodic ...
An informal meeting of Category 2 Centres related to World Heritage took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 20 June 2013, on the side of the 37th Session of the World Heritage Committee (17-27 June 2013). The meeting, chaired by Mr. Giovanni Boccardi (World Heritage Centre), had an informal character and was aimed to share information on recent developments with a view to strengthen ...
Capacity-Building Strategy Initiative for Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe Region
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.)
08-Jun-2013 - 17-Jun-2013
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, the UNESCO Office for the Maghreb (Rabat) and the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco, with the support of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), are organizing a meeting which will focus on the issue of preservation of the commonly called heritage of "architectural and urban modernities" in the Arab world. This meeting will ...
Cities and heritage meeting: “Changing Cities and Heritage Management: New Players? New Practices?”
22-May-2013 - 24-May-2013
Session on "Heritage and Resilience: Issues and Opportunities for Reducing Disaster Risks"
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
The Seminar took place at two World Heritage properties, the Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent and at the Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad.
Participants discussed ways to achieve a balance between requirements of religious communities and protection and management of the World Heritage properties of religious interest in order not only to maintain the ...
2nd Caribbean Workshop on Disaster Risks Management for World Heritage
13-May-2013 - 17-May-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
UNISCAPE and Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-La Villette are jointly organizing the international conference "Landscape & Imagination. Towards a new baseline for education in a changing world", which will be held in Paris 2-4 May 2013.
The aim of the conference is to discuss the contribution that education and training in landscape science can make ...
A workshop on the application of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, organized by the World Heritage Centre in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Bahrain and funded by the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), will bring together the stakeholders involved in the development of the city of Muharraq and a group of international experts on the themes which ...
UNESCO Chair Program on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2013
Theme of 2013 International Training Course: Reducing Disaster Risks through Mitigation
The year's training programme will focus on policies and planning measures for mitigating risks to cultural heritage from multiple hazards such as ...
Caribbean Training Course in the Preparation of Nomination Dossiers 2012-2013 (Follow-up)
24-Mar-2013 - 28-Mar-2013
2nd Consultation Workshop on the Safeguarding of Nan Madol
21-Mar-2013 - 23-Mar-2013
European Symposium: Heritage and Accessibility
21-Mar-2013 - 22-Mar-2013
Call for applications for World Heritage Risk Preparedness workshop, 6 -18 May 2013
20-Mar-2013 - 02-Apr-2013
[in French only] Le 19 mars 2013, en marge de la 12ème Réunion du Partenariat pour les Forêts du Bassin du Congo (PFBC) à Douala, au Cameroun, l’UNESCO et ses partenaires organisent un événement pour promouvoir l’Initiative pour le Patrimoine Mondial Forestier du Bassin du Congo (CAWHFI) et le programme Conservation de ...
Expert meeting: Identifying potential marine sites of Outstanding Universal Value in the High Seas
18-Mar-2013 - 19-Mar-2013
Capacity-building Workshop for Cook Islands
11-Mar-2013 - 15-Mar-2013
Twenty experts from Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Curacao, Jamaica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines will attend the 5-day training session “Management of Caribbean cultural resources in a natural environment: Sites of Memory and participation of local communities” in Bridgetown, Barbados from 11 to 15 March 2013.
It is organized by the UNESCO Offices in ...
Two Marine World Heritage sites set the stage for a new twinning arrangement
10-Mar-2013 - 13-Mar-2013
The Conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes & Sustainable Development Conference
07-Mar-2013 - 08-Mar-2013
International World Heritage Expert Meeting on Visual Integrity
06-Mar-2013 - 09-Mar-2013
3rd Annual Meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage-related Category 2 Institutes and Centres
05-Mar-2013 - 08-Mar-2013
UN DESA, UNDP and UNESCO are leading the e-discussion on the theme of the ECOSOC session “Building the future we want with science, technology and innovation (STI) and culture”. The part concerning culture will take place between 5 and 19 March 2013, moderated jointly by the Millennium Development Goal Fund (MDG-Fund) and UNESCO as part of the 2013 Annual Ministerial Review ...
Capacity-building Workshop for Niue
04-Mar-2013 - 07-Mar-2013
Meeting “Human Origin Sites in Eurasia and the World Heritage Convention”
25-Feb-2013 - 01-Mar-2013
The National Museum of Cambodia, founded in 1920, possesses one of the world's greatest collections of Khmer artefacts. They include sculpture, ceramics and ethnographic objects from the prehistoric, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian and post-Angkorian periods.
As an active member of the UNESCO/Japanese-Funds-in-Trust project “Revitalising World Heritage Site Museums in Cambodia, Laos and Viet ...
British stage and screen star Clive Owen and French filmmaker and actor Jacques Perrin will lend their support to the safeguarding of marine World Heritage in an event in Paris on 7 February. The event will present a 10 year strategy to protect the Crown Jewels of the Ocean, supported by the Government of Flanders (Belgium), and the achievements of the innovative Tides of Time partnership ...