Italian Funds-in-Trust
The Italian government and UNESCO have entered into a joint agreement to enhance their cooperation within the framework of the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage. The aim of the agreement is to reinforce the effectiveness of the World Heritage Convention, promote Global Strategy for a more representative World Heritage List, and improve the management of cultural and natural sites inscribed on it.
The goal of the agreement is to assist State Parties to the Convention in: Under the Funds-in-Trust agreement, defined between UNESCO and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US $3,300,000 was made available for the period 2001-2005, with activities reviewed annually. The objectives defined are structured under three components: In 2004, Italy also committed US $300,000 in funding to continuing work to conserve the five World Heritage sites in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Objective
Partnerships / Activities (5)
- Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Emergency consolidation and Restoration of Monuments in Herat and Jam, Phase I and II
- The Inventory of the historic city of Sana'a: a tool for urban conservation
- World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP)
- World Heritage in the Congo Basin
News (9)
- UNESCO publishes proceedings of the International Colloquium on the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP) Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- UNESCO and Italy launch new cooperation to restore and conserve cultural heritage in Bamiyan, Afghanistan Wednesday, 29 May 2013
- First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting for Management Plan of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata Tuesday, 18 December 2012
- World Heritage in the Congo Basin Wednesday, 23 June 2010
- Second block of Aksum Obelisk successfully re-installed Monday, 28 July 2008
Events (2)
- First Expert/Stakeholder Meeting - Pompei (Italy) 17-Nov-2012
- UNESCO Sub-regional Workshop on the Serial World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads 02-Jun-2008-05-Jun-2008
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