Nominations are now open, with the deadline for submission 30 April 2019. The Prize rewards outstanding action to safeguard and enhance the world’s major cultural landscapes, which can contribute significantly to sustainable development and achieve a number of goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The prizewinner, who may be an individual, an institution or a ...

On 29 and 30 April 2019, World Heritage Site Managers of the Arab States region came together in Manama, Bahrain, for a workshop in the framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting, which is currently being implemented in the region. The aim of the workshop was to familiarize particularly the francophone Site Managers of the Arab States Region with the Periodic Reporting processes and ...

There are a total of 10 Category 2 Centres and Institutes (C2Cs&Is) under the auspices of UNESCO. All of them extend the reach and effectiveness of the Organization's activities and strategic programmes in the implementation of the 1972 World Heritage Convention. While these designated establishments are not legally part of UNESCO, they are associated with the Organization through ...

Many activities such as tourism, infrastructure development, new buildings, urban regeneration and changes in land use may have negative impacts on the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the World Heritage properties.   The World Heritage Committee requests States Parties to present the possible impacts of the project proposals through Heritage Impact Assessments (HIAs). Under the ...

The Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Audrey Azoulay, announced on 14 February 2019 the launch of nominations for the prestigious UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation. The prize will be awarded for the 15th time during the World Science Forum in Budapest, Hungary, from 20-23 November 2019. The prize is USD 100,000 and is allocated every two years. The purpose is to afford ...

From August 26, ICCROM will organize a series of seminars during which restorers and experts from the Kizhi Museum will be on hand to share their unique know-how. In cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, ICCROM is offering an intensive three-week workshop to be held at Petrozavodsk State University on an island in the Kizhi ...

This year, ICCROM and IUCN are launching the 4th edition of the Capacity Building Programme for Conservation  In cooperation with ICOMOS and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM is organizing this intensive workshop, combining theory and practice and that will be held at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. The programme includes conferences, presentations and roundtables on the ...