UNESCO at the world’s largest tourism fair ITB Berlin 2017 © Hubert Farke / Wadden Sea (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands) From 8 to 12 March 2017, the Wadden Sea World Heritage site is organizing a stand on sustainable tourism at the world’s largest tourism fair ITB Berlin. Partnering with the UNESCO World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme, the Wadden Sea offers a ...

Call for applications World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2017“Memory: Lost and Recovered Heritage” 25 June- 4 July 2017, Poland ©  Deadline for submitting applications is 3 April 2017 Prior to the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Polish National Commission for UNESCO and ...

A UNESCO regional conference on “Cultural heritage and identity: an Arab youth perspective” will take place in Carthage (Tunisia) from 1 to 3 March 2017. This event will foster discussion of endangered heritage with Arab youth through the themes of peacebuilding, social cohesion, rights and dialogue. It aims to support youth’s effective participation in heritage protection and peacebuilding, ...

This course on Linking Nature and Culture in World Heritage Site Management, to be held at Røros, is the first major activity of the World Heritage Leadership Programme, and the start of a process to set a new standard to link nature and culture practice in World Heritage Sites.  The course curriculum has been developed through a series of activities.  Among them was the curriculum developed ...