In order to strengthen its role as an international exchange platform for heritage education, the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP) is announcing a global call for Innovative Case Studies on World Heritage. The aim is to select outstanding cases which exemplify innovative approaches to World Heritage on ...
Call for Applications: 4th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum
07-Jul-2021 - 13-Jul-2021
Workshop on Cultural & Natural Heritage & Climate Challenges
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape
23-Jun-2021 - 24-Jun-2021
Restoring the Human-Nature bond: Friday 4 and Saturday 5 June 2021
04-Jun-2021 - 05-Jun-2021
Masterclass on Sustainable Development & World Heritage Conservation in Bangladesh (2-3 June 2021)
02-Jun-2021 - 03-Jun-2021
Online Meeting: How to manage invasive alien species at marine World Heritage sites?
Thursday, 20 May 2021
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is co-orgnizing the Sub-regional workshop for South Asian Silk Roads Transboundary Serial Nomination and Cultural Landscape Initiatives, 19-21 May, 2021, Kathmandu, Nepal, with the Department of Archaeology (DOA), Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal, in close cooperation with the UNESCO Office in Kathmandu, as a follow-up to the three ...
In the framework of the UNESCO/Netherlands Funds-in-Trust project “Building capacity in managing World Heritage properties, interconnection of development and heritage preservation in Uzbekistan and Central Asia” the World Heritage Centre (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France) is organizing, in close cooperation with the UNESCO Tashkent Office, a three-day online sub-regional workshop on 18-20 ...
Cities and urban settlements are growing exponentially everywhere. According to the studies on population distribution by the United Nations, the number of people living in urban areas is expected to reach 68% of the world’s population by 2050. In particular, the Mediterranean region is among the most densely populated areas around a sea in the world, with a population that has doubled over ...
African World Heritage Day Live Instagram Concert #MyAfricanHeritage
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Webinar| Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Join the launch of the Urban Heritage Climate Observatory
Monday, 26 April 2021
The World Heritage Centre is organising a series of online training sessions to accompany States Parties in Asia and the Pacific as they carry out the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting.
This session is a dedicated Question & Answer Session for Section II of the questionnare with a focus on the following:
Answering specific questions on chapters or questions
Addressing any concerns ...
On 2 March 2021, an online press conference will be held from 3:00pm to 4:00pm Paris time to launch the first global scientific assessment of UNESCO marine World Heritage sites’ blue carbon ecosystems.
UNESCO Marine World Heritage – Custodians of the Globe’s Blue Carbon Assets, shows that marine World Heritage sites host at least 21% of the world’s blue carbon ecosystem area, and 15% of the ...
The World Heritage Centre is organising a series of online training sessions to accompany States Parties in Asia and the Pacific as they carry out the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting.
This session is dedicated to Management Plans & Impact Assessments and focus on the following:
Reporting on Management Plans and Impact Assessments in the Periodic Reporting ...
Final Regional Workshop in the Framework of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Africa
17-Feb-2021 - 19-Feb-2021
Taking into account the debates held at its 22nd session (UNESCO, 2019), the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention recalled the need to respect the highest standards of integrity and transparency of working methods within the process of decision-making of the Governing bodies of the Convention.
Also emphasizing the collective responsibility of all stakeholders – ...
Online Training for the Periodic Reporting Exercise in Asia and the Pacific: Maps & Boundaries
Thursday, 28 January 2021
The World Heritage Centre is organizing a series of online training sessions to accompany States Parties in Asia and the Pacific as they carry out the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting.
This session is a dedicated Question & Answer Session for Section I of the questionnare with a focus on the following:
Answering specific questions on chapters or questions
Addressing any concerns ...