18 June 2021
Kazakhstan Federation of Clubs for UNESCO, and UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office, with the broad support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Commission for UNESCO and ISESCO, the National World Heritage Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and “Kazakh Tourism” announce the start of a long-awaited project that promotes sustainable development - “Youth and Heritage: Learn, Promote, Preserve”.
Since the proclamation of the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2013-2022), as well as the achievement of SDG 11.4 on the protection and preservation of the world cultural and natural heritage, one of the priority tasks of UNESCO is the protection and popularization of World Heritage Sites. With this purpose a global education and awareness program on Education for Sustainable Development “Youth and Heritage” was conceived.Promotion of domestic tourism, popularization of sustainable tourism, the opening of new tourist routes and the spread of knowledge about objects of cultural and historical heritage are the main goals of the project of this program, which will definitely make its own positive adjustments to the development of cities and regions of our country.
The project consists of educational, outreach, research and final practical parts.
By becoming a participant of this grand project, you will learn all about the preparation of tourist routes, learn how to create audio and video guides, deepen your knowledge in the field of cultural and natural heritage of our big country and, of course, make your own contribution to the development of sustainable tourism of Kazakhstan.
Location: Republic of Kazakhstan
Participants: young people aged 16-29, there will be teams of 3
As a result of the project, the best participants will be invited to the awards ceremony in Almaty and receive a gift from the organizing team- a chance to visit the most popular places on the tourist map of Kazakhstan - the journey "Sacral South: Taraz, Shymkent, Turkestan".
Applications are open from May 20 to June 30, 2021
Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSda1IVm2Kx_p5KJ6iYqYfK2uU-Cg5n9DNWLs_-MyQIXlVsEhg/viewform
Organizing committee:
Kazakhstan Federation of UNESCO Clubs
tel: +7 (727) 394 32 32, +7 700 394 32 32, +7 778 956 29 77
e-mail: aissulu.kazfuca@gmail.com , kazfuca@gamil.com
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Permanent link: http://en.unesco.kz/youth-and-heritage-learn-promote-preserve