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Education programme (heritage)

A heritage education programme is a programme designed to educate, train or involve people in the protection of cultural or natural heritage.

According to Article 27 of the Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage:

  1. The States Parties to this Convention shall endeavour by all appropriate means, and in particular by educational and information programmes, to strengthen appreciation and respect by their peoples of the cultural and natural heritage defined in Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention.
  2. They shall undertake to keep the public broadly informed of the dangers threatening this heritage and of the activities carried on in pursuance of this Convention.”

Source(s): http://whc.unesco.org/en/convention/

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