Activities

Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme
The Business Skills for Natural World Heritage Site Managers programme is a collaboration between international environmental charity Earthwatch, global energy company Shell and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The programme seeks to improve the management effectiveness of ...

Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites
Enhancing Our Heritage - Monitoring and Managing for Success in World Natural Heritage Sites was a seven-year UNESCO/IUCN project funded by the United Nations Foundation. The project commenced in 2001 and operated in nine World Heritage sites in Africa, South Asia and Latin ...

How does World Heritage add value and/or build support for protected areas?
Six general themes of ways in which WH might assist protected areas were identified. Suggestions based on these were submitted to site managers, national or international NGOs and others closely involved with specific sites. These responses are now being collated and ...

Luang Prabang, Laos : soutien à la sauvegarde et mise en valeur du site, et à la coopération ...
La CFU a soutenu la coopération décentralisée entre la ville de Luang Prabang et la ville de Chinon depuis 1999, à travers la mise à disposition d'experts français ainsi que d'un appui constant au suivi du projet.  Au fil des ...

OWHC Case Studies on the Conservation and Management of Historic Cities
Reconciling Heritage Conservation and Urban Development The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) holds a specific responsibility for the promotion and implementation of the World Heritage Convention in its Member Cities.Given this responsibility and based on the ...

Saint Louis, Sénégal : sauvegarde et mise en valeur de la ville.
La partie historique de la ville de Saint-Louis du Sénégal, située dans l'île entre les deux bras du fleuve Sénégal, est inscrite sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial depuis décembre 2000. Un appui technique avait ...

The Inventory of the historic city of Sana'a: a tool for urban conservation
This publication documents the main outcomes of the studies undertaken in 2003 - 2006, by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the General Organisation for the Preservation of the Historic Cities of Yemen (GOPHCY), in order to establish appropriate conservation measures for ...

Thematic Initiative on Religious and Sacred Heritage
Religious and Sacred Heritage - symbol of peace, mutual knowledge and constructive dialogue "As cultures encompass lifestyles, different ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs, the protection and promotion of their rich diversity invite us to rise to ...

World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples
The idea of a World Heritage Indigenous Peoples Council of Experts (WHIPCOE) was presented to the 24th session of the World Heritage Committee in Cairns, Australia by representatives from Australia, Canada and New Zealand who had attended a Forum of Indigenous People in ...

World Heritage and the Arctic
This publication presents the outcome and recommendations of the International Expert Meeting on World Heritage and the Arctic, which took place from 30 November to 1 December 2007 in Narvik, Norway. Representatives from the eight States Parties of the UNESCO World Heritage ...

Development of a World Heritage Information Management capacity in the Arab State
The project consists of four core activities The creation and the development of an Arabic language web site on the World Heritage in the Arab Region, in cooperation with the a regional partner (possibly the Al Ain Authority, from the United Arab Emirates); The ...

France : association des biens français du patrimoine mondial.
L'« Association française des biens du patrimoine mondial » a été créée à l'occasion des cinquièmes rencontres des biens français du patrimoine mondial (26-27 septembre 2007, Puy-en-Velay). Elle a ...

Formation « Patrimoine culturel et développement local ». Porto Novo, Bénin, 18-21 novembre ...
La première session de formation du programme « Patrimoine culturel et développement local » a eu lieu à Porto Novo, Bénin,  du 18 au 21 novembre 2008 et a réuni les élus du Benin, Togo et Burkina Faso. Ce ...

Session Spéciale "Patrimoines et développement : la diversité comme alternative", dans le cadre ...
  La session  spéciale a eu lieu le 18 décembre 2009 dans le cadre du Sommet Africités V à Marrakech, Maroc. Elle s'est déroulée conformément au programme ci-dessous : elle a été introduite par ...

Training course on management issues for the existing staff and rangers to increase their ...
The present staff needs to have more knowledge in order to manage this complex situation. This knowledge should be given through a training, which aim should be to move one step closer to effective management. Objectives The objective of the Training will be to increase ...

Friends of World Heritage
UNF launched a “Friends of World Heritage” partnership program in September 2003 during the World Parks Congress in Durban , South Africa . A newsletter and web site were set up to support the program and inform the public about the advantages of becoming a “member” of World ...

In Europe
Tangible Heritage in Europe

Tunisia - Development of an emergency plan for the safeguard of the Ichkeul National Park
The program consists first in organizing a study preparatory workshop in order to elaborate the strategy that should lead to a sustainable use of the water resources of the Ichkeul National Park, then in monitoring the workshop and its recommendations and finally in ...

Business Planning for World Heritage Site Managers - a Toolkit
This project focused on strengthening the business planning capacity of non-profit organisations (government agencies, NGOs) charged with the responsibility for the management and protection of natural World Heritage sites that are currently under some degree of threat. It ...