- Every three years, managers of the 50 marine sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List come together to share their best practices, discuss solutions, and forge a path forward together. The 5th edition will be held in the Wadden Sea...
- The Next 50 culminates in Florence, Italy, with a major conference dedicated to the anniversary. The event is to take place in 2023. The Next 50 Conference methodically takes stock of the year-long reflections on the five priority areas....
- Online seminar with 6 sessions to promote Heritage Impact Assessment in Southeast Asia. Session 1: Three Decades of Ayutthaya World Heritage Session 2: Redefining greater Ayutthaya Session 3: Understanding the significance of greater...
- Celebration event held at Kingfisher Bay Resort on K'gari (Fraser Island) Australia - details to be confirmed.
- Photo exhibition of the restoration works in the Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Palestine).
- Based on the side event meeting World Heritage Education for the Future in the 44th Session of the World Heritage Committee in Fuzhou (China) in 2021, the organizers update and extend related activities, in order to explore a new method...
- The world's cultural and natural heritage is an important outcome of the development of human civilization and natural evolution, and an important vehicle for the exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations. To celebrate the...
- The Warsaw Recommendation on Recovery and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage was developed at the conference entitled "The Challenges of World Heritage Recovery” held in Warsaw in May 2018. The event was attended by more than 200...
- The Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting started in Europe and North America with a two-day online event (20-21 October) that brought together the national focal points for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the region....
- UNESCO World Heritage sites demonstrate the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and are important resources for traditional knowledge and practices and lead the way for heritage-based solutions and strategies. UNESCO is at the...
- This expert mission is part of the collaboration offered by the Director-General of UNESCO during her official visit to the World Heritage site "Historic District of the Port City of Valparaíso", which took place in May...
- New UNESCO data highlight the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage sites, with glaciers in a third of sites set to disappear by 2050. But it is still possible to save the other two thirds, if the rise in global temperatures...
- The 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) is a perfect herald for the theme of the 2022 World Cities Day, "Act local to go global”. The HUL Recommendation provides a global approach based on shared...
- Gathered in Yaoundé (Cameroon) at the invitation of the Government of Cameroon, the ministers and experts in charge of World Heritage from eight countries in Central Africa (Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo,...
- Following the visit of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Antonio Guterres to the World Heritage site of Moenjodaro on 8 September 2022, two experts designated by UNESCO jointly with the national authorities will start their...
- UNESCO and the Development Fund of Protected Areas (DFPA) of Georgia have signed an agreement to support sustainable tourism and heritage conservation activities in Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (Georgia) World Heritage site. The...
- President Zelensky made official the candidacy of the historic centre of Odesa for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List in a speech to the Organization's Executive Board on Tuesday afternoon. Receiving the application,...
- On 29 and 30 September 2022, UNESCO organised the second online meeting for UNESCO's Dive into Heritage project, with the support of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. UNESCO is currently developing the "Dive into Heritage” platform,...