• 7th World Heritage Site Managers' Forum
    July 7, 2025 from World Heritage Centre Events
    Enhancing engagement in the World Heritage Reactive Monitoring process UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM and IUCN, under the World Heritage Leadership Programme, are pleased to announce that the 7th edition of the World Heritage Site...
  • African Heritage Sites Facing Climate Change Workshop 2
    July 3, 2025 from World Heritage Centre Events
    African Heritage Sites Facing Climate Change is a series of workshops and capacity-building sessions launched in partnership with the Foundation for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Rabat. This initiative is aimed at site...
  • UNESCO to Launch New Report on Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities
    June 30, 2025 from World Heritage Centre Events
    UNESCO, in collaboration with the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) and the Greek GEO Office (GGO), will launch a new report entitled Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities during a high-level online event to be held on 30...
  • Join the World Heritage Volunteers 2025 Campaign: Working on the Future!
    June 5, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the selected projects of the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2025 Campaign, under the theme of  ‘World Heritage Volunteers 2025 - Working on the Future'. 89 action camp...
  • A major step forward for the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the future of World Heritage
    June 2, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    From 26 to 28 May 2025, a landmark workshop was held at UNESCO Headquarters to reshape the engagement of Indigenous Peoples within the framework of the World Heritage Convention. Co-designed and co-led by the International Indigenous...
  • UNESCO Strengthens Capacity of the Government of Sindh in Preserving the Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta in Pakistan
    May 22, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    To enhance the capacity of professionals from the Directorate of Antiquities and Archaeology, Sindh, in safeguarding one of Pakistan's World Heritage Sites - Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta, UNESCO organized a three-day...
  • Strengthening protection of World Heritage Archives with JFIT support
    May 21, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    World Heritage site managers and archive specialists throughout South-East Asia are benefitting from a series of capstone activities under the "Safeguarding World Heritage Site Archives” JFIT project, developed in collaboration...
  • UNESCO brings together World Heritage marine site managers to review groundbreaking environmental DNA Expeditions and citizen science efforts
    May 5, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    On 30 April 2025, managers from the 51 UNESCO World Heritage marine sites convened online with experts from UNESCO to review the results of UNESCO's pioneering environmental DNA (eDNA) expeditions initiative and to exchange...
  • International Expert Conference on Anuradhapura Highlights Integrated Approach to Heritage Protection
    April 8, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    UNESCO hosted the International Expert Conference on the Sacred City of Anuradhapura at its Headquarters on 1 April 2025, bringing together over 400 in-person and online participants, including international heritage experts, government...
  • Call for Applications: World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2025
    April 2, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 1-8 July 2025 - "World Heritage in an interconnected world: Leveraging digital technologies and innovative approaches” As an integral part of the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, in the...
  • Shaping the Future of Capacity Building for World Heritage: Reference Group Meets on Revised World Heritage Strategy
    April 2, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    As part of the ongoing process of revising the World Heritage Capacity-Building Strategy (WHCBS), the World Heritage Centre and ICCROM convened a Reference Group meeting on 27 March 2025. This meeting brought together the World Heritage...
  • Fires in the Republic of Korea: UNESCO stands ready to support the authorities for the protection and restoration of heritage
    April 1, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    UNESCO expresses its solidarity with the firefighters and the authorities of the Republic of Korea who have been facing unprecedented fires in recent days. In view of the heavy human toll, the Organisation also extends its most sincere...
  • Apply Now: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples Supports Participation at 47th World Heritage Committee Session
    March 26, 2025 from World Heritage Centre News
    The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples (UNVFIP) has extended its mandate to support the participation of Indigenous Peoples' representatives in the World Heritage Committee, starting with the 47th session to be...
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