Education is UNESCO’s top priority because it is a basic human right and the foundation on which to build peace and drive sustainable development. UNESCO is the United Nations’ specialized…
Special panel on “Sustainable heritage management: New challenges, new competences” on 9 November 2020 (16:00 – 17:30, Bangkok time). Representatives from World Heritage Centre and Advisory bodies, including International Centre…
On 28 October 2020, the World Heritage Centre (WHC), in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) started the Data Analysis and Report Synthesis Online Workshop in the framework…
Si è tenuta ieri pomeriggio la 14a Sessione straordinaria del Comitato del Patrimonio Mondiale, riunitosi per discutere e approvare le diverse proposte sul 44a sessione del World Heritage Committee. Dopo…
E’ disponibile on line il nuovo numero de “The UNESCO Courier“, il cui tema è la lotta al traffico illecito di beni culturali. Ne condividiamo con voi l’editoriale del Direttore…
UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme yesterday added 25 new sites, one of them transboundary, in 18 countries to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, which now numbers 714…
World Heritage sites are also affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the managers of World Heritage sites tell the WH Center how they are coping with the crisis. The UNESCO…
Today is UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Audiovisual archives tell us stories about people’s lives and cultures from all over the world. They represent a priceless heritage which is…
On 23-24 October 2020, WHITRAP Shanghai, UNESCO Category 2 Centre, will host an online seminar on the Historic Urban Landscape approach – integrating urban heritage conservation with urban development in…
Following requests from the United Republic of Tanzania, the World Heritage Fund has granted a total of USD 59,836 in International Financial Assistance for two new projects to address conservation…
