Chair of WHS Chairs Group stepping down
Professor Barry Gilbertson is to step down from his voluntary role as chair of the City of Bath UNESCO World Heritage Site…
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World Heritage Volunteers – Working for the Future
Call for projects 2024. The World Heritage Volunteers Initiative (WHV Initiative) was created in 2008 within the framework of the…
Read moreIndustrial World Heritage webinar # 2 – Forth Bridge
Number 2 in a series of 7 webinar talks, on the UK’s World Heritage Industrial Heritage Sites Date & Time: Thursday…
Read moreIntangible Cultural Heritage in the UK discussion lead by ICOMOS-UK
DCMS announced on 23rd December 2023 that the UK Government’s intends to ratify the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of…
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DCMS is hosting a number of online roundtable discussions on Intangible Cultural Heritage in the UK. The series of public roundtable discussions…
Read moreCoastal Connections
Coastal Connections was established in 2023 following the inclusion of Hurst Castle in Hampshire, on the World Monuments Watch list.…
Read moreChris Blandford…OBE
World Heritage UK’s President Chris Blandford was awarded the OBE in The King’s New Year Honours list 2024. Chris is…
Read moreIntangible Cultural Heritage ratification by the UK
The UK Government has confirmed its intention to ratify the 2003 UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage,…
Read moreJob opportunity – World Heritage Officer, HES
This post is part of the World Heritage and Heritage Policy Service of Historic Environment Scotland’s (HES) Heritage Directorate. The…
Read moreMerry Christmas from all at World Heritage UK
The Trustees and staff of World Heritage UK would like to wish all their members, stakeholders and partners a very…
Read moreNew Trustees at World Heritage UK
At the 2023 AGM on 6th December, three Trustees retired from WHUK. Sam Rose, Jane Gibson and David Holroyd all…
Read moreUNESCO Urban Heritage for Resilience report
The World Heritage Cities Programme team have released the UNESCO publication Urban Heritage for Resilience: Consolidated Results of the Implementation…
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