UNESCO’s 80th anniversary
To celebrate and acknowledge UNESCO’s 80th anniversary on Sunday 16th November 2025, the newly formed World Heritage All-Party Parliamentary Group…
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UNESCO report warns of extracting activities near WHSs
UNESCO, the Church of England Pensions Board, Greenbank, IUCN, and WWF call on investors to adhere to industry commitments and…
Read moreWHUK at 47COM
World Heritage UK’s Chair and President were both in attendance at 2025’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting (or 47COM) in…
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UNESCO Guidance on Wind and Solar Energy Projects in a World Heritage Context The World Heritage and Renewable Energy – Guidance on Wind…
Read moreNew World Heritage Sites
At this year’s World Heritage Committee meeting in Paris, 26 new Sites were inscribed on the World Heritage List. They…
Read moreTender opportunity – the Value of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC), in partnership with Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, is co-commissioning new research…
Read more7th World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum
Dates: Monday 7th – Wednesday 9th July 2025 Theme: Enhancing engagement in the World Heritage Reactive Monitoring process UNESCO World…
Read moreWorld Heritage Volunteers – call for projects
UNESCO has announced the launch of the Call for Projects for the ‘World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) 2025 – Working on…
Read moreCall for Participation – Visitor Centres in UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The Culture Unit at the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe is pleased to announce that UNESCO,…
Read moreUNESCO’s World Heritage Visitor Centre Best Practice Explorations
World Heritage UK Vice-Chair Tony Crouch recently took part in a UNESCO ‘Best Practice Workshop’ in Hegra, Saudi Arabia. His…
Read moreWorld 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 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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