WHUK 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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World Heritage and Renewable Energy
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…
Read moreUNESCO’s update on climate action for World Heritage
At their November General Assembly in Paris, UNESCO adopted an Updated Policy Document on climate action for World Heritage,. The…
Read moreNew toolkit underway for climate action in UNESCO World Heritage sites – call for case studies
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the three Advisory Bodies – ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN – are developing their first…
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