Introduction: In recognition of WHITRAP's mission to enhance the regional role and foster the sharing of knowledge and experiences among heritage practitioners, from December 7 to December 10, 2019, HeritAP's first meeting was organized in Sri Lanka as a symposium on World Heritage Properties, Programmes and Peop...

Introduction: On December 9-10, the programme organizes field trips to a number of World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka. On the first day, participants visited Sigiriya World Heritage Site. It is one of Sri Lanka’s ancient political capitals and most sensational archaeological heritage site that has sufficient evide...

Introduction: HERITAGE ASIA–PACIFIC (HeritAP) is a network of heritage practitioners created by WHITRAP Shanghai to foster the sharing of knowledge and experiences among individuals and institutions engaged in heritage activities in the Asia–Pacific Region. HeritAP aims to encourage recognition and the exchange o...

Introduction: During the Inaugural Event of HeritAP on 7th December 2019 in Colombo Sri Lanka, Prof. Zhou Jian, representing WHITRAP Shanghai signed Momentum of Understanding (MoU) with Dr. Webber Ndoro, new Director-General of ICCROM. This is the third time the two organizations renewing the MoU on Capacity-Buil...

Introduction: Date:September 6th-8th, 2019 Venue: Pingyao, China The international high-levelconference aims to promote the communication and cooperation on theconservation of vernacular and earthen architecture as well as the rurallandscape towards local development, and to propose the ‘ICOMOS PingyaoRecomme...