Introduction: After sixteen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative continue to involve young people, communities and site managers in building together new, inclusive societies where World Heritage is a source of resilience, humanity and ...

Introduction: OBJECTIVES World Heritage Site Managers are the frontliners of the UNESCO 1972 Convention with responsibilities to conserve, protect and safeguard the Outstanding Universal Values of respective World Heritage Sites. We Are Site Managers International Symposium aims to promote the understandin...

Introduction: The International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP) and The International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites under the auspices of UNESCO (WHIPIC) are pleased to invi...

Introduction: Climate change is a global problem which requires a global response. At the end of every year, governments from around the world meet at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (or COP) to agree targets and work together for climate action. Increasingly, these conversations are acknowledging the importance...

Introduction: On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the inscription of the "Ancient Kyoto Sites (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Castle)" on the World Heritage List in 2024, Kyoto University will hold a symposium on 50 Years of World Cultural Heritage, "Japan's Contributions to the Past and the Future" on 20 January to ...