Technical Assistance

In November 2022, the Rehabilitation of the Market in the Old Walled City of Shibam was completed through generous funding from the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH) and the supervision of ARC-WH. The project was implemented by the General Organisation for the Preservation of [...]

This project, funded by the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH), aims to support the local authorities in safeguarding the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Walled City of Shibam, a World Heritage Site in Yemen, which has been on the World Heritage List “in [...]

This project was approved by the British Council and is funded by the Cultural Protection Fund through support from the UK Government Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).  This project focuses on intangible heritage craft practices in the Socotra Archipelago.  The project has documented a range of practices and [...]

This research project is considered an extension of the Socotra Heritage Project, funded in 2019 by the British Council Cultural Protection Fund.  ARC-WH was a collaborating partner (project title: Integrating Cultural Heritage into Conservation and Development Planning on Soqotra – Project CPL-185-16 – British Council Funding).  The project was approved [...]

ARC-WH received a technical Assistance Request from (GOPHCY) in 2020 for the preparation of a national inventory of cultural heritage by training a team of local experts in view of conducting documentation work. Training on preparing the National Heritage Inventory for Cultural Heritage, Yemen – 22,23 February 2021. On-site documentation [...]

In support of the recovery and rehabilitation of Beirut’s cultural heritage damaged from the blast that occurred in early August, ARC-WH has been in close contact with UNESCO and other international organisations, as well as the Directorate General of Antiquities in the Ministry of Culture of Lebanon since the day [...]

The explosion on 4 August 2020 in Beirut severely damaged its surrounding urban environment, affecting roughly a third of the city’s housing, municipal services, and cultural activities. From the first day following the tragic explosion, ARC-WH, alongside its international partners, mobilised and contributed to several international meetings organised by UNESCO [...]

In 2020, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) and ARC-WH entered a second contract to enforce its technical support to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) of Socotra, Yemen, and implement the International Emergency Assistance financed by the UNESCO World Heritage Fund. Phase II of the project was launched in order [...]

The project’s objective is to protect the integrity of the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Wadi Rum Protected Area and minimise the negative impact of uncontrolled vehicle traffic and access to sensitive World Heritage components through the implementation of access control measures.  It aims to install barriers (using suitable [...]

Upon a request from The State of Tunisia, ARC-WH provided technical assistance in coordination with ICOMOS by conducting a training workshop for Tunisian cultural Heritage experts and site managers on the topic of preparation of management plans for Cultural World Heritage sites. The workshop focused on main World Heritage Convention [...]

ARC-WH was invited to participate in a field visit to the UNESCO World Heritage site Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture in the Azores Archipelago, Portugal. The visit was organised between 16 to 19 September in light of the third phase of the Connecting Practices project. Connecting Practices is [...]

The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH), the World Heritage Centre (WHC) and the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab States located in Cairo organised a regional meeting for World Heritage Site Managers on the implementation of the Third Cycle of the Periodic Reporting Exercise in Cairo, [...]