A recent study conducted by ARC-WH, in collaboration with authorities, concluded that the territorial waters of Bahrain carry the largest groups of dugongs in the world in terms of number and density. The study spanned more than 3 years, including extensive air and marine surveys, using satellite images and modern [...]
The capacity-building workshop was attended by 20 heritage professionals and site managers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Bahrain. The workshop covered topics related to nomination procedures and the preparation of Tentative Lists, including the main concepts of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) and the requirements for [...]
The hybrid format meeting was attended by 28 Arab and international experts specialised in Underwater Cultural Heritage (UK, Egypt, Morocco, France, Lebanon, Algeria, Canada, Tunisia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Italy, Bahrain). They discussed the importance of marine and underwater archaeological sites, their relationship to World Heritage sites, and their connection [...]
ARC-WH participated in the two-day workshop from 19 to 20 March 2022, entitled ‘Restoring Syrian heritage & reviving local communities’ held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The workshop was organised by the Syrian Trust for Development. The objective of the workshop was to create a call to action for the [...]
The workshop programme aimed to build a strong network of Arab experts, that will contribute to effectively implement the 1972 World Heritage Convention. During the five days of the workshop, 20 participants from 14 countries (Bahrain, Botswana, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Sudan, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, [...]
World Monuments Fund (WMF) through ILUCIDARE program (www.ilucidare.eu), and the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH)organised a capacity building workshop for the Arab States on Geophysics Analysis in Conservation, which took place in Bahrain from 10 to 14 October 2021. The capacity building aimed to promote a thorough and [...]
ARC-WH organised a workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Arts in Algeria for site managers and professionals involved in the daily management of World Heritage properties in Algeria on the preparation and effective implementation of management mechanisms. The workshop aimed to understand the conditions and management needs [...]
In collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Youth, United Arab Emirates, ARC-WH held a workshop on the general processes of World Heritage. The three-day training gave specific attention to a range of heritage-related topics, such as underrepresented categories of heritage sites, Modern Heritage, and synergies between natural and cultural [...]
Following a technical assistance request from Tunisian Institut National du Patrimoine (INP)’s ARC-WH conducted a capacity-building workshop on the main concepts and processes related to the preparation of the state of conservation reports and the elaboration of terms of references for Impact assessment studies. The workshop was held online between [...]
ARC-WH received a technical assistance request from The Ministry of Culture and Arts in Algeria on the preparation of a draft nomination of the site of the fortifications of the city of Oran ‘Wahran Fortification’ on Algeria’s Tentative List. Training workshop on the preparation of Tentative Lists and Nomination proposals [...]
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 [...]
Due to the restrictions caused by the prevailing pandemic of coronavirus, an advanced online workshop was conducted in December 2020 as a follow-up to the previous two workshops held in December 2018 (Bahrain) and December 2019 (Rabat). This advanced-level workshop invited the participants of the previous two workshops to various [...]