ARC-WH, together with IUCN Mauritania, the IUCN World Heritage programme office for Central and Western Africa, and the Mauritanian Directorate of Heritage Conservation, organised two activities between 24 to 29 November in Nouakchott and the new headquarters of the World Heritage site of Banc d’Arguin National Park in Chami, Mauritania. [...]
From 10 to 11 December 2017, ARCWH, together with the Management Office responsible for the preparation of the Nomination files for Sharjah, UAE, organised a training workshop on the World Heritage Convention. The workshop presented the concepts of integrity, authenticity, and the criteria for evaluating the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) [...]
The World Heritage Volunteers arrived in Bahrain on 17 November 2017 to participate in the Bahrain Fort Camp program, which lasted until 27 November 2017. The volunteers toured various sites in Bahrain, attended lectures by experts regarding archaeological sites in Bahrain, and were trained in systematic monitoring of natural values [...]
A technical workshop in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, held from 25 to 27 October 2017, was organised by the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development in the UAE. Experts from various departments specialising in the cultural heritage of the seven Emirates were invited to examine threatened sites in the region, [...]
Following the evaluation and renewal of ARC-WH conducted by UNESCO, the Centre initiated a Strategic Plan to revise its former Draft Strategy (2014-2019) to achieve a better sense of direction with regard to its mandate and its responsibilities as the facilitator of the 1972 World Heritage Convention in the region. [...]
From 7 until 9 October 2017, ARC-WH, in collaboration with the Wadi Rum Protected Area and the Department of Antiquities in Jordan, organised a workshop on the preparation of the State of Conservation Report to the World Heritage Committee for the UNESCO World Heritage site Wadi Rum Protected Area on [...]
ARCWH participated and presented case studies of sites located in the Arab region that are under threat during workshops organized by the World Heritage Centre (WHC), Institut National du Patrimoine (INP) located in Tunisia, and the Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), held on the Island of Djerba, [...]
ARC-WH participated in a workshop held in Ramallah and Battir, Palestine, from 10 to 11 April 2017. Designed as an introductory training course on the World Heritage Convention, focusing on natural World Heritage, training included general World Heritage concepts and processes. Global and regional examples were used to illustrate the [...]
From 14 to 17 November 2016, ARC-WH, along with other participants, attended the ‘Expert Workshop on the World Heritage and Sustainable Development – From Policy to Action’. The workshop focused on establishing concrete steps to transform the sustainable development policy into a ‘living practice’ within the World Heritage Convention processes, [...]
The Tabe’a Programme arranged a one-day birdwatching event on 12 November 2016 alongside the World Heritage Volunteers Programme (WHV) that took place at the inscribed UNESCO World Heritage site, Qala’at Al-Bahrain. The event targeted a group of youth from various countries who participated in the World Heritage Volunteers Programme 2016, [...]
ARC-WH sought to support the nomination and preservation of future natural World Heritage sites located in the region, many of which are outstanding testaments to the region’s rich terrestrial and marine biodiversity, as well as desert landscapes. A regional workshop was organised in cooperation with IUCN at ARC-WH’s premises, entitled [...]
From 23 to 25 October 2016, ARC-WH organised a workshop, in partnership with the Global Heritage Fund (GHF), to test the prototype of ‘AMAL in Heritage’ mobile application and to ensure that it is ready to be launched. The workshop was attended by the project manager, the designer of the [...]