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.

The first activity, held in Nouakchott, was a training workshop for a national committee of representatives responsible for the protection of cultural and natural heritage and the implementation of the World Heritage Convention. The second activity took place at the Headquarters of the Banc d’Arguin National Park in Chami, and consisted of the State of Conservation (SoC) report preparation process for the Banc d’Arguin World Heritage site which will be presented during the upcoming 42nd World Heritage Committee meeting, which will take place in Manama, Bahrain