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 the premises of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone in the city of Aqaba, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

The workshop aimed to conduct a coordination meeting between numerous stakeholders to prepare a collective national response to the World Heritage Committee Decision 40 COM 7B.65 which was adopted in 2016, as well as related Advisory Bodies reports in the previous years.