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The UNESCO Regional Director for Southern Africa, Prof. Hubert Gijzen visits the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas and University of Cape Town (South Africa) on 11 May 2021 to assess the damage caused by the fires that broke out last month.The fires
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To celebrate the sixth edition of African World Heritage Day, on the 5
th of May, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre (WHC) in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) hosted a webinar under the African Union s (AU) theme for 2021: Arts, culture and heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want .
The Director of the WHC, Ms Mechtild Rössler, inaugurated the event with an opening address on the resilience of African heritage and local stakeholders in facing the present challenges of preservation, while emphasizing the synergy of different UNESCO Culture Conventions to bring culture as an expression of the richness of Africa to the very centre of its socio-economic development.
Search Thursday, 6 May 2021 at 16:00:00 3 min read
To celebrate the sixth edition of African World Heritage Day, on the 5
th of May, UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre (WHC) in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) hosted a webinar under the African Union s (AU) theme for 2021: Arts, culture and heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want .
The Director of the WHC, Ms Mechtild Rössler, inaugurated the event with an opening address on the resilience of African heritage and local stakeholders in facing the present challenges of preservation, while emphasizing the synergy of different UNESCO Culture Conventions to bring culture as an expression of the richness of Africa to the very centre of its socio-economic development.
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC), in collaboration with the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) and the UNESCO Field Offices in Africa, organized an regional workshop from 17 to 19 February 2021, where National Focal Points from the Africa region participated online.
Following the submission of the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting questionnaires in July 2020 and several consultations with World Heritage site managers and African heritage experts of the Africa region and their recommendations and analysis were presented to the National Focal Points for discussion and debates during the workshop.
During the 3 days of exchanges between National Focal Points, the analysis of the preliminary results of the submitted questionnaires, and identification of the strategic objectives for the coming years were used to frame the final draft Third Cycle Action Plan for the Africa region. This proposed Draft Act