The World Heritage Youth Forum is a flagship activity carried out under the World Heritage Education Programme since 1995. The forum serves as a platform by bringing young people, educators and heritage experts together to foster intercultural learning and exchange. It also provides an opportunity for youth to meet and learn about each other’s heritage; discuss common concerns in preservation and discover new roles for themselves in heritage conservation.
Until now, over 40 national and regional Youth Forums have been held around the world.
How can we rethink heritage? How can the conservation, promotion and transmission of heritage be adapted to the challenges of the future? Urbanisation, climate change, global inequality, – much work lies before us. The most important actor in this debate is our global youth, the ones who will drive the change that is only starting now.
The World Heritage Youth Fora provides an opportunity to get youth involved in World Heritage protection and preservation. They also serve as a catalyst and spark inspiration to develop World Heritage educational and participatory activities on a regional, as well as on international level.
Different activities are carried out during the Youth Fora : including but not limited to, inputs from experts and heritage specialists to deepen knowledge on the World Heritage Convention and the challenges of its implementation; hands-on activities that provides some basic skills on heritage conservation, preservation and promotion; workshops and group discussions; World Heritage site visits; presentations by the participants on heritage related issues in their own countries; a Youth Model of the World Heritage Committee as an educational simulation of the World Heritage Committee; and written declarations prepared by the participants on the topics of the World Heritage Youth Fora.
If funds are available, the following timeline for the planning and implementation, can be envisaged:
UNESCO is committed to empowering youth and ensuring that their voices are heard. The Organization is guided in this by an Operational Strategy on Youth (2014-2021). Through this project, we are encouraging the active participation of youth, and the integration of youth concerns and issues into the awareness-raising activities carried out under the World Heritage Education Programme.
An estimated overall extrabudgetary funding of USD 100,000-150,000 (depending on the scale and the location) is needed for the implementation of this activity. These funds will cover the transportation and accommodation of 25-30 participants, venue and facilities, documentation and outreach promotion, as well as monitoring and coordination costs.
A communication & visibility plan will be developed in consultation with the donor(s) and will include (but not limited to) the options below:
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Placement / Event |
Outreach |
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Article on the Homepage |
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WHC website: whc.unesco.org |
Public Statistics for 2016: 13.340.000 |
9.735.000 41.650.000 pageviews |
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Reports to the World Heritage Committee |
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42nd and/or 43rd World Heritage Committee session (June/July 2018 or 2019) |
Public Statistics for 2016: 13.340.000 |
9.735.000 41.650.000 pageviews |
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Social media promotion |
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UNESCO official social media channel, including Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Wechat, Weibo etc. |
Public |
Approx. 30.000 targeted subscribers |
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For all contact, please also copy to [email protected]
Petya Totcharova
Chief
Policy and Statutory Meetings Unit
World Heritage Centre
[email protected]
Sonia Zerroualy
Project Officer
Policy and Statutory Meetings Unit
World Heritage Centre
[email protected]