CULTURE

Culture

Regional Unit for Culture in Asia and the Pacific

This website serves as a portal to all our project activities and resources.

In About Us, you will know more about UNESCO in the field of culture, the staff, and internship opportunities.
Strategy features the strategic objectives for culture, including the main programmes of action.
The details about our project activities are provided in Our Projects.
The Asia-Pacific World Heritage Sites present the complete heritage list in the region.
Under Resources, all the instruments and publications related to culture can be found. Updated!!

News: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Culture

13 new sites have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List which lost one site while three were placed on the Danger List

29.06.09

The World Heritage Committee holding its 33rd session chaired by María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO, has inscribed two new natural sites and 11 cultural sites on UNESCO’s World...

Dresden is deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage List

25.06.09

“Every time we fail to preserve a site, we share the pain of the State Party,” declared María Jesús San Segundo, the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Spain to UNESCO who is chairing the 33rd session of the World Heritage...

World Heritage Committee to meet in Seville to inscribe new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List

04.06.09

The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List when it meets for its 33rd session in Seville, Spain, from 22 to 30 June 2009. During this year’s session...

Asian Academy for Heritage Management 2009 Field School: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Museums, Lamphun, Thailand, 23 August - 5 September 2009

27.05.09

The fourth AAHM Field School focuses on the role of the museum in safeguarding, documenting and revitalizing intangible cultural heritage in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. Led by experts in the fields of museology and...

Thailand presented Thai silk for "Thai Silk: Culture Heritage" at UNESCO headquarters, 18-20 May 2009

21.05.09

Thai silk was exhibited under the theme "Thai Silk: Culture Heritage" at UNESCO headquaters in Paris during 18-20 May 2009. The fair displayed how silkworm was cultivated and critical to the making of Thai...

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Recent Publications

Hoi An Protocols for Best Conservation Practice in Asia: Professional Guidelines for Assuring and Preserving the Authenticity of Heritage Sites in the Context of the Cultures of Asia
Provides guidelines for the conservation of (i) cultural landscapes, (ii) archaelogical sites, (iii) underwater cultural heritage sites, (iv) historic urban sites and heritage groups and (v) monuments, buildings and structures in the Asia-Pacific region.
Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, 2009, v + 53 p.

IMPACT: The Effects of Tourism on Culture and the Environment in Asia and the Pacific: Sustainable Tourism and the Preservation of the World Heritage Site of the Ifugao Rice Terraces, Philippines
Focuses on the impacts of tourism on the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, an outstanding model of sustainable use of limited land resources, using traditional knowledge-based technology that has evolved over the last two millennia.
by Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo)
Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, 2008, viii + 90 p.

IMPACT: The Effects of Tourism on Culture and the Environment in Asia and the Pacific: Cultural Tourism and Heritage Management in the World Heritage Site of the Ancient Town of Hoi An, Viet Nam
Examines the impacts of tourism in the World heritage site of the Hoi An Ancient Town, an exceptionally well preserved example of a traditional Asian trading port and an outstanding material manifestation of the fusion of cultures over time.
by Hoi An Centre for Monuments Managements and Preservation
Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, 2008, viii + 80 p.

IMPACT: The Effects of Tourism on Culture and the Environment in Asia and the Pacific: Alleviating Poverty and Protecting Cultural and Natural Heritage through Community-Based Ecotourism in Luang Namtha, Lao PDR
Assesses the methodologies developed through the Nam Ha Ecotourism Project developed by UNESCO in collaboration with the Government of Lao PDR and the financial participation of the New Zealand International Aid and Development Agency (NZAID) in the Nam Ha National Protected Area (NPA) in Luang Namtha province.
by Steven Schipani
Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, 2008, viii + 122 p.

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Events

ICCROM Course on Conservation of Built Heritage 2010 (CBH10)

The training Course on Conservation of Built Heritage will be held in Rome from 5 March - 30 April 2010. The course aims at serving a wide range of conservation practitioners and decision makers by placing technical issues within the broader conservation context in order to link them to planning and management concerns. Applications should reach ICCROM by the 31 July 2009 to ensure inclusion in the selection process. (Implementation of the course will be subjected to the approval of the ICCROM General Assembly that will be held in November 2009). [more...]

ICCROM Reducing Risks to Collections 2009 - Beijing

15 May 2009 is the application deadline for the fourth international course on "Reducing Risks to Collections", organized by ICCROM with the collaboration of the Chinese State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage. The purpose of this course is to focus on the risk management approach to preventive conservation of collections. Scholarships will be offered to selected candidates who have been unable to secure funding. [more...]

"Heritage and Culture: challenge and innovation in public policy and practice"

Public Administration International (PAi) is organizing the "Heritage and Culture: challenge and innovation in public policy and practice" scheduled to take place in London from 29 June to 3 July 2009. Due to limited places, please complete the application form at the back of the brochure and fax/email it to Ms. Clare Walters at fax number: +44 (0)20 7580 4746 or email: clare.walters[at]public-admin.co.uk. Applications can also be completed online via PAi website.

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