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13.07.10
The World Heritage Committee will consider requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List when it meets for its 34th session in Brasilia (Brazil), from 25 July - 3 August 2010.
During this year’s...read more >>
09.07.10
Building institutional capacity, drawing up inventories and developing plans for safeguarding Haitian cultural heritage are some of the priority actions identified by the International Coordination Committee for the protection of...read more >>
02.07.10
The regional consultation meeting on “Intangible heritage beyond borders: Safeguarding through international cooperation” will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 20-21 July 2010. More than 30 government delegates from Member States...read more >>
30.06.10
The launch of the UNESCO-NIE Centre for Arts Research in Education (CARE), held on 9 March 2010, saw a gathering of 120 teachers, researchers and arts practitioners at the Nanyang Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore. Doing...read more >>
24.06.10
Francesco Bandarin (Italy), Director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre since 2000, is UNESCO’s new Assistant Director-General for Culture.As a specialist in architecture and urban planning, Mr Bandarin previously worked in both...read more >>

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.

Finishing the Interrupted Voyage: Papers of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
Contains keynote speeches, presentations and discussions from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on the 2001 Convention held from 18-20 November 2003 in Hong Kong SAR, China.
Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok. 2006. 167 p.

Educating for Creativity: Bringing the Arts and Culture into Asian Education
Provides a comprehensive summary of the aims and current achievements in arts education in Asia and describes the direction and progress of education reform efforts, reflecting the perspective of artists, art educators, art and culture experts and policy-makers from across the region.
Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok. 2005. 161 p.
ICCROM Course on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia - Pacific Region 2010
Applications are now open for the course on 'Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia - Pacific Region 2010: research, analysis and preservation of archaeological sites and remains', to be held in Nara, Japan, 7 September - 7 October 2010
Application deadline: 20 June 2010. [more...]
ICCROM Course on Saving Mosaics in Museums of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean
Applications are now open for the course on 'Saving Mosaics in Museums of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean', to be held in Syria from 10 - 28 October 2010.
Application deadline: 13 June 2010. [more...]
U.S. Embassy 2010 Small Grants Program for Outreach to Civil Society
The Small Grants Program for Outreach to Civil Society of the U.S. The U.S. Embassy is accepting applications for grants from Thai non-governmental organization (NGOs), Voluntary Private Organizations (VPOs), and other non-profit organizations. The purpose of the Small Grants Program for Outreach to Civil Society is to award small grants for no more than USD $20,000 for projects with the purpose of strengthening democracy, increasing respect for civil society and the rule of law, advancing human rights and women's rights, and/or combating extremism in Thailand. Priority will be given to proposals from new organizations and new projects. The deadline for submitting proposals is 10 June 2010. [more...]
Grant opportunity - Toyota Foundation
The Toyota Foundation is dividing its grant programs into five broad categories. Categories are further subdivided into themes and issues on which research will be conducted. Please be advised that application periods and activation dates differ from program to program. There are no restrictions based on nationality or affiliation. [more…]
Ban Chiang World Heritage Festival, 12-14 February 2010
In the spirit of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures, the festival gathers world heritage sights, 5,000 years of history back to life and the stunning sounds of music. In its 2nd year, the festival features International art and musical performances highlighting World Heritage Stage. For more information on the schedule, click here.
International Seminar on Marine Archaeology
This seminar aims to bring together scholars and professionals to discuss a variety of topics related to maritime archaeology in general and Ancient Ports of Indian Ocean and India’s Maritime Linkages with Indian Ocean Region Littorals in particular. Topics relevant to modern development and protection of underwater cultural heritage would also be addressed. ISMA-4 will make an important contribution to recent advances in research and up to date studies on maritime history and maritime heritage in Indian Ocean. To download registration form, click here.
Call For Papers - Singing: Interdisciplinary perspectives on a natural human expressive outlet
This issue will focus on the origins and implications of singing, a natural, human expressive outlet. Linked to social, cultural, and biological development, singing draws on many disciplines and submits to many forms of analysis and specific explorations. Submissions are invited reflecting multidisciplinary knowledge about singing from the perspectives of psychology, music, linguistics, sociology, anthropology, education, and other disciplines. Submissions may relate to one of the three themes around which the issue will, provisionally, be organized although other perspectives are welcome. [more...]
In recent years IASTE scholars have examined traditions and their multitude of built forms in an increasingly interconnected global landscape. To advance this effort, this conference seeks to study how tradition inspires and informs changing concepts of utopia in theory and space. Utopian theories and plans emerge from a complex symbiotic relationship with traditions that are based on notions of the ideal. Indeed, utopias cannot be understood without understanding the traditions from which they develop. [more...]
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...]