News: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Culture

Call for Entries for UNESCO ‘Award of Excellence for Handicrafts’ 2008 08 May 2008
	Applications for the 2008 Award of Excellence for handicrafts are now available.   Application deadling: 30 June 2008   [more] Category: News and Events
Launch of the Website for Sukhothai, Si Satchanalai and Kamphaeng Phet 24 March 2008
	Visitors to Sukhothai, Si Satchanalai and Kamphaeng Phet are now able to click onto a new website to get information about historic monuments, nearby attractions and visitor facilities at this World Heritage si... [more] Category: News and Events
UNESCAP-UNESCO GMS training-of-trainer workshop on cultural tourism sites management and guiding 29 January 2008
	The national training-of-trainer workshop on cultural tourism sites management and guiding was held from 11-16 February 2008 in Angkor, Siem Riep, Cambodia. The workshop was jointly organized by UNESCAP and UNESCO in close partnership with Cambodian Ministry of Tourism, Authority for Protection and... [more] Category: Projects
Call for Entries: 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation 24 January 2008
	Entries are now being accepted for the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The awards programme, in its ninth year, recognizes the achievement of individuals and organizations within the private sector, and public-private initiatives, in successfully restori... [more] Category: Projects
Asia Conserved, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards Book Launched 28 August 2007
	The book Asia Conserved: Lessons Learned from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation 2000-2004 was officially launched at the Phra Racha Wang Derm Palace, 2004 winner of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Merit, on 16 August 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand... [more]
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Publications

Statistics on Cultural Industries: Framework for the Elaboration of National Capacity Building Projects
The purpose of this publication was to serve as a guide for the elaboration and implementation of tailor-made national projects to collect and analyse statistical data on creativity in general and cultural industries in particular. [more...]

Asia Conserved - Lessons Learned from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation (2000-2004) Published with the primary support of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, with contributions from UNESCO offices in Beijing, Islamabad, Jakarta and Phnom Penh, Asia Conserved presents conservation best practices from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation (2000-2004). [more...]

The Urak Lawoi'

With support from UNDP/UNESCO/CUSR, this publication features the history and culture of sea-nomadic people Urak Lawoi' of the Adang Archipelago in Thailand. You can download the publication here.

Heritage Homeowner's Preservation Manual for Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site New! Produced by UNESCO Bangkok in cooperation with UNESCO Kathmandu, the first Homeowner's Manual has been launched to provide guidance on the proper maintenance of heritage homes in World Heritage Sites. [more...]

Finishing the Interrupted Voyage: Papers of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage This recent publication contains keynote speeches, presentations and discussions during the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Workshop on the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. [more...]

Educating for Creativity: Bringing the Arts and Culture into Asian Education This new publication is made up of papers presented by artists, art educators, art and culture experts and policy-makers from across Asia. [more...]

Introducing the Arts for Teaching on the Historic Environment This publication is a report of the second Southeast-Asian workshop which focused on the “Art and the Historic Environment” approach. [more...]

Streetwise Asia: Practical Guide for the Conservation and Revitalization of Heritage Cities and Towns in Asia This joint publication by UNESCO, the World Bank and Deakin University provides practical guidelines for maintaining the historic character of the heritage quarters in Asia. [more...]

IMPACT: The Effects of Tourism on Culture and the Environment IMPACT is a series of publications about promoting sustainable tourism. It is designed to educate and foster cooperation between tourism industry personnel and heritage site managers. [more...]

GIS and Cultural Resource Management A manual for heritage managers. By Paul Box, 1999. UNESCO. An introduction to the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in heritage management. [more...]

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Events

UNESCO-UNITAR Hiroshima Office Series on the Management and Conservation on World Heritage Sites

The fifth workshop of the Series will be organized from 30 March to 4 April 2008 in Hiroshima, Japan, and will focus on the potential implications and roles of heritage in the promotion of peace, reconciliation and reconstruction in war-torn, post-war and post-disaster societies. Study tours to the two World Heritage sites in Hiroshima – the A-Bomb Dome and Itsukushima Shinto Shrine – will provide a living laboratory and direct learning opportunities. [more...]

44 Participating Countries (in alphabetical order)
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, P. R. China, Rep. of Korea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

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Further Readings

• UNESCO Director-General message on cluster membership of Singapore New!
• Jordan cooperates with China on relic protection (Source: People's Daily Online, 10 October 2007)
• UNESCO Director-General condemns the killing of Japanese photo journalist 
• Cambodia bid to protect treasures (Source: BBC News, 27 September 2007)
• The Making of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Source: Telegraph, 25 August 2007)
• Job Announcement: Cultural Anthropologist/Ethnographer
• HAMPI World Heritage Site (Source: LA, Journal of Landscape Architecture, INDIA, Landscape and Conservation - I: Perspectives, Spring 2007, Vol. IV, Issue 4, Issue No. 16)
• UNESCO adds 38 cultural items to heritage list (Source: Mail & Guardian online, 20 June 2007)
• Mapping HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and culture (Source: Position Magazine, Issue 29, June-July 2007)