Application for the UNESCO World Heritage Programme 2019 is opened; The World Heritage Fund was founded under Art. 15 of the World Heritage Convention. Its resources consist primarily of assessed contributions by the States Parties of the Convention and may be used only for such purposes as the World Heritage Committee shall define.
International Assistance under the World Heritage Convention is financial assistance granted to the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, to help them protect the cultural or natural heritage sites inscribed on the World Heritage List or the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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The World Heritage Committee allocates funds according to the urgency of requests, priority being given to the most threatened sites.
The World Heritage Fund offers nothing less than US$4 million annually to support activities requested by States Parties in need of international assistance. It includes compulsory and voluntary contributions from the States Parties, as well as from private donations.
Every states Party to the World Heritage Convention are eligible in principle. Individuals, foundations, IGOs, and NGOs are not qualified for submitting International Assistance requests under the World Heritage Fund.
A State Party National Commission must transmit international Assistance requests for UNESCO or Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, or an appropriate governmental Department or Ministry. Individuals who do not represent one of these bodies are not entitled to submit requests for International Assistance.
States Parties in arrears of payment of their compulsory or voluntary contributions to the World Heritage Fund are not eligible for International Assistance. For example, for the 2017 cycle, it means that all donations up to 2016 included have to be paid. The status of contributions can be checked on whc.unesco.org/en/world-heritage-fund
Moreover, the Operational Guidelines outline that when funds available are limited, and a selection has to be made, preference should be given to:
- a Least Developed Country (LDC) or Low Income Economy (LIE) as defined by the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s Committee for Development Policy, or
- a Lower Middle Income Country (LMIC) as defined by the World Bank, or
- a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), or
- a State Party in a post-conflict situation.
How to apply unesco’s world heritage programme
Deadline: December 2019. 195day left
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