Prof. Dr. Marie-Theres Albert
Heritage creates identity and the destruction of heritage destroys identity. Therefore, individuals and societies are responsible for the sustainable safeguarding of their heritage. This is the focus of the most successful convention for the protection of our heritage, the World Heritage Convention, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022.
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“Young Climate Action for World Heritage” combines the topics of UNESCO World Heritage and climate change in an innovative way in an educational project. At six UNESCO World Heritage sites, students in international teams deal with climate change. By using creative and action-oriented methods they explore the question: How can we take responsibility for the sustainable preservation of World Heritage sites and for combatting climate change locally? more …
The project “50 Years World Heritage Convention: Shared Responsibility – Conflict & Reconciliation” celebrates the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention by publishing a book and organizing its presentation at an international event. The book reflects upon past and future of World Heritage while taking into account the values of “responsibility”, “reconciliation” and “sustainability”. With 61 authors from 28 countries it represents furthermore the global nature of the Convention. Its presentation is organized as hybrid event on 04 November 2022. more …
This is a quiz for students, teachers and other interested people, who want to test their knowledge about UNESCO World Heritage. Through 11 questions and answers you learn, for example, what belongs to World Heritage, why the UNESCO World Heritage programme exists and what its goals are.
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