Asia-Pacific Focal Point
"A Memorandum of Understanding between Australia and UNESCO on cooperation concerning World Heritage in the Asia-Pacific region"
The Asia-Pacific Focal Point (APFP) is a regional network for World Heritage Managers, established to share experience, knowledge and resources between countries in the region. The APFP will help Asia-Pacific countries adopt, and meet their obligations under the World Heritage Convention and will also help ensure best practice management of their World Heritage sites.
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32nd Session of the World Heritage Committee
The 32nd Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held from 2 to 10 July 2008 in Quebec, Canada. Two Pacific nominations will be considered for inscription at the meeting. These are the Kuk Early Agricultural Site in Papua New Guinea and Chief Roi Mata's Domain in Vanuatu.Creation of the Pacific World Heritage Fund is also an agenda item.
Australia is currently one of 21 Committee members. During our membership term, Australia aims to consolidate directions set by New Zealand, continuing to build capacity in the Pacific region. Whilst in Quebec, representatives from Pacific Island countries will have the opportunity to meet with the Australian delegation.
It's not too late to provide further feedback on particular issues that you would like raised at the meeting. Please provide an email outlining the specific issue to World Heritage Secretariat officer Jo Sharp at jo.sharp@environment.gov.au. You may then be contacted to discuss the issue.
Further information on the 32nd Session of the World Heritage Committee can be found at http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/32COM/ and https://www.canada2008.ca/ .
Pacific World Heritage Workshop October 2008
Please note that the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts will co-host a Pacific World Heritage workshop from 13 to 17 October 2008 in Cairns, Australia, with the New Zealand Government Department of Conservation (DOC) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The objectives of this workshop will be to:
- build capacity/skill in the development of management plans and systems for cultural and natural heritage
- share best practice management lessons learnt
- continue the current momentum in preparing World Heritage Tentative Lists and nominations, including review of on-going Tentative Lists
- plan for the extension of the Pacific 2009 Programme to 2015
- discuss the creation of a Pacific World Heritage Fund.
Please mark this date in your diary. Invitations to the Workshop will be sent soon.
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