Organization of the 39th Session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee 28 June – 8 July 2015 Bonn, Germany Welcome to Bonn World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB) Facilities at WCCB
Committee Refresh- Session & ments & Digital Publication Bureau Lunch Registration Desk Meetings Area
Side Events & Meeting Info, Multilateral Exhibitions Booths Travel & Meeting Excursion Room Media Desks Center & Working Press space at Prayer Counter Delegates Civil Room Lounge Society Office space WHC, ABs, Organisers Registration
www.39whcbonn2015.de/registration Registration
Committee Regis- Approval Code Members tration WHC
States Parties Regis- Approval Code Observers tration WHC
Other Letter of Approval Regis- Observers Interest WHC tration
Letter of Approval Regis- Media Interest GER tration Registration
• For security reasons online registration is compulsory • On site all participants have to present themselves in person at registration desks Identity Card necessary! Photo of each participant for name badge will be taken on site! Name badge! • Access to Conference Center is granted only with badge • Registration on site opens on 27 June at 14:00 hrs Media Registration www.39whcbonn2015.de/media-and-press
• for logistical and security reasons, accreditation is mandatory for journalists • for all media representatives, the scan of their valid press pass is required for online accreditation • no double accreditation is allowed (e.g. as press and delegate or as press and observer) Accommodation
Service: www.bonn-region.de/events/unesco-2015.html • Fixed rates • Free public transport ticket • Booking deadline 28 May 2015
Conference Hotel Maritim Hotel Bonn Visa
• Visa applications will be processed by German embassies and consulates free of charge for all accredited participants • Please file your application only once you have successfully completed your online registration and have been accredited by UNESCO • Timeline for visa request no later than four weeks before the Meeting (31 May) Travelling to Bonn
Closest airports are Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/Main Transfer from Cologne/Bonn by taxi ~30min to WCCB/Maritim Hotel by bus ~45min to Bonn Central Station Düsseldorf by taxi ~90min to WCCB/Maritim Hotel by train ~60min to Bonn Central Station Frankfurt by train ~2 hrs to Bonn Central Station Bonn Central Train Station 15min to WCCB with public transport 10min to WCCB by taxi Transfer in Bonn
• Free public transport ticket • For additional / individual shuttle service requests, please contact: Ms Annette Isengard Phone: +49 (0) 228 91041 33 Email: [email protected] Programme
27 June 28 June 29 June to 6 July 7 July 8 July
Bureau
8.00-20.00 9.30-13.00 Committee Registration
15.00-17.00 Lunch 14.00-20.00 Orientation Side Events Lunch Lunch Session Registration Working Groups 15.00-18.30 Committee 19.00 Opening 17.00 Closing
Ceremony Receptions / Side Events Ceremony Working Facilities • Free Wifi-access in entire conference centre • USB Stick with Working Documents • Printed working documents only for 21 Committee Members • Participant Kit: paper, pen, folder • Delegates Lounge: computers, printers, bring-your own-device area • Additional computers to consult Nomination files • 6 seats for Committee Members in plenary room 4 seats for State Party observer Protocol
Timeline for informing us about VVIPs = 15 June [email protected] • List of VVIP (Ministers) Registration at VVIP entrance • List of accompanying persons Registration at registration desks beforehand compulsory • Date of arrival and attendance Catering
• Coffee, tea and refreshments will be offered on a complimentary basis • Restaurant area with several fee-based meal options during lunch time (12.00-16.00hrs) • Diverse restaurant options in Bonn for dinner • Several side events followed by a cocktail Side Events, Exhibitions, Receptions
Deadline for Side Events at WCCB ended on 15 April 2015 For other venue requests please contact Bonn Region Convention Bureau Ms Annette Isengard Phone: +49-228-91041-33 E-Mail: [email protected] Overview Side Events
Side Events during lunchtime (13-15 hrs.) Evening Side Events (19 –21 hrs.) • Bilan de la reconstruction des mausolées de • World Heritage Sustainable Saints de Tombouctou (UNESCO Bamako) Tourism (WHC) • Heritage Skills (UNEVOC) • Follow-up to Periodic Reporting in Europe (WHC/EUR) • Remote Sensing for Monitoring Heritage in Conflict (UNOsat, WHC) • Several Events and Receptions by States Parties • Resilient Cities and UNESCO’s Cooperation for Disaster Risk Reduction (OWHC, CLT, • Inaugurations of exhibitions WHC) • Benefits of Natural World Heritage Sites (BfN, IUCN) Overview Exhibitions • Exhibitions in the WCCB – Main Building • Exhibitions in the WCCB – Waterworks and Pump House • Exhibitions outside the conference venue For other venue requests please contact Bonn Region Convention Bureau Ms Annette Isengard Phone: +49-228-91041-33 E-Mail: [email protected] Excursions
Free daily Bonn City Tours
Booking online: Day trips to World Heritage Sites
Post-Committee Tours Overview Excursions
• Aachen Cathedral • Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl • Cologne Cathedral • Zollverein Coalmine Industrial Complex in Essen • Upper Middle Rhine Valley and the Upper German-Rhaetian Limes • Berlin www.39whcbonn2015.de/the-39th-session/day-trips-to-world-heritage-sites Overview Excursions
1. Bremen, Lübeck, Hamburg and the Wadden Sea 2. Würzburg, Bamberg, Regensburg, Lorsch, Messel Pit 3. Berlin, Potsdam, Dessau-Wörlitz, Bauhaus and Luther's Wittenberg 4. Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Speyer, Maulbronn, Lorsch 5. Trier and Völklingen 6. Kassel Wilhelmshöhe, Weimar, Wartburg and the Hainich Beech Forest www.39whcbonn2015.de/the-39th-session/post-committee-tours Excursions
www.39whcbonn2015.de Young Experts Forum « Towards a Sustainable Management of World Heritage Sites »
18 – 29 June 2015, Upper Middle Rhine Valley / Bonn Young Epxerts from Algeria, Colombia, Croatia, Finland, Germany, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Serbia, Turkey, Viet Nam and Brazil, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mexico, Myanmar, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Tunisia
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Towards a Sustainable Management of World Heritage Sites
1) Theory Dialogue and exchange with World Heritage specialists
2) PracticeHands on Workshops in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley
3) Model Simulation of a World Heritage Committee Session
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