Empowering Youth for Heritage 10 YEARS OF THE WORLD HERITAGE VOLUNTEERS INITIATIVE NIO M O UN IM D R T IA A L • P • W L O A I R D L D N H O E M R I E TA IN G O E • PATRIM United Nations World Sustainable Educational, Scientific and Heritage Development Cultural Organization Convention Goals 1 Empowering Youth for Heritage 10 YEARS OF THE WORLD HERITAGE VOLUNTEERS INITIATIVE NIO M O UN IM D R T IA A L • P • W L O A I R D L D N H O E M R I E TA IN G O E • PATRIM United Nations World Sustainable Educational, Scientific and Heritage Development Cultural Organization Convention Goals Published in 2020 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France © UNESCO, 2020 ISBN: 978-92-3-100383-7 This publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo). 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Author Chantal Connaughton, UNESCO Lead researcher Francesco Volpini Independent researcher for CCIVS Rita Albuquerque World Heritage Volunteers Initiative coordinating partners Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) European Heritage Volunteers as a branch of Open Houses Better World UNESCO World Heritage Centre coordination Petya Totcharova Ines Yousfi Pravali Vangeti Cover design Laetitia Sauvaget Graphics Philippe Lauby / Laetitia Sauvaget Proofreading and Copy-editing Julie Wickenden Cover photo Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls © Francesco Volpini / CCIVS Images marked with an asterisk (*) do not fall under the CC-BY-SA licence and may not be used or reproduced without the prior permission of the copyright holders. This book is published with the generous support of the Government of Hungary, and the organizations Better World and European Heritage Volunteers. With special thanks to all the volunteer organizations, local and international volunteers and local communities who have participated in and supported these projects. 2 Mosi-oa Tunya / Victoria Falls was the first project of the World Heritage Volunteers Initiative to take place in southern Africa, in 2009. All action camp organizations in the region and beyond had responded to the call of the Zambian host to make it a big success. Among participants from Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe were two young Malawian volunteers, a woman and a man. Supported and funded by their organization back home, they were there as part of an exchange based on the founding IVS principle of reciprocity, later that summer hosting two volunteers from Zambia at the natural World Heritage Site of Lake Malawi. When I took the picture − CCIVS had just bought its first digital camera − they had arrived after two days of travelling by bus from Blantyre, but their faces showed no sign of tiredness. Standing in front of the falls, where they would work for two weeks to secure the paths and sensitize locals and tourists about the preservation of World Heritage, the young volunteer just opened his arms wide and said ‘I am Patrimonito’. As one of the thousands of World Heritage Volunteers who have taken part in the Initiative since that day, I believe his incredible energy and commitment represent the values and actions that young guardians have implemented abroad and in their own countries every year, to protect our common heritage beyond territories and boundaries. Francesco Volpini Table of contents Foreword 010 Background 012 Coordination 014 World Heritage facts 016 How to get involved? 018 As an organization 018 As a volunteer 019 As a partner / stakeholder 019 Financial contribution 020 World Heritage Volunteers and the Sustainable Development Goals 022 World Heritage Volunteers project overviews 2008–2017 24 Overview 2008–2017: Africa 26 Overview 2008–2017: Arab States 28 Overview 2008–2017: Asia and the Pacific 30 Overview 2008–2017: Europe and North America 34 Overview 2008–2017: Latin America and the Caribbean 38 Overview of all regions: 2008–2017 40 Projects by region 044 Africa Best practices Kenya 046 Togo 048 LIST OF prOjects Botswana Okavango Delta 050 Tsodilo 051 Cabo Verde Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande 052 Côte d’Ivoire Comoé National Park 053 Historic Town of Grand-Bassam 054 Taï National Park 055 Kenya The African Great Rift Valley - The Maasai Mara 056 Fort Jesus, Mombasa 057 Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests 058 Madagascar Rainforests of the Atsinanana 059 Malawi Lake Malawi National Park 060 Mali Old Towns of Djenné 061 Nigeria Oke Idanre (Idanre Hill) 062 Sukur Cultural Landscape 063 Togo Agglomération Aného-Glidji 064 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba 065 Uganda Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 067 Rwenzori Mountains National Park 068 4 Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi 069 Zambia Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls 070 Zimbabwe Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls 072 Matobo Hills 073 Arab States Best practices Bahrain 076 Palestine 078 prOjects Bahrain Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun 080 Egypt Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis 082 Desert Wadis 083 Historic Cairo 084 Morocco Archaeological Site of Volubilis 085 Medina of Fez 086 Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage 087 Palestine Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 089 Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir 090 Old Town of Nablus and its environs 091 Tell Umm Amer 092 Qatar Al Zubarah Archaeological Site 093 Sudan Dinder National Park 094 Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park 095 Tunisia Amphitheatre of El Jem 096 Dougga / Thugga 097 Kairouan 098 Medina of Sousse 099 Asia and the Pacific Best practices China 0102 Indonesia 0104 prOjects Bangladesh Lalbagh Fort 0106 Cambodia Angkor 0107 China Ancient City of Ping Yao 0108 Dong Villages 0109 The Great Wall 0110 5 Historic Centre of Macao 0111 Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System 0112 Mount Sanqingshan National Park 0113 Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains 0114 Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu 0115 India Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area 0 116 Group of Monuments at Hampi 0117 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram 0 118 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal 0119 Keibul Lamjao Conservation Area 0 120 Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya 0 121 Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat 0 122 Western Ghats 0 123 Indonesia Borobudur Temple Compounds 0 124 Prambanan Temple Compounds 0 125 Ujung Kulon National Park 0 126 Islamic Republic of Iran Cultural Landscape of Maymand 0 127 The Persian Garden and The Persian Qanat 0 128 Japan Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape 0 129 Shirakami-Sanchi 0 130 Malaysia Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca 0 131 Nepal Kathmandu Valley 0 132 Vajrayogini and early settlment of sankhu 0 134 Philippines Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 0 135 Republic of Korea Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites 0 136 Gyeongju Historic Areas 0 137 Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong 0 138 Jeju Volcanic and Lava Tubes 0 139 Namhansanseong 0 140 Southwestern Coast Tidal Flats 0 141 Thailand Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex 0 142 Viet Nam Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long - Hanoi 0 143 Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 0 144 Ha Long Bay 0 145 Hoi An Ancient Town 0 146 Europe and North America Best practices Finland 0 150 Germany 0 152 6 prOjects Albania Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra 0154 Armenia Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archeological Site of Zvartnots 0155 Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley 0156 Austria Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape 0157 Wachau Cultural Landscape 0158 Belgium Major Mining Sites of Wallonia 0159 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) 0160 Bulgaria Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes in Bulgaria 0161 Estonia Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn 0162 Wooded meadows (Laelatu, Kalli-Nedrema, Mäepea, Allika, Tagamoisa, Loode, Koiva, Halliste) 0163 Finland Fortress of Suomenlinna 0164 France Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente 0165 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape 0166 Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion 0167 Parc national de la Vanoise 0168 Germany Classical Weimar 0169 Maulbronn Monastery Complex 0170 Upper Middle Rhine Valley 0171 Iceland Þingvellir National Park 0172 Italy Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata 0173 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula 0174 Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta 0175 Historic Centre of Naples 0176