Here is an overview of frequently asked questions.
What is the World Heritage Fund used for?
The Fund is used to provide international assistance to countries for the purpose of:
1. Drawing up nominations for the World Heritage List
2. Providing training programmes for managing and dealing with the sites
3. Technical cooperation
4. Providing support wherever it is called for
5. Promotional and educational activities
In many cases this concerns support for countries that barely have sufficient resources for these activities.
How can I contribute to the World Heritage Fund?
The Fund relies on contributions by the State Parties and amounts to only about 4 million dollars per year. Donations are therefore most welcome. Your donation helps to preserve and manage World Heritage sites.
Should you wish to make a donation, please remit your sum in euros to:
Fonds du patrimoine mondial
Compte UNESCO No. 30003-03301-00037291909-97
Société Générale Paris Seine Amont
10 rue Thénard
75005 Paris, FRANCE
SWIFT CODE: SOGE FRPPAFS
Please state clearly that your remittance is a donation for the World Heritage Fund.
Cheques can be sent directly to the UNESCO Treasury:
UNESCO
Division of the Comptroller / Treasury Section
7, place Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP
France
Please state clearly that your cheque is a donation for the World Heritage Fund.
I would like to be a volunteer at a World Heritage site
Each year thousands of volunteers pitch in across the world. A range of volunteer work is available. For instance, you can be a guide or do computer work, or you can make a more adventurous contribution. For more information: Click here.
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=71
I would like to know more about ‘World Heritage in Young Hands’.
The ‘World Heritage in Young Hands’ project started in 1994. It offers young people the opportunity to express their concerns and become involved in World Heritage. The official website of the World Heritage Centre provides more information on what possibilities are available.
How can I obtain the photographs that are published on the website?
All photographs are protected and are therefore not ‘public domain’. But other photographs are available via the UNESCO Photobank. Another source is: Ediciones San Marcos.
The photographs of the Netherlands World Heritage Platform may be used for private purposes, but may not be multiplied or published.
I am a photographer and wish to offer my services to UNESCO or sell my photographs to UNESCO.
Neither UNESCO nor the World Heritage Centre purchases photographs from private parties. However, both institutes are pleased to accept donated photographs which may help to increase awareness of World Heritage. For more information on donations please contact:
World Heritage Centre
UNESCO
7, Place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP
France
Phone: +33 (0)1 45 68 16 60
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 68 55 70
Email: wh-info@unesco.org
Should you have any other questions about World Heritage in the Netherlands or elsewhere, or should you have any remarks or comments about this website, please contact:
(For the Netherlands): Email: info@werelderfgoed.nl
(International): Email: wh.support@unesco.org
Do you have any suggestions regarding current World Heritage sites and/or sites you believe should be nominated?
In line with official policy, the Netherlands has submitted a Tentative List to the World Heritage Committee containing heritage sites that the Netherlands expects to nominate for possible inscription on the World Heritage List. The Netherlands may not submit any nominations while it has a seat on the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO (until 2007).
The World Heritage Committee wishes to make the World Heritage List more globally balanced. Emphasis must therefore be placed on cultural and/or natural heritage of the continents and countries that have so far given little attention if any to the possible universal significance of important sites within their boundaries. The Committee has called on these countries to determine what significant places have not yet been submitted for consideration as World Heritage sites and to nominate them, if necessary, for inscription on the World Heritage List. The strategy followed by the Committee is referred to as the ‘Global Strategy’. The Netherlands and large parts of Europe are not among the regions that are poorly represented.
To be considered worthy of the designation ‘World Heritage’, a site must be of ‘outstanding universal significance’. This is also reflected by the number of World Heritage sites on the List, which is just over 800 distributed across the world.