Applications to new UK World Heritage Tentative List now open
The UK Government is preparing a new Tentative List of natural, cultural and mixed sites for potential nomination for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, to be submitted to UNESCO in 2011, with a view to putting forward nominations to the World Heritage Committee from 2012.
Applications are invited from Local Authorities and others throughout the UK, the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and will be assessed by a panel of independent experts appointed by Government. A List will be submitted to Ministers for approval before going forward to UNESCO in 2011.
The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) is supporting the preparation of the Tentative List by acting as the main point of contact for general advice on the application process. The UKNC also contributed to the Government’s review of its UK World Heritage Policy, which among other outcomes, has resulted in the preparation of this new Tentative List.
This opening of applications follows an earlier announcement by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that the UK will be putting forward fewer sites for consideration by UNESCO for World Heritage status, with a streamlined application system.
For further information, including an application pack, visit the DCMS website here.
Read more about the process of becoming a World Heritage Site here.
The closing date for applications is 11 June 2010.
Written: 17/03/2010 , last modified: 17/03/2010
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site