UNESCO UK World Heritage Education Conference
29-30 September 2010
Venue: New Lanark World Heritage Site (WHS), South Lanarkshire
Education forms an intrinsic part of managing World Heritage Sites and is specifically referred to in the World Heritage Convention. Engaging young people in this work is essential.
The UNESCO UK World Heritage Education Conference will bring together heritage experts to share their experience in providing effective education and outreach around World Heritage Sites in the UK. The conference will consider progress and development in World Heritage Education (WHE) over the past year and look towards bringing together examples of good practice for a forthcoming Guidance Document on World Heritage Education for UNESCO. This is the first time such a conference is being held in Scotland.
This conference is part of the Making Sense of Our Sites initiative, launched by the UK National Commission for UNESCO in 2009, which supports UK World Heritage Sites to communicate messages of World Heritage effectively to schools. This is the second of three conferences which will bring together representatives from UK World Heritage Sites.
The opening address of will be given by Ms Fiona Hyslop, Minister for Culture and External Affairs.
The event is hosted by New Lanark World Heritage Site on behalf of the UK National Commission for UNESCO. The conference will be followed by a one-day World Heritage Youth Summit on 1 October, sponsored by Historic Scotland, which will bring together 45 young people to explore what World Heritage means to young people in Scotland.
