Luang Prabang Youth Ambassadors’ Forum titled “Building Community-centred Innovations to Promote Sustainable Development and Safeguard Intangible Cultural Heritage” is a great opportunity for young people in Luang Prabang to work alongside experts from UNESCO, United Nations University, Tokyo Tech, International Training Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP) and Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre (TAEC) to discover new community-led innovation from living heritage of diverse communities. The objective of this forum is to address needs of local communities through adopting design thinking approaches in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Forum ensures inclusiveness by seeking participants from different ethnic groups who show interest in diverse ICH domains, from performing arts, craftsmanship, rituals, festivals to belief systems and oral traditions.

The UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022 - will be convened by UNESCO forty years after the first Mondiacult World Conference on Cultural Policies held in Mexico City (Mexico) in 1982, and 24 years after the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies for Development held in Stockholm (Sweden) in 1998. The UNESCO-MONDIACULT 2022 World Conference will be hosted from 28 to 30 September 2022 by the Government of Mexico.

UNESCO, in collaboration with the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP), teachers from across the Asia-Pacific region are to participate in the online course ‘Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in Asia-Pacific’, and to join the accompanying online seminars afterward to consult with UNESCO experts. The webinars will take place on Friday 30 September 2022, 17.30–20.30 (UTC+7/Bangkok time) featuring case studies relevant to South to South-East Asia on Thursday 1 December 2022, 15.00–18.00 (UTC+7/Bangkok time) featuring case studies relevant to Central to East Asia. These campaigns of an online course and webinars will help the teachers build innovative lesson plans that use traditional wisdom, craftsmanship, festivals and rituals in local communities as tools and materials for quality education.

UNESCO and Thailand’s Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA), in collaboration with the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Thammasat University, World Heritage Catalysis and Zegeba, will organize an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) regional webinar “Introducing Visitor Management Tools for APEC Economies”, on 11 October 2022 (8.00-12.00 GMT+7) via Zoom.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Permanent Delegation of Greece to UNESCO in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are organizing an international Conference in Delphi (Greece) on 17-18 November 2022.

The Committee is composed of twelve States Parties to the Second Protocol to The Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. It shall meet once a year in ordinary session.