Our World Heritage Youtube Channel

Type

Channel

Institution

Our World Heritage

Platform

YouTube

Cost

Free

Available in

English

Description*

The official Youtube channel of the initiative called ‘Our World Heritage,’ presents playlists of webinars, debates and talks on diverse aspects affecting heritage conservation. Our World Heritage aims to build a network of civil society groups to spread awareness about threats encountered by natural and cultural heritage sites. Through its outreach efforts, it aims to foster the implementation of the World Heritage Convention.

Featured videos include project presentations and debates on 'New approaches to conserving world heritage,' highlighting sustainable strategies of heritage conservation. The channel also features case studies and youth roundtables on ‘Heritage Sites and Memory,' that include webinars on how conflict can change the meaning of heritage sites.

Some of the topics addressed in the videos are:

  • Changing meaning of heritage places
  • Innovative models for inclusive interpretation of cultural heritage sites
  • Art, conflict and civil society
  • Organizing heritage entities for sustainable development