World Heritage Watch
World Heritage Watch is a non-profit organisation based in Berlin, Germany, and a global network of more than 175 civil society actors - NGOs, indigenous peoples, local communities and committed individuals - who defend the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in their respective countries and alert UNESCO when they are threatened.
About World Heritage Watch
Founding year
2014
Paid staff
0
Volunteers
8
Objectives
World Heritage Watch objectives are:
- To support UNESCO in protecting and safeguarding World Heritage properties.
- To strengthen the role of civil society under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention;
- To foster public awareness, information and education about, and to create a stronger identification with, the World Heritage;
- To strengthen the implementation regime of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention;
- Brings up-to-date and detailed information relevant to the safeguarding of World Heritage Sites to the attention of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, its Advisory Bodies, the various bodies of the Convention, and the general public;
- Builds a network and a forum for the exchange of information and experience of its members, in order to contribute to improved participation in the management and enhanced protection of World Heritage Properties;
- Raises awareness about the values of World Heritage Properties, and alerts the general public about developments affecting World Heritage Properties.
- Supports local communities who work for their World Heritage sites; and works for a stronger voice towards the World Heritage Committee and its Advisory Bodies.