A second iteration of the Heritage Place Lab (HPL), which focuses on building networks across research and site management within the framework of the World Heritage Convention, is being launched by the World Heritage Leadership (WHL) project.

September 2024 to April 2025 will see a number of online and in-person sessions for the Heritage Place Lab 2024–2025. In order to offer research programs and strategies to enhance World Heritage site management, the aim is to establish working practices with researchers and research institutions and to develop technologies that will facilitate communication between researchers and site managers.

Quick Details:

• Provided by: International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
• Format: Online and In-Person
• Deadline: 15 June 2024
• Duration: 9 Months
• Gender: Any
• Eligible nations: All

Benefits:

• Establishing solid institutional relationships to promote ongoing communication between research facilities, World Heritage properties, and the WHL.
• Promoting joint efforts between site managers and educational establishments to establish and/or sustain a long-term partnership, thereby establishing connections between World Heritage sites and educational establishments, especially universities.
• promoting networking and professional growth amongst affiliated organizations, academics, practitioners, and World Heritage sites.

Eligibility Criteria:

• They send out an invitation to World Heritage site administrators who want to collaborate with academics to improve their management and decision-making processes.
• Sites having identified problems from the third cycle of Periodic Reporting and Heritage Place Lab are given priority in this edition.
  • Development pressures: Among the many development constraints on World Heritage sites are growing urbanization, tourism, and building infrastructure for renewable energy sources. They will look into proactive approaches to development needs and the preservation of cultural assets.
  • Integrating Indigenous, traditional, and local knowledge into management: Planning for management must always take into account different knowledge systems—traditional cultural site management techniques in particular.
  • Governance: rightsholders and stakeholders involvement: It is still difficult to include rightsholders and other stakeholders—especially local communities and Indigenous Peoples—into the management system of World Heritage assets in a timely and sufficient manner. Techniques for cooperating amongst various World Heritage Site actors, distributing power between managing organizations, and determining who must be involved will be examined.
  • Improvement on buffer zone(s): Pressures from development and the effects of climate change show that World Heritage sites require an extra degree of protection. More research is needed to develop, plan, and execute buffer zones to enhance World Heritage management, as many properties do not count with a buffer zone or zones.
  • Legal frameworks and boundaries: All characteristics of Outstanding Universal Value must have sufficient legal protection within the boundaries of World Heritage assets. The difficulty of effectively revising legislative frameworks and boundaries in response to development and environmental concerns will be covered.
  • Climate change impacts: One of the biggest dangers to World Heritage assets is acknowledged to be climate change and the increased frequency of extreme weather events and associated hazards.
    Nevertheless, site managers lack the resources necessary to recognize and address the effects of issues linked to climate change at their historic sites. We’ll talk about creating climate action plans for World Heritage sites.

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Selection Criteria:

• Pertinence to the top concern that will be tackled at the Heritage Place Lab, this should be briefed and directly address the issues raised in the call;
• Clearly state the need for research as well as its nature;
• A willingness to collaborate with a research institution;
• A commitment of time to work on the Heritage Place Lab activities; and
• A basic understanding of how the World Heritage Convention is implemented.

Documents Requirement:

The application process includes the submission of the following documents:

• Fill out the application in English and save it as a PDF. (Application)
• Official endorsements from the authority(ies) of the site management institution;
• A condensed version of each member of the site management team’s curriculum vitae.
• Please be aware that applications that are not complete will not be accepted.
• Email invitations to an online interview with the World Heritage Leadership will be sent to pre-selected World Heritage properties and their site managers. The dates of the interview will be arranged with the site management team.

How to Apply?

Applications are to be sent to the World Heritage Leadership at the email address below.

              Submission Email: [email protected]

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For more details, kindly refer to Here, or ICCROM’s website.