| Call for Application | 2024 Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases（AWHEIC） Promoting what people do and how they do it |
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Introduction Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases (AWHEIC) was launched in 2022 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. It aims to select heritage education cases with contemporary exemplary significance around the world, and to provide an international exchange platform for global heritage education practitioners to communicate and share with each other. Over the past few years, AWHEIC has received more than 200 cases from all five continents, providing practical experience to draw on. The emergence of cross-border innovative cases convinces us that an all-round systemic change in World Heritage Education is approaching. Based on the international platform, innovative practical experience is widely shared. Cross-border cooperation is promoted to encourage different stakeholders to involve in the process of World Heritage education. Welcome to join us and the deadline for application is May 15th, 2024.
Aims and Objectives
2023 World Heritage Creative X Innovator Forum & 3rd Anniversary of Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases
The aim of AWHEIC is to build an international platform focusing on the innovation of World Heritage Education models, exploring in depth the value of World Heritage through the integration of science and creativity.
Limited by technological backwardness, regional limitation or weak awareness of heritage conservation, heritage is facing serious problems worldwide. The significance of information dissemination is strongly emphasised and focused. For this purpose, AWHEIC collects cases to broaden new horizons in heritage education and promotes the empowerment of site managers, international organisations, universities, individuals and communities. In the face of a changing world, AWHEIC also calls on innovators to share a common model and to embrace new technologies and cross-border disciplines and fields.
45Com WHE Side Event and 2023 AWHEIC Award Ceremony
Expected Aims 1. To establish a platform for World Heritage Education cases sharing and to provide a reference for future action The 2023AWHEIC was held as scheduled, with nearly 100 cases received from around the world. Thirty winning cases were selected based on the SCEIT model of AWHEIC, including 10 Stars of Outstanding, 10 Stars of Discovery, and 10 Stars of the Future. These cases have outstanding value and will be presented for multi-channel results and experience sharing.
2023 Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases
2. To start a dissemination network and a series of activities to promote in-depth exchanges between cases The improvement and optimization of the heritage education model will enhance the capacity for heritage conservation and research for innovators, with a focus on the cases themselves.
Our Network We held a Side Event and hosted the 2023 AWHEIC Ceremony during the Extended 45th World Heritage Committee - The Next 50 Years: World Heritage Education Towards the Future - WHITRAP. You can find the website link of the side event as followed. 45Com WHE Side Event and 2023 AWHEIC Award Ceremony (Please click to open)
45Com WHE Side Event and 2023 AWHEIC Award Ceremony
2. 2023 World Heritage Creative x Innovator Forum Based on the 2023 World Heritage Creative & Innovator Forum in China, we have made a lot of innovation and initiated an union including our AWHEIC Winners in order to promote exchange and carry out some common projects.
2023 World Heritage Creative X Innovator Forum
3. 2022 AWHEIC Brochure The age of intelligence is coming, the emergence of transboundary innovative models convinces us that an all-round systemic change in World Heritage education is approaching. AWHEIC’s mission is to build an international platform focusing on the innovation of WH education models, and to provide a reference for global innovators to promote the development of WH education.
As a new species born with network gene facing to the science and innovation era, AWHEIC calls on innovators to share a common mission together, empower each other to embrace a new era by cooperation.
We are striving to be the primrose of WH embracing the era of science and innovation.
Introduction film of AWHEIC
2023 Award Cases of AWHEIC
Organizations Directed by ● National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO Co-organized by
● World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP)
● International Center for UNESCO ASPnet（ICUA）
Supported by Jury We have a strong international Jury, here are part of the members. 1. Mr. DU Yue Senior Consultant of UNESCO, Secretary-general of World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations（WFUCA）
2. Ms. Laura De Miguel General Director of Cultural Heritage and Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Spain
3. Ms. LOU Ya Partnerships Officer of the UN Coordinator's Office in China
4. Dr. Albino Jopela Head of Programmes at the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF)
5. Mr. MU Jingchuan Project Partnership and Resource Mobilization Advisor (UNOSSC)
6. Mr. Carlos Augusto Torres Perez Director General of Regional World Heritage Institute of Central America and the Caribbean, Mexico
7. Ms. HAN Wei Executive Deputy Director of the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO-ICHEI)
8. Ms. SHAO Yong Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Vice President of the Scientific Committee on Vernacular Architecture of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS CIAV)
9. Ms. Marie-Noel Tournoux Project Manager of UNESCO World Heritage Training and Research Center for the Asia-Pacific Region Shanghai
10. Ms. Carolina Castellanos Senior Consultant of WHITRAP Shanghai, senior expert in the field of World Heritage, served as an ICOMOS World Heritage expert, mainly responsible for the evaluation of nominations and state of conservation, and carried out reactive monitoring tasks and technical consultancy for World Heritage sites
● The case studies must be educational activities organized by or for cultural/natural heritage sites at a broader level beyond World Heritage. There is no restriction on the types of heritages which are promoted and intangible features are included.
● The case-study proposal may have been already completed (in the last 5 years) or ongoing with achieved tangible results.
● There is no restriction on advocators who developed and implemented the education program (local communities and indigenous people) and the target audience or groups the education program is developed for.
● Proposed case studies should be innovative and exemplary in concepts, contents forms or models. Particular attention will be given to the advocators who design and lead the project and the replicability of the model of the case.
● The working language of AWHEIC is English, and we provide the application form in en, fr, es and zh. The application form is preferred to be submitted in English and all cases from China must provide zh version. The WHITRAP AWHEIC team will provide assistance within reason on a case by case basis.
Assessment Criteria Key Criteria of AWHEIC is innovation of concepts，approaches and models of heritage education cases，which can be divided into 5 sub-criteria based on SCEIT Model.
We initiated a SCEIT MODEL for future WH education, including science, creativity, empowerment, inclusion, transboundary, integrated related innovative cases into a framework, serving as a guideline for future innovation.
● Embracing Science: Exploring new methods or models, by innovatively utilizing modern or traditional science and technology, which lead to better exploration, interpretation and dissemination of heritage values.
● Creativity Inspiring: Exploring new heritage education ideas or approaches in light of local context by creativity, which expand or strengthen innovative interactions between people and heritage.
● Empowering Sustainability: Tap the potential of heritage from different perspectives by innovation, empowering the comprehensively sustainable development of heritage sites.
● Social Inclusion: Innovatively promoting the communication and integration of different social groups, which leads to the inclusive development of local communities.
● Transboundary Cooperation: Exploring innovative mechanism and models of transboundary cooperation at local, regional or international level, enhancing the synergy of different parties related to heritage.
● International Certificate
Receive a certificate issued by WHITRAP
International Certificate of 2023 Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases ● International Promotion
A. Some winners will be invited to attend the Award ceremony in the side event in the 46th World Heritage Committee session (India) to promote their case internationally. The host will cover the cost of fly ticket and the hotel for winners from some un-development region. B. Some winners will be invited to attend the 2024 World Heritage Creative x Innovator Forum in China. The host will cover the travel cost. The host will cover the cost of fly ticket and the hotel for winners from some un-development region.
C. Some Outstanding cases will be invited to for global sharing and exchange in the online meeting.
 2022 online Award forum of AWHEIC
● International Cooperation
A. Join the strong network of AWHEIC and enjoy resource support e.g. fund, professionals, information,international meeting etc. B. Have priority to join the Incubator programme initiated in 2023, which will incubate your programme through a comprehensive way.
C. Chance to be recommended to international exchange activities
● Publication
A. Winners will be displayed on the websites of the host institutions, WHITRAP, and the repositories of relevant international institutions.
45Com WHE Side Event and 2023 AWHEIC Award Ceremony
B. Winners will be published in journals and brochures of international institutions.
 2022 Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases
Application Process A. Call for Cases Feb 5 to May 15 B. Cases Assessment and Review by the Jury May 15 to July 1 C. Award Ceremony & Global Publicity July 21-31 D. Promotion follow-up September to December
Application Application Form and other information attachedPlease submit your application via E-mail at 44whc@whitrap.com E-mail Subject title: Country + City + Case Title If sending failed, please use backup E-mail：creativeheritage@163.com
Contacts AWHEIC WHITRAP team44whc@whitrap.com Tel: +86-21-65987687-8020 WHITRAP website: http://www.whitr-ap.org/ Wechat official account WHITRAP
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 2024AWHEIC-en-English Application Form
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