Mid-term Strategy (2020-2025)

Strategy I: World Heritage and Sustainable Development

Advocating the role of cultural and natural heritage in Sustainable Development and the realization of Sustainable Development goals. Promoting the implementation of UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goals (2015). Giving impetus to the New Urban Agenda, including the UNESCO Cites Platform, through Sustainable Development and conservation of cities, small settlements, rural areas, and landscapes. Promoting the implementation of the UNESCO 2011 Historic Urban Landscape Recommendation (HUL), with special attention to communities and the quality of life.

Strategy II: Capacity-building

Implementing the Capacity Building Strategy and Associated Programmes for Asia and the Pacific and related programmes and developing guidance materials and capacity-building plans to meet new needs. Promoting the implementation of new initiatives developed in the Capacity Building Strategy and Associated Programmes for Asia and the Pacific adopted in 2011, such as the World Heritage Leadership Programme.

Strategy III: Strengthening implementation of World Heritage Convention

Through the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, identifying, conserving, promoting and inheriting heritage, strengthening the conservation practice and management mechanism, formulating policy guidelines for World Heritage (especially through “3Ps”—People, Place, Policy), improving the understanding of World Heritage, developing tools and carrying out research to cope with emerging threats and major challenges(climate change, community participation, etc.).

Strategy IV: Outreach and Cooperation

Strengthening international cooperation and regional network-building, as well as cooperation among Category 2 institutes, disseminating information through outreach projects and publications. Including the Network of Heritage Practitioners Supported by WHITRAP Shanghai —HERITAGE ASIA-PACIFIC (heritAP).