Side Events at the WCCB

Declaration of the World Heritage Committee on the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Launch of the Global Campaign Unite4Heritage
German Federal Foreign Office and UNESCO
Plenary, 13:00 to 14:00 hours

Symposium on the Four Pillars of Sustainability of the UNESCO Conventions and Programmes
UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at BTU Cottbus and German Commission for UNESCO
On the occasion of the 39th Session of the World Heritage Committee, the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies (BTU Cottbus-Sentenberg) in ccoperation with the German Commission for UNESCO stages the “Symposium on the Pillars of Sustainability of the UNESCO Conventions and Programmes”. The goal is to discuss developments in the sustainable use and protection of heritage with delegations and participants taking part in the Session and to conceptualise contributions for a publication with the title: Going Beyond – Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies No. 2, which follows the recent publication on heritage and sustainability Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies.
WCCB Rheinlobby, 13:00 to 15:00 hours

Opening of the Advisory Bodies Space Side Events &
Linking Culture and Nature: Updating on Joint Advisory Bodies Activities
ICOMOS, ICCROM, IUCN
Advisory Bodies' Space (Kaminzimmer), 14:00-15:00 hours

Meeting of Chairpersons of Committees of Culture Conventions
UNESCO and German Federal Foreign Office
Plenary, 18:30 to 19:30 hours

Side Events outside the WCCB

Reception for the European Year of Cultural Heritage
German National Committee for Monument Preservation (DNK)
Bundeskunst- und Ausstellungshalle (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany), 19:30 hours