Annual Meeting of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.

The meeting with be held in the Loy Henderson Conference room at the Department of State on 

Friday, December 5, 2014 from 9:30am to 4:30pm

with a break for lunch at 12pm.  The meeting is open to the public so please feel free to share with interested parties. Anyone planning on attending must RSVP’s to dcunesco@state.gov in order to facilitate entry into the building.

U.S. Ambassador Crystal Nix-Hines is scheduled to speak with the Commission and discuss U.S. engagement with UNESCO along with her priorities.

State Department UNESCO watchers also look forward to discussing UNESCO programs and partnerships continuing to grow in the U.S. such as World Heritage, Creative Cities, the University/UNITWIN Chair Program and the Category II Centers.  

We all are looking forward to the 70^th Anniversary of UNESCO and how to best participate as a community. http://en.unesco.org/70years#view-display-id-section4. 

University World Heritage Programs

UNESCO's World Heritage Center identifies several universities offering World Heritage programs:

Africa

• Cameroon: Ecole de faune de Garoua/Garoua Wildlife School
• United Republic of Tanzania: Mweka College of African Wildlife Management

Asia and the Pacific

• Japan: Tsukuba University
• Australia: Deakin University (Melbourne)

Europe and North America

• Germany: Brandenburger University of Technology, Cottbus (BTU)
• Ireland: University College Dublin (UCD)
• Russian Federation: Moscow State M.V. Lomonosov University

The U.S. National Park Service has identified a couple of similar programs:

• The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning offers World Heritage in Practice: Paris
• The University of Minnesota has a Center for World Heritage Studies

The University of California, Merced also has a World Heritage Program

Some additional sites were listed in my post in 2013.