Who should be involved in the assessment?

EoH 2.0 is essentially designed as a participatory process for use by managers at local, regional and national levels. Remember, for the purpose of this Toolkit, the term ‘managers’ refers to actors with legal or customary authority and/or recognized responsibilities for managing all or part of the heritage place. Furthermore, rights-holders with socially recognized responsibilities for managing the heritage place, or heritage resources within the place, should also be considered as ‘managers’.

Ideally, all those involved in the governance and management of the World Heritage property A cultural, natural or mixed heritage place inscribed on the World Heritage List and therefore considered to be of OUV for humanity. The responsibility for nominating a property to the World Heritage List falls upon the State(s) Party(ies) where it is located. The World Heritage Committee decides whether a property should be inscribed on the World Heritage List, taking into account the technical recommendations of the Advisory Bodies following rigorous evaluation processes.
When used as a general term, World Heritage refers to all the natural, cultural and mixed properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. or other heritage place should take part in the management effectiveness assessment. In practice, their involvement will vary with each heritage place. Deciding who should take part, and exactly where in the process, needs to be considered carefully in advance.

Section 4.1 provides information to help you decide who should be involved and how to bring them on board. In brief, some general guidelines are:
a) Include key personnel or individuals from the main organization(s) or group(s) with recognized legal and/or customary responsibilities, from a heritage perspective, to manage the World Heritage property A cultural, natural or mixed heritage place inscribed on the World Heritage List and therefore considered to be of OUV for humanity. The responsibility for nominating a property to the World Heritage List falls upon the State(s) Party(ies) where it is located. The World Heritage Committee decides whether a property should be inscribed on the World Heritage List, taking into account the technical recommendations of the Advisory Bodies following rigorous evaluation processes.
When used as a general term, World Heritage refers to all the natural, cultural and mixed properties inscribed on the World Heritage List. or other heritage place, as well as any buffer zone.
b) Identify representatives from other organizations, government departments or groups with nonspecific heritage responsibilities for the property, its buffer zone and its wider setting;
c) Engage other actors with responsibility for addressing factors affecting the property, originating both within and beyond the boundaries of the property.