Who is the Toolkit for? How will it help you?

This Toolkit is available to all people interested in protecting cultural and natural heritage, although it has been designed especially for professionals and institutions who are responsible for managing World Heritage All inherited assets which people value for reasons beyond mere utility. Heritage is a broad concept and includes shared legacies from the natural environment, the creations of humans and the creations and interactions between humans and nature. It encompasses built, terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments, landscapes and seascapes, biodiversity, geodiversity, collections, cultural practices, knowledge, living experiences, etc.   properties. It offers a generic approach that can be adapted to different needs and contexts, allowing it to be used across the world and for all types of heritage places.

The Toolkit will help you:

• Get the full picture of how well your heritage place is being managed and understand in detail what is working well and what can be done better.
• Identify ways to improve conservation practices, management processes and resource allocation.
• Strengthen collaboration between different actors and promote accountability.
• Develop measures and agreed actions to address management gaps and challenges, and improve future planning processes.
• Generate widespread support for what needs to change to improve the management system of the heritage place.