World Heritage and Public Works: Development Cooperation for Poverty Alleviation’, 29 August 2008, United Nations University, Tokyo

On 29 August 2008, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee (WHC) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) co-organised a one-day seminar entitled ‘World Heritage and Public Works: Development Cooperation for Poverty Alleviation’, held at the United Nations University in Tokyo. The seminar focused on the role of World Heritage Sites in development and poverty alleviation, balancing public works that sustain community life and preservation of World Heritage properties, and the role of development cooperation – especially international finance organisations – in culture and development projects.