World Heritage Education and Interpretation Strategy

UNESCO's World Heritage Convention recognises the collective interest of the international community in ensuring 'the identification, nomination, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of the cultural heritage'.

UNESCO has its own broad educational programmes, and more focused programmes on World Heritage Education, particularly World Heritage in Young Hands. For more information, visit www.unesco.org/WorldHeritage/Education 

The Convention also places responsibility on governments to 'use educational and information programmes to strengthen appreciation and respect by their peoples of the cultural and natural heritage.and to keep the public informed of the dangers threatening this heritage'.

In October 2006 the UNESCO/ICOMOS Mission to Liverpool recommended: 'That measures be taken by the Municipal Council to raise the population's awareness of the motives which formed the basis for the city's inclusion in the World Heritage List, and in particular to ensure that the property developers and the building professionals who intervene on the site are aware of these motives'.

Liverpool City Council, the Liverpool Culture Company and English Heritage have undertaken many projects to improve understanding of Liverpool's World Heritage values, but have now commissioned a Liverpool World Heritage Education and Interpretation Strategy in order to fulfil these requirements in a strategic way.

The Strategy is currently in preparation and will be added to this website when it has been completed.