The fourth annual coordination meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage‐related Category 2 (C2) Institutes and Centres will take place in Shanghai, China, from 23 to 25 May 2014. The World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific region (WHITRAP), supported by Tongji University and the Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute, will host the meeting.

The objective of the 4th annual C2C meeting is to build institutional capacity through a focus on international cooperation, the process of External Evaluation, and the Results Based Management (RBM) approach of the C2 Institutes and Centres.

Representatives from the Advisory Bodies of the World Heritage Convention and UNESCO World Heritage Centre, as well as delegates of the ten C2 Institutes and Centres - related to World Heritage, including the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST, China), will be invited to present at the meeting.

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