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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is inviting nominations for its Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes to reward outstanding examples of action to safeguard and enhance the world’s cultural landscapes.

Prize Information

• The US$30,000 Prize is awarded every two years to one laureate.

Eligibility

• Individuals, institutions, other entities, communities or non-governmental organizations (in official partnerships with UNESCO or not) that have made a significant contribution to the safeguarding, management and enhancement of the world’s major cultural landscapes.

Nomination Criteria 

• A self-nomination cannot be considered;

• Government agencies of UNESCO Member States, in consultation with their National Commissions for UNESCO;

• NGOs in official partnerships with UNESCO;

• International, regional and national professional, academic and non-governmental organizations active in the field of cultural landscapes;

• It is not necessary for a cultural landscape to be inscribed on the World Heritage List to be eligible for the Prize;

• Candidatures relating to sites nominated for possible inscription on the World Heritage List may not be submitted in the same year in which the nomination dossier is examined by the World Heritage Committee.

Post Date: January 29, 2025