Tunisia, 1982: On the occasion of a symposium organised by ICOMOS, the holding of the "International Day for Monuments and Sites" to be celebrated simultaneously throughout the world was put forth.
WORLD HERITAGE DAY – APRIL 18th
Paris, 1983: The UNESCO General Conference passes a resolution recommending that Member States consider declaring 18 April each year “International Monuments and Sites Day”. This has been traditionally called the World Heritage Day.
… because ICOMOS and UNESCO recommend that we do
… and set up the Challenge with the goal of making heritage fun!
What are the GoUNESCO Travel Challenges?
Objective: Increase heritage awareness by encouraging travel to UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Earn bragging rights by winning challenges
Track progress of self and others at gounesco.com
Earn points for each visit to a World Heritage Site
Online challenges which anyone can participate in
The GoUNESCO Travel Challenges are now both country-specific and global.
Country Challenges
THE INDIA CHALLENGEWHS: 32Years: 2012, 2013, 2014, 20152014 Challengers: 200 +
THE GERMANY CHALLENGEWHS: 38Years: 20142014 Challengers: 100 +
THE USA CHALLENGEWHS: 22Years: 2015 2015 Challengers: Ongoing
THE EPIC CHALLENGEWHS: 1007 Years: Ongoing Challengers: 1900 +
THE CULTURE CHALLENGEICH Elements: 316Years: 2014. 2015Challengers: 350 +
THE SOUTH AFRICA CHALLENGEWHS: 8Years: 20142014 Challengers: 100 +
Global Challenges
GoUNESCO also has a thriving student outreach program
GoUNESCO - Campus Ambassador Program
The GCA promotes awareness of heritage and culture via fun, educational tasks.
Recent tasks: #whatisheritage #myunescotrip #whsmovies #gounescoselfie
A 6 month program with participation from over 500 students and 45 countries.
Go Heritage Runs encourages travellers, runners, adventure-seekers and heritage-lovers alike to actively explore World Heritage Sites on foot.
GoUNESCO - Go Heritage Runs
Design competition
Theme – World Heritage Sites in India
Krishan Ramani, Bhavya Mistry
College - S.V.I.T. VasadCity - Vadodara
Winning Entry
Announcing Go Heritage Run - Udaipur
GoUNESCO - Go Heritage Runs
Go Heritage Run: Udaipur18th October 2015
WINNER
WINNERS: THE INDIA 2014 CHALLENGE
SANGHAMITRA B. JAYANT
PRASUN BHERI
SHASHANK MANU
1st RUNNER-UP
2nd RUNNER-UP
WINNER
WINNERS: THE GERMANY 2014 CHALLENGE
CLYDE TRIGANZA
KATHERINE BROWNELL
MICHAEL TURTLEARJUN BHATNAGAR
1st RUNNER-UP
2nd RUNNER-UP
INDIA 2014 CHALLENGE
GERMANY 2014 CHALLENGE
SOUTH AFRICA 2014 CHALLENGE
CULTURE CHALLENGE
THE EPIC CHALLENGE
260
114
71
368
1975
2014 LEADERBOARD CHALLENGERS
SANGHAMITRA B. JAYANT PRASUN BHERI SHASHANK MANU
CLYDE TRIGANZA KATHERINE BROWNELL
MICHAEL TURTLEARJUN BHATNAGAR
GARY ARNDT LANCE LONGWELL
SHASHANK MANU THOMAS SHAW BERNARD JOSEPH ESPOSO GUERRERO
CLYDE TRIGANZA GARY ARNDT ANNE-SOPHIE REDISCH