UNESCO World Heritage nominations
Full nomination dossiers, from tentative-list support to submission and evaluation.
Value that belongs to all humanity
Some places carry value far beyond their borders — Outstanding Universal Value that belongs to all of humanity. We help nations identify, protect and gain recognition for their most exceptional natural and cultural heritage.
We prepare and support UNESCO World Heritage nomination dossiers and the management systems that recognition demands — defining Outstanding Universal Value, integrity and authenticity, boundaries and buffer zones, and the protection and monitoring frameworks that keep a site's value intact. Our experience spans natural and mixed sites, Geoparks and Biosphere Reserves.
Recognition is not the finish line. We build the capacity and community-led stewardship that keep heritage protected long after inscription — and that help sites meet their reporting and conservation obligations.
Scope of services
Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
Defining and justifying OUV, integrity and authenticity with comparative analysis.
Site management & protection plans
Management systems, boundaries and buffer zones that protect a site's value.
Geoparks & Biosphere Reserves
Applications and management for UNESCO Global Geoparks and Biosphere Reserves.
Heritage capacity building
Training site managers and communities in heritage conservation and World Heritage tools.
Periodic reporting & monitoring
State-of-conservation inputs and periodic reporting to meet UNESCO obligations.
Protection that outlasts inscription
We make the case for a site's value, secure recognition, and build the systems that protect it for generations.
01
Identify value
Assess potential Outstanding Universal Value and comparative significance.
02
Document & nominate
Prepare the dossier, boundaries, buffer zones and statements required for nomination.
03
Protect & manage
Management and protection systems that safeguard the site's integrity and authenticity.
04
Sustain recognition
Capacity, community stewardship and periodic reporting that keep the inscription status secure.
Deliverables
- World Heritage nomination dossiers
- Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
- Comparative analyses & tentative-list support
- Boundary & buffer-zone definitions
- Site management & protection plans
- Geopark / Biosphere Reserve applications
- Heritage capacity-building programmes
- Periodic reporting & state-of-conservation inputs
Heritage sites we safeguard
World Heritage · UNESCO
AlUla
Hegra (Mada'in Salih)
Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site — Nabataean tombs in sandstone.
World Heritage · UNESCO
Diriyah
At-Turaif
The mud-brick birthplace of the first Saudi state.
Reserve · UNESCO
Empty Quarter
Uruq Bani Ma'arid
The first natural World Heritage site in Saudi Arabia, on the edge of the Empty Quarter.
Natural heritage
Tuwaiq
Rock Formations
Marine limestone escarpments telling Earth's story across the ages.
Let's build a more sustainable future, together
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