Submission deadline: 31 July 2021
Opportunity Description
UNESCO is accepting submissions for the 2021 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. In the forthcoming edition, the “Special Recognition for Sustainable Development” and un-updated range of criteria to acknowledge more predominantly the role and contribution of cultural legacy to sustainable development within the wider framework of 2030 Agenda is introduced by UNESCO.
Therefore, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Preservation reveres outstanding efforts by individuals and organizations to renovate and preserve structures, sites and properties of historic and heritage value in the region. It also persuades others who own property of heritage value to initiate preservation projects within their communities, either independently or by finding public-private partnerships.
From 2000 onward, 249 winners from 22 countries have been awarded special awards by the program for their exhaustive understanding of places, momentous achievements and remarkable contributions to the conservation of cultural heritage.
Submission deadline: 31 July 2021
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Host Institution: UNESCO
Eligibility/ requirements of UNESCO Cultural Heritage competition
Projects considered eligible for this awards must meet the following criteria:
- Must have been completed within the past ten years;
- Projects, considering the awards regulations, must involve the private sector; and
- Projects of diverse types such as commercial and institutional buildings, historical town and villages, houses, etc. are known eligible for entry to programme;
Benefits and Awards Categories Available
Ultimate winners will be released in November 2020 in the levels of achievements below:
1: Awards of Excellence: it is the highest awards level presented to projects that demonstrate outstanding achievement in all criteria and has an enormous impact at the national or regional levels.
2: Awards of Distinction: is granted to the projects displaying exceptional achievement in all noteworthy criteria and also has a great effect at the national or regional level.
3: Award of Merit: this acknowledges the projects undertaken with supreme achievements in all criteria.
4: The Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts is presented to newly initiated projects that best match with utmost observed criteria, are designed outstandingly and are well integrated into historic grounds. Additionally, completed new architecture and designs that enhance the existing heritage setting can also be submitted. Building annexes, new buildings, new public spaces and new structures, such as bridges, are all considered eligible.
5: The Special Recognition for Sustainable Development is being recognized in the 2021 Awards cycle to reward projects that reveal significant achievement in the Awards criteria and have contributed significantly to sustainable development.
Which countries are eligible?
Afghanistan, Australia,Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Kiribati, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Island, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam
Submission guideline
Entries for this year’s Awards program require to be submitted online prior to the deadline.
What needs to be presented?
- Online submission form,
- The project dossier along with relevant supporting documents including a description of the project in the formal format,
- Drawings and photographs of the project both in hard and soft formats need to be emailed to UNESCO Bangkok,
