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         <title>2009 International Youth Camp on Astronomy and World Heritage</title>
         <description><![CDATA[This Summer Camp is open to young students of all nationalities between 16 and 20 years old, who are&amp;nbsp;interested in Astronomy and World Heritage. The objective of the camp&amp;nbsp;is to teach young people&amp;nbsp;about Astronomy and World Heritage and give them a methodological framework for associated actions, to offer them the&amp;nbsp;precious opportunity to observe a&amp;nbsp;total solar eclipse&amp;nbsp;for more than 5 minutes, and&amp;nbsp;to give them the opportunity  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org./en/events/556</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>International conference: Astronomy and World Heritage: Across Time and Continents</title>
         <description><![CDATA[During the opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy, which took place on 15 January 2009, the Director-General of UNESCO officially launched the cycle of activities &quot;Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents&quot;. One of the main activities of this cycle is the International Conference on &quot;Astronomy and World Heritage: across time and continents&quot;, to be hosted by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) 19 - 24 August 2009.]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org./en/events/571</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2009 will be held in Kyoto, Japan and Kathmandu, Nepal. The course will take place from 31 August to 12 September, and&amp;nbsp;is organized by the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
In response to the Kathmandu Recommendations, adopted in the International Symposium on &quot;Protecting  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org./en/events/575</link>
         <author>dmuch@st.ritsumei.ac.jp (Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Climate Change and Development Short Course 2009</title>
         <description><![CDATA[This course is designed for people who want to gain a greater understanding of the implications of climate change for developing countries and the potential for adaptation. It is aimed particularly at professional staff from government agencies and NGOs who do not have existing specialisation in the field but who may have new responsibility or interest in the integration of climate change management into development planning, projects and policy.
The purpose of this interactive short course is  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org./en/events/551</link>
         <author>odg.train@uea.ac.uk (Overseas Development Group)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>Intensive Course: Cultural Heritage Resources for Local Development and Tourism Strategies</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The main objective of this project is to discuss - in an international forum- strategies to valorize local cultural heritage resources for local development. The initiative is sponsored by the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR-UOS) in the context of a scientific development-funding program. The focus of the course is on cultural heritage as a potential resource for local and regional economic impulses. In many situations tourism has become an important economic driver for local development,  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org./en/events/564</link>
         <author>Hannelore.DeKeyser@asro.Kuleuven.be (Hannelore De Keyser)</author>
         <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>&quot;World Heritage and Cultural Diversity - Challenges for University Education&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at the Brandenburg University of Technology is pleased to host an International Conference on &quot;World Heritage and Cultural Diversity - Challenges for University Education&quot;. The event is being co-organized by the German Commission for UNESCO, and the conference patrons are the UNESCO Word Heritage Centre and the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs Germany.
The conference aims to discuss in which way the different aspects of cultural diversity can  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org./en/events/585</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>First World Conference &quot;Volcanoes, Landscapes and Cultures&quot; </title>
         <description><![CDATA[Insula, the International Scientific Council for Island Development,&amp;nbsp;is pleased to announce&amp;nbsp;the World Conference on &quot;Volcanoes, Landscapes and Cultures&quot;, organized under the auspices of UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Italian government, and in partnership with UNESCO&apos;s Man and Biosphere Programme (MaB), the Sicilian Regional Government, the University of Catania, the Etna Regional Park Authority, and other relevant organizations, such as LAVE, the European  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org./en/events/568</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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         <title>3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM</title>
         <description><![CDATA[3rd Course on Conservation of Built Heritage organized by ICCROM and which will take place from&amp;nbsp;5 &amp;nbsp;March&amp;nbsp;to 30 April 2010 in&amp;nbsp;Rome, Italy.
ICCROM is pleased to announce the third training course on Conservation of Built Heritage in Rome.&amp;nbsp; ICCROM has been a pioneer in organizing courses in heritage conservation since 1965 including the Architectural Conservation Course (ARC) and many other regular courses and long term programmes.&amp;nbsp; In  &#8230;]]></description>
         <link>http://whc.unesco.org./en/events/589</link>
         <author>wh-info@unesco.org (WH-Info)</author>
         <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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