UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes 2025 ($30,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Nominations for the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes 2025 at the moment are open. The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was created in 1995 to reward excellent examples of motion to safeguard and improve the world’s cultural landscapes.

The Prize, generously supported by the Government of Greece, bears the identify of Melina Mercouri, former Minister of Culture of Greece and a powerful advocate of built-in conservation. The US$30,000 Prize is awarded each two years to at least one laureate. The final Prize was awarded in November 2023, on the sidelines of the forty third session of UNESCO’s General Conference.

Prize

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

Eligibility

• Open to people, establishments, different entities, communities or non-governmental organizations (in official partnerships with UNESCO or not) which have made a big contribution to the safeguarding, administration and enhancement of the world’s main cultural landscapes.
• A self-nomination can’t be thought of.
• It will not be crucial for a cultural panorama to be inscribed on the World Heritage List to be eligible for the Prize.
• Candidatures regarding websites nominated for doable inscription on the World Heritage List is probably not submitted in the identical yr during which the nomination file is examined by the World Heritage Committee.

Nomination

Online nominations needs to be acquired by UNESCO in English or French by 30 April 2025 at the newest (midnight Paris time, UTC+2).

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For extra info, go to UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri Prize.