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The meeting with be held in the Loy Henderson Conference room at the Department of State on  Friday, December 5, 2014 from 9:30am to 4:30pm with a break for lunch at  12pm .  The meeting is open to the public so please feel free to share with interested parties. Anyone planning on attending must RSVP’s to  dcunesco@state.gov  in order to facilitate entry into the building. U.S. Ambassador Crystal Nix-Hines is scheduled to speak with the Commission and discuss U.S. engagement with UNESCO along with her priorities. State Department UNESCO watchers also look forward to discussing UNESCO programs and partnerships continuing to grow in the U.S. such as World Heritage, Creative Cities, the University/UNITWIN Chair Program and the Category II Centers.   We all are looking forward to the 70 th  Anniversary of UNESCO and how to best participate as a community.  http://en.unesco.org/70years# view-display-id-section4 . 

UNESCO's World Heritage Center identifies several universities offering World Heritage programs : Africa Cameroon: Ecole de faune de Garoua/Garoua Wildlife School United Republic of Tanzania: Mweka College of African Wildlife Management Asia and the Pacific Japan: Tsukuba University Australia: Deakin University (Melbourne) Europe and North America Germany: Brandenburger University of Technology, Cottbus (BTU) Ireland: University College Dublin (UCD) Russian Federation: Moscow State M.V. Lomonosov University The U.S. National Park Service has identified a couple of similar programs : The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning offers  World Heritage in Practice: Paris The University of Minnesota has a Center for World Heritage Studies The University of California, Merced also has a World Heritage Program Some additional sites were listed in my post in 2013 .