Official relations with UNESCO
CIE works in official relations with UNESCO as part of its international commitment to inclusive heritage practice.
Recognition, awards & grants.
Recognition is meaningful when it strengthens shared work.
CIE’s international relationships, awards and project support reflect long-term collaboration with heritage communities, practitioners, researchers, artists and institutions.
They give visibility to inclusive heritage practice and help create space for new knowledge, education and public exchange.
World Heritage education · 2024
Star of Outstanding
In 2024, the CIE–HeritageLab platform was named one of ten Stars of Outstanding in the Global Awards for World Heritage Education Innovative Cases.
The award is presented by the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITRAP), a UNESCO Category 2 centre. The winners were announced at WHITRAP’s side event during the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, India.
The recognition highlighted HeritageLab as an innovative model connecting heritage, communities and students across disciplines.
About HeritageLab
Stories, skills and shared agency.
CIE launched HeritageLab with international partners and heritage communities as a shared platform for academics, artists and heritage professionals.
HeritageLab gives space to forgotten and neglected narratives, connects heritage landscapes across oceans and seas, and works with marginalised communities to build the skills needed to unlock, document and celebrate heritage and collective memory.
Visit HeritageLab ↗Institutional recognition
Relationships that support the work
CIE combines international standing with practical, community-centred programmes and transparent reporting.
Underwater cultural heritage
CIE holds accreditation connected to the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage.
World Heritage education
HeritageLab received WHITRAP’s Star of Outstanding recognition for an innovative World Heritage education case.
Grants & support
Making new work possible
Project support enables research, experimentation, community participation and the development of new public forms.
Where My Street Remains
Development support through Immerse\Interact, the Creative Industries Fund NL and the Netherlands Film Fund helped this immersive heritage project take shape.
Explore the project ↗Reports and publications
Annual reports and publications document CIE’s programmes, partnerships, learning and public outcomes.
Browse publications ↗Support shared heritage practice
CIE welcomes partnerships that connect international resources with locally shaped knowledge, skills and priorities.
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