The objectives of ICOMOS-UK include playing a leading role in implementing the 1972 World Heritage Convention within the UK and promoting exemplar custodianship of UK World Heritage sites.

ICOMOS-UK is recognised by the Government as having special status in regard to World Heritage sites. This recognition is made manifest in planning policy guidance, which cites ICOMOS-UK as the consultative body for UK World Heritage sites.

Aim

The aim of the World Heritage Committee is to be the focus of World Heritage activity within ICOMOS-UK.

Objectives

• Supporting and advising the Secretary of ICOMOS-UK
• Assisting, when requested, the States Party in the compilation of tentative lists, nominations for inscriptions, management plans and monitoring reports
• Advising ICOMOS International and UNESCO, via the Secretary, on all matters relating to World Heritage in the UK
• Promoting the concept of World Heritage in the UK
• Assisting the State Party in the preparation of nomination documents and management plans
• Advising stakeholders in existing UK World Heritage sites
• Encouraging national and international best practice in the management of UK World Heritage sites
• Commenting on major planning issues effecting UK World Heritage sites
• Establishing links with other ICOMOS national and international committees over matters concerned with World Heritage

Strengths

• ICOMOS-UK is an independent UK-wide organisation
• The professional expertise and experience of the committee members
• Links with other national bodies concerned with World Heritage, including the Department for Culture Media & Sport, English Heritage, Historic Scotland, CADW (Welsh Historic Monuments), DoE Northern Ireland, The National Trust, the Local Authority World Heritage Forum, local authorities, site managers and university departments

Links with other ICOMOS-UK Committees, especially Cultural Tourism and Cultural Landscapes and Historic Gardens.

Members

Dr David Thackray (Chair)
Peter Alexander-Fitzgerald
Clara Arokiasamy
Dr David Breeze
Peter Burman
Gill Clarke
Torsten Haak
Tom Hassall
Mansell Jagger
Barry Joyce (Vice-Chair)
Christopher Pound
Martin Roberts
James Simpson
Stuart Smith
Paul Walshe
Christopher Young

Sherban Cantacuzino (Corresponding member)