Cultural Heritage Education in UNESCO Cultural Conventions

Alicja Jagielska-Burduk, Mateusz Pszczyński and Piotr Stec
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Alicja Jagielska-Burduk: Institute of Law, University of Opole, 45-060 Opole, Poland
Mateusz Pszczyński: Institute of Law, University of Opole, 45-060 Opole, Poland
Piotr Stec: Institute of Law, University of Opole, 45-060 Opole, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse UNESCO conventions dealing with culture and assess the visibility and importance of cultural heritage education in these conventions and their implementation. First, it briefly presents the role of UNESCO in the area of culture and education, together with the UN Agenda 2030 and the challenges faced currently. Next, it discusses the existing UNESCO cultural conventions and their educational dimension with reference to the conventions’ provisions and aims. Each convention refers to education in the activities undertaken by States Parties, providing various tools and measures tailored to the scope of the convention. The article concludes that despite a lack of synergy and creation of education-related programs in convention-related siloes, UNESCO has managed to create a uniform and evolving system of educational measures aimed at various stakeholders and focus on various levels of awareness. Cultural heritage education is an imminent part of activities undertaken within States’ obligations and should involve various stakeholders, building networks and existing in synergy with other actions or campaigns based on different conventions.

Keywords: cultural heritage; UNESCO; cultural conventions; education; awareness raising (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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