How will the AWHF contribute towards sustainable development?
In order to better achieve their full capacity, the AWHF would work with national authorities and provide support to tentative and existing World Heritage sites in Africa. In so doing, it would contribute to the implementation of the World Heritage Committees strategic objectives input to the New Partnership for Africas Development (NEPAD) and the African Union (AU) objectives, using World Heritage sites as tools for poverty alleviation and income generation. This would place African countries on a path of sustainable growth and development as the AWHF identifies, protects, promotes and builds the requisite capacity to properly manage Africas natural and cultural heritage.
