The “World Heritage Young Masters” three-year action plan was jointly launched on March 5 by UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia, Suzhou Gardening and Greening Bureau, and Suzhou Center of World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITR-AP).
The initiative, focusing on innovative practices in cultural heritage conservation in the Asian-Pacific region, aims to build a platform for global young talents to contribute their expertise and knowledge in heritage conservation.
The application for the 2025 Asian-Pacific World Heritage Young Masters is open from now until March 31. Applicants must be practitioners under the age of 45 in cultural heritage conservation in the Asian-Pacific region, such as managers and researchers at cultural heritage conservation units, architects, landscape designers, intangible cultural heritage inheritors, and researchers at colleges and universities. They are required to submit a cultural heritage conservation case focusing on wooden structures in the past 10 years.
A judging panel composed of cultural heritage experts will review the applicants’ qualifications and submissions. Candidates must have played a leading or key role in an innovative heritage conservation project in their country or region. The results will be open for public review from April 21 to 30. Finalists will be invited to participate in the first Asian-Pacific world heritage youth masters exchange event to be held in Suzhou from May 23 to 26. The outstanding cases will be displayed at an exhibition featuring innovative cultural heritage conservation and the winners will receive the honorary title of “Asian-Pacific World Heritage Young Master”.
For more details, please visit the official WeChat account of “苏州园林官微” or contact the organizers via email at jgzx_gjjl@hotmail.com.
