Morocco’s Foundation for Safeguarding Rabat’s Cultural Heritage Seals Partnership Deal with UNESCO

Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of the Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Rabat, chaired, on Tuesday in Paris, the signing ceremony of a five-year partnership agreement between the Foundation and UNESCO.

The agreement was inked, in presence of UNESCO Chief Audrey Azoulay, by Ernesto Ottone, UNESCO Assistant Director-General and Nouzha Alaoui, Secretary General of the Foundation.
It will enable the two partners to focus on education program of young people on world heritage and UNESCO and to carry out activities with Moroccan and African youth.

The Foundation has adapted to the local context, for the first time in the world, an educational kit designed by UNESCO to help young people discover and understand the heritage of their city.

On January 8th, an exhibition “Rabat, a heritage of humanity” was held to celebrate the outstanding universal value of the city of Rabat through informative boards and a series of photographs.

The Foundation and UNESCO are committed to carrying out an action of primary importance to the African continent. This joint action will consist of implementing the World Heritage Convention on the sites listed in Morocco and Africa.

On this occasion, Princess Lalla Hasnaa held a meeting with Mrs. Audrey Azoulay in the presence of several Moroccan and UNESCO officials.