Report of the activities undertaken during the UNESCO/Korean Funds-in-Trust Project
Support for the Preparation for the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads in
South Asia. The project aimed to provide assistance to begin the Silk Roads nomination
process in South Asia, by help to develop sustainable capacity, to protect cultural heritage
sites, and bring forward future serial trans-national Silk Roads nominations. Specifically, it
aimed to: 1) introduce the concept of 'corridors', in line with the ICOMOS Silk Roads …

The project, generously funded by the UNESCO Japanese FiT Central Asian Silk Roads
Phase II programme, was to explore the approaches to a Turkmen World Heritage
nomination of the Silk Roads. It comprised a meeting in Ashgabat, with Turkmenistan
Ministry of Culture, Institute of History and UNESCO National Commission, to discuss the
general principle and approaches, followed by a three-day detailed workshop, held at
Ancient Merv Archaeological Park (AMAP), to explore the specifics of site selection, OUV …