UNESCO launches "Heritage in a Box" toolkit | Mongolia

A set of activities held between 17 and 20 March in Mongolia served to present the new "Heritage in a Box" toolkit, developed by UNESCO. This new tool is part of the initiative to raise awareness among Mongolian young people on heritage values through World Heritage Education. The ‘Heritage in a Box’ toolkit was launched on 17 March at the Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, an ASEMUS member. On 19-20 March 2016, 14 educators from provinces located around the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage site were subsequently trained on the utilization of the toolkit in the Kharkhorin soum. The ‘Heritage in a Box’ toolkit is an interactive and portable resource kit designed for teachers and students between 3rd to 12th grades in Mongolia. Containing a range of information that can help Mongolian youths understand and appreciate the heritage of their region, the toolkit is targeted for use in schools by teachers to incorporate heritage values into the classroom. Produced under the UNESCO/Monaco Funds-in-trust project “Strengthening Mongolian Capacities for the Fight against the Illicit Traffic of Cultural Objects" that took place from 2009-2015, the ‘Heritage in a Box’ toolkit was launched on 17 March 2016 in the framework of the UNESCO 2016-2017 activity “Awareness Raising for Mongolian Youth through World Heritage Education”. Activities were jointly organised by UNESCO Beijing Office with the Training and Research Institute on World Heritage in Mongolia NGO, with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia, the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO and the Management Office of the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site. Participating schools in this pilot phase of toolkit training and utilization include seven partner schools from Kharkhorin, Khujirt and Bat-Ulzii soums of Uvurkhangai province; and Khotont and Khashaat soums of Arkhangai province. For additional information about "Heritage in a Box", please visit http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/awareness-raising-for-mongolian-youth-through-world-heritage-education-launching-and-training-works/