International Cultural Organisations and Research Programmes
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
UNESCO is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion and development of international programmes in the fields of education, science and culture. It is also responsible for implementung the UN's standard setting instruments for the protection of World Heritage and the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, amongst others.
European Institute of Cultural Routes http://www.culture-routes.lu/
The resource centre of the European Institute of Cultural Routes and its partners is designed to give Europeans a dynamic and actualized access to the documentation collected by the Program of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and partners since 1987.
Project for Protecting Cultural Heritage in Seferihisar, Turkey. http://www.chprojects.org
A cultural heritage prograame organised within the framework of the World Bank's Social Risk Mitigation Project (SMRP). In this project, cultural heritage is mobilised as part of a strategy of poverty reduction, employment creation and civic involvement. Its focus is the Seferihisar district of Izmir, Turkley's third largest city, situated on the Aegean coast.
Professional Associations and Libraries
The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland http://www.therai.org.uk/
The RAI is the world's longest-established scholarly association dedicated to the furtherance of anthropology (the study of humankind) in its broadest and most inclusive sense. The Royal Anthropological Institute seeks to combine a distinguished tradition of scholarship stretching back over more than 150 years with the active provision of services to contemporary anthropology and anthropologists (including students of anthropology). It has a particular commitment to promoting the public understanding of anthropology, and the contribution of anthropology to public affairs.
The Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth http://www.theasa.org
The ASA was founded in 1946 to promote the study and teaching of social anthropology, to present the interests of social anthropology and to maintain its professional status. Its aim is to assist in any way possible in planning research, to collate and publish information on social anthropology and to function as a register of social anthropologists.
The British Library http://www.bl.uk./index.shtml
The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) http://www.atlas-euro.org/
The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) was established in 1991 to develop transnational educational initiatives in tourism and leisure. ATLAS provides a forum to promote staff and student exchange, transnational research and to facilitate curriculum and professional development. ATLAS currently has members in more than 70 countries.
Museums and Galleries
The British Musuem http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
The Photographers Gallery http://www.photonet.org.uk/
Museum of London http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/
Tourjeman Post - The Museum on the Seam http://www.coexistence.art.museum/eng/main.htm
Initiated in 1998 by the Jerusalem Foundation, the Museum on the Seam represents an attempt to deal with the themes of dialogue, understanding and coexistence in a museum setting. Located on the “green line” in Jerusalem, the Museum has been at the forefront of attempts to develop a dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.
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