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(b) Development of a World Heritage Education programme, the target group of which are 12-16 years old students, within the framework of the UNESCO Special Project “Young People’s Participation in World Heritage Preservation and Promotion”, through workshops diffusing already available materials: the practical manual Introducing Young People to Heritage Site Management and Protection (adapting an activity initiated in 2002 in Petra by UNESCO and ICCROM to the case of Jerusalem) and the World Heritage in Young Hands Kit in Jerusalem secondary schools.

Its objectives are to (a) facilitate and promote the exchange of all marine data and information including metadata, products and information in real time, near real time and delayed mode; (b) ensure the long-term archiving, management and services of all marine data and information; (c) promote the use of international standards and develop or help in the development of standards and methods for the global exchange of marine data and information, using the most appropriate information management and information technology; (d) assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine data and information and become partners in the network; and (e) support international scientific and operational marine programmes of IOC and WMO and their sponsor organizations with advice and data management services.