The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards recognize exemplary efforts by individuals and organizations to restore or conserve structures, places, and properties of heritage value in the region.

It encourages other property owners to undertake conservation projects within their communities, either independently or by public-private partnerships.

Award Categories

Award of Excellence

It is for the projects that display exceptional achievement in all criteria. The project should also demonstrate a major catalytic impact at the national or regional level.

Award of Distinction

It is for the projects that demonstrate outstanding achievement in all criteria. The project should also have a significant impact at the national or regional level.

Award of Merit

This award recognizes projects that demonstrate superior achievement in all criteria.

Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts

It is for newly built projects that demonstrate outstanding design and are well integrated with historic contexts.

Special Recognition for Sustainable Development

It recognizes projects that demonstrate noteworthy achievement in the overall Awards criteria and promise a significant impact in contributing to sustainable development. Projects that are eligible to submit to the Conservation or the New Design category of the Awards program are also eligible for this recognition.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible projects must have been completed within the last 10 years
• Houses, commercial and institutional buildings, historic towns and villages, archaeological sites, and cultural landscapes, for example, are all suitable for submission.

How to Apply

• You need to apply via the entry form online before the deadline.
• In addition, the project dossier with supporting documentation. Along with this, you need to post a description of the project in the official format, and drawings and photographs in hard and soft copy formats to UNESCO Bangkok by mail and postmarked no later than 31 July 2022.