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At each annual Nordic conference, the Nordic World Heritage Prize;”The Rauma Award”, is also awarded out to a organizations or Nordic World Heritage Site stakeholder who has excelled in community involvement and participation.
This year the Rauma award was handed to Qeqqata municipality in Greenland and stakeholders for the outstanding efforts made at the World Heritage Site Aasivissuit – Nipisat to safeguard a living cultural landscape where nature and culture are deeply intertwined.
Through inclusive collaboration with local communities, researchers, and institutions, the site has developed innovative ways to protect, communicate, and sustain its heritage. In uncertain times where the integrity of countries is violated and World Heritage Sites is under threat, it is of utmost importance to continue to inform and make World Heritage Sites accessible to a wider public beyond national borders. Through the interpretation, coordination of interests and research we can all take part in Aasivissuit – Nipisat and gain knowledge and stay engaged - in the spirit of the World Heritage Convention.
On the final day after a successful conference in Køge the Rauma award was accepted.
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Paninnguaq Fleischer-Lyberth, Site Manager for Aasivissuit – Nipisat, accepting the Rauma award.
“We are very proud of this award. It shows that our long-term work is gaining international recognition, and that our thorough efforts with nature, culture, and local anchoring have a value far beyond Greenland’s borders,” says Paninnguaq Fleischer-Lyberth, Site Manager of the Aasivissuit – Nipisat World Heritage site.
The World Heritage site Aasivissuit – Nipisat: Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea.
Aasivissuit – Nipisat aims to protect the areas; landscape, cultural heritage, traditional hunting and fishing practices. All of which remain an active part of life today.
Want to now more about Aasivissuit – Nipisa Unesco heritage? Go the site´s webpage.
Here you can also read what the Rauma Award means for the site and the community.