PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE
Second edition – UNESCO Conference “Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century”
Naples, 4–6 June 2025
From 4 to 6 June 2025, the second edition of the UNESCO Conference “Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century” will take place in Naples, at Castel Capuano.
Italy will host representatives and experts from UNESCO’s 194 Member States to resume the international dialogue—already explored during the first Naples conference in November 2023—on synergies and convergence between the World Heritage Convention and the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
All proceedings will be fully open to the press, who will be able to follow the event from a dedicated media room with audio/video access. The Conference will open on the morning of Wednesday 4 June and will continue until the afternoon of Friday 6 June.
The institutional session will begin at 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday 4 June, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, and the UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay.
Organised jointly by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry of Culture, with the support of the City of Naples, the Conference will feature six thematic sessions focused on the representativeness and economic dimension of cultural heritage, and on connecting and engaging communities with UNESCO sites.
The entire event will be livestreamed in English and French via UNESCO’s official channels. The ministerial session will also be broadcast in Italian.
Accreditation procedure
Journalists, photographers and cameramen wishing to attend the event in person may apply for accreditation by registering via the designated platform at https://unesconaples25.it/mediahome.aspx no later than 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday 3 June 2025. After the deadline, only substitutions will be permitted.
The press accreditation will be valid for all three days of the event. Press badges may be collected at the accreditation desk located at Palazzo Caracciolo (Via Carbonara, 112, 80139 Naples, NA) from 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday 3 June.
Submitting the above-mentioned personal data means authorising the use thereof in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 and the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) by the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the data controller, for strictly professional purposes and/or purposes related to the performance of the event in question.
